Prasanna Venkataraman, Pushkaram

Prasanna Venkataraman - R Raghul - Sherthalai R Ananthakrishnan - S Sunil Kumar

Pushkaram trust, Ragasudha Hall
12 Feb 2023, 6:15 pm

kanakAngi - tODi - aTa - PGI
vinavE O manasA - vivardhani - rUpakam (S)
kari kalAba mukham - sAvEri - tisra Ekam - MD (RS)
ennALu UragE - subhapantuvarALi - misra cApu - T (RNS)
tillai chidambaramE - kApi nArAyani - Marimutha Pillai (R)
nArAyaNa divya nAmam - mOhanam - Adi - PS (RST)
vihara mAnasa - kApi - ST (R)
kANa vENDAmO - srI ranjani
tillAnA - kAnaDA

nI nAma rUpamulaku

A beautiful concert. Very fulfilling presentation. The sAvEri was vintage and mOhanam was so pristine and touching.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - R Raghul - Poongulam Subramanian - N Guruprasad

Nada Inbam, Raga sudha hall
18 Dec 2022, 6:15 pm

tanuNi ninnE - kAmbhOji - Adi (sketch)
rAmA ninnu - mOhanam - Adi - T (S)
brova samayamidE - gauri manOhari - Adi - Karur Devudu Iyer (RS)
ranganAyakam - nAyaki - Adi - MD
ellAm sivan seyal - vasantA - vilOma cApu - Suddhandha Bharati (RN)
chalamElarA - mArga hindOLam - Adi - T (S)
pAlincu kAmAkshi - madhyamAvati - Adi - SS (RNS)
tani
tillAnA - sindhu bhairavi
mukti aLikkum - senjuruTTi - Adi - GKB
nI nAma rupamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was an exquisite experience. A wonderful concert with each item very well presented. When a musician is able to internalise and present music with much conviction and confidence, the outcome should be of the highest order. With each uruppadi carefully chosen and neatly presented, with a set of accompanying artists who share the same musical thought, it was a concert to remember for a long time.

bharath

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - Vittal Rangan - J Vaidhyanathan - Sunil Kumar

Nada Inbam, 21 Apr 2022
Raga Sudha Hall
TK Govinda Rao Birthday Concert

nikila lOka nAyaki - danyAsi - Adi (varNam)
eTu nammina - sAvEri - Adi - PSI (S)
sarasvati - chAyA tarangiNi - Adi - MD
enta ninnE - mukhAri - rUpakam - T (RNS)
bhOgIndra sAyinam - kuntala varALi - kaNDa cApu - ST (S)
tEDi tEDi alaindEn - tODi - misra cApu - Ambujam Krishna (RN)
kanna tanRi nApai - dEvamanOhari - Adi - T
tulasi bilva - kEdAragauLa - Adi - T (RST)

beautiful concert. wonderful rendition. awesome selection

Season 2012

I had a rather different season this time. Attended far few concerts this season than many previous years. And for some reason, forgot to write down songlists during some concerts and misplaced some of them sheets when I did write down. Originally one wasnt planning to make a post here and hence wasnt really keen on keeping lists, however, felt very bad for not being part of the group here and therefor, have a few full lists here and points/items from my memory for the others. 

After Seshampatti Sri Sivalingam's concert at BVB, one took a long hiatus.

Heard Smt. Nanditha Ravi's concert at Ragasudha Hall. A well presented concert representing one of the old traditions of classical music. One then attended concerts of Smt. Suguna Varadachari and Smt. Ritha Rajan at Ragasudha Hall on the 17th and 18th of December 2012. Both were great concerts. As usual with the great vidushis, they were concerts of pure  classical music out-and-out. Smt. Suguna's kalyani AlApanai and kAntimatim were both wonderful. The main of the evening, tuLasi bilva with neraval at karuNatO was so moving. Smt. Ritha's renditions of the shankarAbaraNam and bEgaDa padams (mAnamE bhUshaNamu and yAlapadarE) were both stunning and so was the nATTaikuranji jAvaLi (tArumAru). Earlier her suruTTi AlApanai and angArakam in the old-world-version in cauka kAlam were amazing.


