10 whole days of doing nothing other than attending concerts and lec-dems has come to an end! And there couldn’t have been a better ending to it than a T.M.Krishna’s concert and a Sanjay’s concert back to back! All the 15 concerts of Sanjay this December Season, 6 full concerts and an hour and a half of 2 concerts of T.M.Krishna – what a month this has been!
My long term dream of listening to Sanjay’s Sahana RTP live finally got fulfilled today, that too at Kalarasana!!! Am so happy! 🙂
P.S.: I’ll post the songs list later.
T.M.Krishna’s Concert
At Narada Gana Sabha on 18th December
Accompanists:
T.K.V.Ramanujacharyulu – Violin
Karaikkudi Mani – Mridangam
V.Suresh – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs
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At Narada Gana Sabha (Kartik Fine Arts) on 8th December
Accompanists:
Mysore Srikanth – Violin
Poongulam Subramaniam – Mridangam
Ghatam S.Karthick – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs
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Gayathri Girish’s Concert
At Margazhi Mahotsavam on 4th December
Accompanists:
V.V.S.Murari – Violin
R.Sankaranarayanan – Mridangam
Concert Duration: 1.5 hrs? (I missed the first 40 minutes of the concert)
List of Songs: (Incomplete)
1. mInAkshI mEmudam – pUrvi kalyANi – AlApana; neraval & swarams at madurApuri nilayE
2. irakkam varAmal – bEhAg – rAgA outline
3. ya gOpi? (viruttam); praviSa rAdhE (Jayadeva ashTapadi) – misra sivaranjani
4. tillAnA – sindhu bhairavi
I didn’t find anything impressive in this concert.
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At Raga Sudha Hall (Naada Inbam) on 13th December
Accompanists:
V.Sanjeev – Violin
Tanjavur Ramdas – Mridangam
Concert Duration: 2 hrs 40 min
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At Kamarajar Arangam (Kartik Fine Arts) on 13th December
Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam
T.V.Vasan – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 3 hrs 20 min
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At Ramarao Kala Mantap (Nungambakkam Cultural Academy) on 12th December
Accompanists:
Mysore Srikanth – Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao – Mridangam
Udupi Sridhar – Ghatam
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Check this link for the video of Mani Ratnam speaking at the Margazhi Raagam DVD launch. It felt great hearing Mani Ratnam speak about music!
At Kalakshetra on 2nd December
This concert was on the occasion of the launch of the DVD of his guru Bhagavatulu Seetharama Sharma. The DVD was on naTTuvAngams. Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna was the chief guest. While speaking on the occasion, he said that TMK is the seventh descendant of the guru-sishya parampara of Tyagaraja. While the programme itself started at 6:30 pm, by the time the concert started after all the speeches, it was already 8:05 pm! But the concert that followed made it worth the wait! It was a classic TMK’s concert every moment of which was absolute bliss!
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