Palkulangara Ambika Devi - Trivandrum Sampath - Syamakrishanan - Nerkunam Sankar
21 Dec 2012. Raga Sudha Hall

ninnujUchi - saurAshTram (S)
jaya jaya padmanAbha - manirangu
gAngEya vasana - hamIr kalyANi (R)
bhavathi viswasome - mukhAri - misra cApu - ST (RS)
pAlimparAvadElarA - Arabhi (R)
dEva dEva jagadIswara - pUrvikalyANi (RS)
ninnADa - kannaDa
ninne nammi nAnu - tODi (RNST)

It was a concert of a different kind. A music that touched heart and soul. A stirring hamIrkalyANi, touching mukhAri. An Arabhi that flowed like a pravAham with no frills. indeed a sublime tODi. kAmAkshi kanchadalAyadAkshi neraval left each of the 40-odd people in tears.


R Vedavalli - Dr R Hemalatha - K Arun Prakash - N Guruprasad
23 Dec 2012. Music Academy

srI rAjagOpAla - sAvEri (NS)
nEnendu vedakudurA - karnATaka behAg
brOvasamayamidE - gauri manOhari (R)
rAmAbhi rAmA - darbAr - misra cApu - T
nagumOmu - AbhEri - Adi - T (RNS)
srI abhayAmbhA - srI
nIvADa nEgAna - sArangA
RTP - kAmbhOji - kaNDa tripuTa (rAgamAlikA tAnam in varALi, rItigauLa)
ranganE tiruvaranganE unadu pAdam tuNai
OrilEn kANi illai - ragamAlikA pAsuram in shanmukhapriyA, sahAnA, sindhubhairavi, bhAgEsri
srikAnta engaishTu - bhAgEsri - Adi - PD

Was a classical concert. The grand beginning was so wonderful with srI rAjagOpAla. The gauri manOhari AlApanai was great. The classical AbhEri (that with suddha dhaivatam) was a grand affair with an elaborate AlApanai, neraval and svarams at 'jagamElE paramAtmA'. The kAmbhOji AlApanani was wonderful and the tAnam was very moving. It was a superb pallavi fitting the occasion of 'vaikunTa EkAdasi'



Heard Trichur brothers and Prasanna Venkataraman at Music Academy. Trichur brothers sang dAchukOvalEnA. Prasanna's lalitA was moving. Heard Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath at Kapali Fine Arts. She sang O jagadambA for submain and O rangasAyee for main. It was a well presented concert which ended with Ahiri padam. Sri T N Krishnan's concert at Raga Sudha began with kAmbhOji varnam. The teratIyagarAdhA was great. 'dinamani vamsa' and 'paridAnamicchidE' were played well as well. After listening to Smt. Vedavalli's kAmbhOji, Prasanna's harikAmbhOji and mOhanam and Aishwarya's kEdAragauLa (varNam) and kAmbhOji, TNK's kambhOji, harikAmbhOji and bilahari in quick succession, it was a long string of same and/or related ragams and one just couldnt sit anymore. I m told TNK played mohanam for main.



R Vedavalli - RK Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash - N Guru Prasad
25 Dec 2012 Raga sudha Hall

entarA nItanaku (NS)
subramaNyEna - suddha danyAsi
nIkEla nAyaDa - dEvamanOhari
EtAvuna nErchitivO - yadukula kAmbhOji (RS)
nenarunchi nAnu
EkAmbrEsa nAyaki - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - MD (RTNS)
rAgamAlikA tAnam in bEgaDa, varALi, rItigauLa
tani
srI guruguhamUrtE - udayaravicandrikA
OsOsi - mukhAri
mOdi jEsevElarA - khamAs
tillAnA - hamsAnandi

a grand concert. The yadukulakAmbhOji and shanmukhapriyA were both so moving and sublime.


Rama Ravi - RK Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash
28 Dec 2012, Raga sudha Hall

intha mODi - sArangA
vinarAdanA manavi
srI sukra bhagavantam
Ananda naTana prakAsam (RS)
brOvasamayamidE - gauri manOhari
kAmAkshi gauri - sAvEri - Adi - PS (RS)
krupajUchuDaku vElarA
dalachina vAru - danyAsi
pAlayamAm pArvatIsA - kannaDa
raksha bettarE - bhairavi (RNST)
tArumAru - nATTaikuranji
bAla vinavE - kAmbhOji
paripOvalarA - bilahari
dalachu koNTE - kuranji
dAsaratE  sri rAma - khamAs - Adi - BR
harismaranE mADO - yamuna kalyANi

A great concert. The kEdAram was wonderful fitting the occasion of 'ArudrA darisanam'. the vAra kriti was well presented. The sAvEri and bhairavi were both wonderful. dalachina vAru was moving. The kAmbhOji padam was superb and the kuranji padam was just out of the world was a really rare treat. A touching concert.


Thamarakkadu Govindan Namboodri's concert at Raga sudha hall was awesome. His mAkElarA was perfect and superb. The danyAsi Alapanai and mAyuranAtam were both so wondeful. The aTANA AlApanai and srI kumAra nagarAlayE were awesome. The main was mari mari ninnE left one spellbound. Indeed a great concert.
Thanks to bad health, that was the last concert for me this season.

Its my bad that i missed noting down concert lists and don't remember what was sung in many of them. Hope to have a better season next time. Hope floats!

Prasanna Venkataraman, Music Academy

Prasanna Venkataraman - Edapally Ajith Kumar - AV Manikandan - Alathur Rajaganesh

Music Academy, 1:45 pm

bhavanuta (sketch, S)
marubalka (RNS)
arunachala natham
ninne nammi naanu (RNST)
karuthil ennalum - pantuvarali - adi - Periyasaami thooran
RTP - Arabhi - kanda triputa (2)
charukesa jatadara sambhO chandrasekara hE tvambhO
ragamalika svarams in kaanada, hindolam
tillana - dvijavanti - adi

Prasanna Venkataraman, Music Club IIT Madras

Prasanna Venkataraman - Mysore V Srikanth - K Arun Prakash - B S Purushottaman

Music Club IIT Madras
3 Nov 10. 6:45 pm

marachiTlunDE - bEgaDa - aTa - PSI (short sketch)
cintayamAkandamUlakandam - bhairavi - rUpakam - MD (S)
ikaparam iru - simmEndra madhyamam - Adi - PS (RNS)
mInalOchana brOva - danyAsi - cApu - SS (RNS)
viDajAladurA - janaranjani - Adi - T (R)
jAnakI patE - kharaharapriyA - Adi - PS
rAsa vilAsa - kAmbhOji - Adi - ST (RS)
tani
nirupamAna - bEhAg - Adi
sOdanai sumaikku - kApi - Adi - PS
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. It was a very good effort by the upcoming star of carnatic music that was presented with a lot of care. The choice of kritis and ragams was pretty impressive.

Beginning with the bEgaDa varNam was very impressive and it was aptly followed up with a brisk rendition of the bhairavi number with a good round of svarams.

The AlApanai of simmendra madhyamam was good and somewhat indicative of a fast kriti. The song which came was rounded off with a round of neraval and svarams. The danyAsi AlApanai was very classical and rendered with a good weight. The kriti was rendered beautifully with an elaborate round of neraval and svarams. The janaranjani AlApanai was very well handled and the kriti was beautifully rendered. The kharaharapriyA kriti was rendered with some superb sangatis.

The main kAmbhOji was grand and rendered in all its colours. The kriti was rendered well with an elaborate round of svarams. The post tani pieces were all good also.

The violinst was good in all parts and gave good and measured responses. The mridangist was wonderful and accompanied with a lot of anticipation. His accompanying was very inspiring. He was ably supported by the kanjira vidwan. The tani they shared was very nice also.

Prasanna Venkataraman, SSI Golden Jubilee Trust

Prasanna Venkataraman - S Varadarajan - Thanjavur Ramadass

SSI Golden Jubilee Trust
Raga Sudha Hall
28 July 2010

sAmi nI - Anandabhairavi - aTa - VK [varNam]
nEnendu vEtukudurA - karnATaka bEhAg - Adi - T
tulasi jagatjanani - sAvEri - rUpakam - T (RNS)
bAlakrishNam bhAvayAmi - gOpikA vasantam - Adi - MD
nAma kusumAmula - srI - Adi - T (RS)
bhOgIndra sAyinam - kuntaLa varaLi - kaNDa cApu - ST
kaddana vAriki - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
smarasundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS
vizhikku tuNai - viruttam in kEdAragauLa, shanmukhapriyA
saravaNa bhava - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - PS
nADi tEDi - bhAgEsrI [Thiruppugazh]
tillAnA - shankarAbaraNam - dEsAdi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. The AlApanais of sAvEri and srI were both handled elegantly. The tODi was very good. The kritis were all rendered very well, with the right measure of bhavam and the necessary punches. The neraval and swarams were all done aptly. The choice of songs, as seen from the list above, did seem very different and nicely chosen.

The violinst was great and gave very fitting replies which in some places were more beautiful than the main artist himself. The mrudangist played in perfect tandem and embellished the whole concert with his timely and appropriate strokes.

Overall a very good and enjoyable concert by the spirited young man.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - Charumathi Raghuraman - K Arun Prakash - B S Purushottaman

Nada Inbam
1 Jan 2010. 6:15 pm

vanajAkshi ninnE - kalyANi - aTa - PDI
vidulaku mrokkEdA - mAyAmALavagauLa - Adi - T (NS)
kOrinavaramu - rAmapriyA - rUpakam - PSI (RNS)
mundu vEnuka - darbAr - Adi - T (RS)
yagnAdulu - jayamanOhari - Adi - T
ADum deivam - kAmbhOji - Adi - PS (RNS)
tani
peRRa tAi tanai - viruTTam in mukhAri, madhuvanti, sAmA
tillai stalam - sAmA - Adi
tillAnA - gambIra vANi - Adi - T K Govinda Rao
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was an excellent concert. The choice of ragam and kritis was apt and they were presented exceptionally well. The violinst was very good and sometimes even a shade better than the vocalist in her replies. The percussion department was marvellouslly handled. Overall, the concert was extraordinary.

12 Noon concerts at Music Academy

Ramakrishnan Murthy - M Rajeev - Nirmal Narayan

Music Academy
16 Dec 09

The youngster presented a very good concert. The main was bhairavi (tanayuni brOva) and submain was rAmapriyA (kOrinavaramu). All the pieces were good and quite well executed.

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Nanditha Ravi - S Karthik - Karra Srinivas

Music Academy.
23 Dec 09. 12 noon

sAmi daya - kedAragowla varnam
suguNamulE - chakravAkam- rUpakam- Tyagaraja swami (S)
tyAgarAjAya - bEgaDa - rUpakam - Dikshitar
mIna lOcana - dhanyAsi - mishra chapu- Shyama Shastri (R,S @ gAnavinOdini)
kaNDEn kaNDEn - vasantha - Adi- aruNAcala kavirAyar
enduko nI manasu - kalyAni - Adi - Tyagaraja Swami (R N,S,T @ rAgarahita)

It was a very good concert. I liked it a lot.

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K Bharat Sundar - K P Nandini - A M Hari Narayanan

Music Academy
24 Dec 09

It was a very good concert. The submain kAsirAmakriyA (rAmanAtam bhajEham) and the main danyAsi (mInalOcana brOva) were both presented very well.

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Prasanna Venkataraman - Karaikkal Venkatasubramanian - Thanjavur Praveen Kumar

Music Academy
26 Dec 09

I reached late, as he was singing neraval for the song 'saRRE vilagi irum piLLAi'. It was followed by a stunning rendition of nIrajAkshi kAmAkshi. The main was "muripEmu galigE" in mukhAri. It was a very good concert, that was also well planned and presented neatly.

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Prasanna Venkataraman, Brahma Gana Sabha

Prasanna Venkataraman - R Raghul - S J Arjun Ganesh

Brahma Gana Sabha
12 Dec 09. 2:15 pm

sarasuDaninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI (short sketch)
Ongi ulagaLanda - Arabhi - Adi - ANDAL (S)
bhajarE rE citta - kalyANi - misra cApu - MD (RNS)
kOTinadulu - tODi - Adi - T
sukhievarO - kAnaDA - Adi - T (RST)
vizhikkuttuNai - viruTTam in mukhAri, hamsAnandi, sindu bhairavi
manadirkkugandadu - sindu bhairavi - Adi - TSI

Truly excellent concert by the youngster. Again, too short a slot for him.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - S Varadarajan - K Arun Prakash - K V Gopalakrishnan

SVK Birthday Series. Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall
18 April 08. 6 pm

ninnE kOri - kAnaDA - Adi
santAna gOpAlakrishNam - khamAs - rUpakam - MD (S)
rAmA nI vAdu - kalyANi - tisra Adi - T (RNS)
maravakavE O manasA - sAmA - rUpakam - PSI (RNS)
pAhimAm bruhannAyikE - husEni - rUpakam
nAdOpAsanA - bEgaDa - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
sOdanai - kApi - Adi - PS
mukti aLikkum - navarOj - misra cApu - GKB
tillAnA - gambIravANi - Adi - TK Govinda Rao
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. The AlApanais of kalyANi, sAmA and bEgaDa were all quite elaborate and very heavy and fitting for the songs that were rendered. The kriti renditions were very weighty. The neraval and svarams were all very good and done in a very emotive fashion. The accompanists were very good and did a wonderful job in accompanying for all the kritis and during their solo versions. Overall a very enjoyable concert.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - Charumathi Raghuraman - Trivandrum Balaji - KV Gopalakrishnan

Nada Inbam
25 Dec 08. 4 pm

sAmi ninnE - srI rAgam - Adi - Karur Devudu
bhavanuta - mOhanam - Adi - T (S)
ninnu sEvincina - yadukula kAmbhOji - misra cApu - Subbaraya Sastri (R)
ikaparam enum iru ulagil - simmEndra madhyamam - Adi - PS (RNS)
bAlasubramaNyam - suruTTi - Adi - MD
durusuga krupajUci - sAvEri - Adi - SS (RNST)
kaDaikkaN pArvai - khamAs - Adi - PS

Very good concert. The vocalist did a great job both in kriti renditions and in manOdarma parts. There was bhAvam intact everywhere. The accompanists were very competent and did a wonderful job in both accompanying and during their solo versions.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Karthik Fine Arts

Prasanna Venkataraman - B Ananthakrishnan - Thiruvidaimarudhur Sankaran - Ernakulam Ramakrishnan

Karthik Fine Arts, NGS Mini hall.
9 Dec 08. 10 am

viribhONi ninnEkOri - bhairavi - aTa - PA
anudinamunu - bEgaDa - rUpakam - PSI (NS)
brOvasamayamidE - gauri manOhari - Adi - GPV (RS)
taNigai vaLar - tODi - kaNDa cApu - PS
EkAmranAtam - gamakakriyA - Adi - MD (RNS)
Emani vEgintulE - husEni - Adi - T
mOhana rAmA - mOhanam - Adi - T (RST)
kaDaikkaN pArvai - khamAs - Adi - PS
tillAnA - darbAri kAnaDA - misra cApu - Tanjavur Kalyanaraman

It was a good concert. The kritis were all well rendered. The manOdarmam parts were also beautifully executed by the vocalist. The gaurimanOhari and mOhanam were good. The gamakakriyA was very elaborate and done in a very emotive fashion. The violinst was good. The percussionists could have been better.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Hamsadwani

Prasanna Venkataraman - Charumathi Raghuraman - R Sankaranarayanan

Hamsadhwani, Youth Hostel
12th March 2008. 6:15 pm

sarasUDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
cintayamAkanda - bhairavi - rUpakam - MD (S)
gana naya dEsikA - rishabapriyA - Adi - KI (RS)
nIyE charaN shanmukhA - kAmbhOji - Adi - PS
mAnamu lEdA - hamIr kalyANi - Adi - T
koluvamArE gAdA - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
sivakAma sundari - mukhAri - Adi - PS
RTP - Arabhi - misra chApu (5 akshara eDuppu, 5 akshara aridi)
chArukEsa jaTAdara shambhO chandrasEkara hE thvambhO
rAgamAlikA svarams in lalitA, kAnaDA
vizhikku thuNai - viruttam in shanmukhapriyA
saravaNabhava - shanmukhapriyA - PS
tillAnA - rAgEsrI - LGJ

Nice concert. All ragams and pieces well handled. Accompanists were good also.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Music Academy

Prasanna Venkataraman - T Hemamalini - P Jayabhaskar

Music Academy
26th December 2007. 12 noon

sAmi ninnE - srI rAgam - Adi - Karur Devudu
santAna gOpala krishNam - khamAs - rUpakam - MD (S)
rAmA nI vAdu konduvO - kalyANi - Adi (tisra gati) - T (RNS)
eppaDi manam - husEni - cApu - AK
durusuga - sAvEri - Adi - SS (RNST)
vazhikku tuNai - viruttam in kApi
shanmukanE - kApi - rUpakam - Neelakanta Sivan

A nice concert. The AlApanais were both done beautifully. The svarams in khamas were neat and had nice patterns. The neraval and svarams in kalyANi and sAvEri were done beautifully. There was an amazing sense of planning and perfect execution totally aparent in the concert. The accompanists were good also.

Prasanna Venkatraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - Charumathi Raghuraman - K V Gopalakrishnan - Anirudh Athreya

Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall
20th December 2007. 4 pm

chalamusEya - pantuvarALi - aTa tALam - Anai Ayya(varNam)
bAlAmbikAyA - kAnaDA - Adi - MD (S)
jaya jaya padmanAbha - sarasAngi - Adi - ST (RS)
mInalOcana brOva - danyAsi - cApu - SS (RN)
Emani vEgintulE - husEni - Adi - T
O rangasAyI - kambhOji - Adi - T (RNS)
tani Avarttanam
jAnati rAmam - slOkam in kApi
jAnaki ramaNa - kApi - Adi - Vanamamalai Jeeyar
tillAnA - gambIra vANi - Adi - TK Govinda Rao

A very fulfiling concert from the young star vocalist. His manodarman was totally classical and made a mark in the rasikas' mind. AlApanais were all very carefully done with a concious effort to make them beautiful. The kritis were rendered nicely. The neraval and svarams were all nice as well. There was perfect planning in the concert as well. The accompanists were very supportive and added to the enjoyment of those present.

Prasanna Venkataraman, shanmughapriya sabha

Prasanna Venkataraman - V.Sanjeev - Nellai Balaji

shanmughapriya sabha, Swamy's Hall RK Mutt Road,Mandeveli.
15th september. 6 pm

sarasijanAbha - kAmbOdhi - vadivelu(TQ)
siddhi vinAyakam(S) - shanmughapriya - MD
jaya jaya padmanAbha(R,S) - sarasAngi - ST
samukhaana nilva - kOkila varaaLi - T
sukhi evarO(R,N,S) - kAnadA - T
neraval in "O rAmA nAma sukhi evarO"
tAmadham thagAdhaya dayA parA thunai - mOhana kalyAni - Lalgudi VR Gopala Iyer
nee paadamulE (R, N, S)- bhairavi - Patnam
neraval in "shrI pancanadIshvaruni rANi vai"
tani
viruththam - rAgamAliga -???
"mannAthi bhUtham??" - nAttaikurinji + "peNNum nee Anum nee" - dhanyAsi + "bOdhika vandha guru" - sahanA +"eesane sivakAmi" -sindhubhairavi
vishveshwaru dharishAnu - sindhubhairavi + pahadi + kOsalam - ST
thillAna "na dhiru theem" - shankarabharanam - Patnam
pittam theliya - shenjuruTTi - GKB
pavamAna(mangalam)

very nice concert. The AlApanais of sarasAngi, kAnaDa and bhairavi were all very good. The way he started each of the rAgams were absolutely unambigous. The svara patterns were all nicely structured.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nadopasana

Prasanna Venkataraman - Ambika Prasad - Mannargudi Subramanian

Nadopasana, PS High School
7th Febrauary 2007. 5 pm.

chalamEla - darbAr - Adi
abhimAnam ennaDu - bEgaDa - Adi - PSI (S)
ini oru kaNam unai - srIranjani - rUpakam (RS)
bAlakrishNam bhAvayAmi - gOpikA vasantam - Adi - MD
mOhanakara muthukumarA - nItimati - rUpakam - KI
rAma bANa - sAvEri - Adi - T (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
jAnakI ramaNA - kApi - Adi - Jeeyar
tillAnA - kAnaDA - rUpakam

The concert started off with a nice rendition of the bEgaDa kriti with a quick set of svarams. The srIranjani AlApanai was done well. The kriti was rendered beautifully with a nice round of svarams.

The rare dIkshitar kriti was rendered soulfully to be followed by the nItimati piece. The main sAvEri AlApanai was done in a very elaborate fashion showing the rAgam very well. The kriti was rendered well, in a rather hurried fashion, probably for want of time, with an ultra short neraval at 'bAma kAsa vadu...' and a quick set of svarams and a short tani.

Sri Prasanna sang the post tani pieces as he was asked to sing them by the organisers. His music is far more matured and elegant. He is one musician who is going to make a name for himself in a big way in this field and that too in the near future.

Sri Ambika Prasad and Sri Subramanian were good in their jobs.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - Shertalai Sivakumar - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar

Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall.
28th December 2006. 4 pm

Era nApai - tODi - Adi
brOcEvArevarE - srIranjani - Adi - T (S)
cittam irangAdadEnayyA - sahAnA - PS (R)
Emani pogadaturA - vIravasantam - Adi - T
sundari nI - kalyANi - Adi - T (RNS)
nIlakanTam - kEdAragauLa - rUpakam - MD
muripEmu galigE - mukhAri - Adi - T (RNS)
rInAmanatanutu - bEhAg - Adi - ST
nittam unai vENDi - viruttam - sAvEri, shanmukhapriyA, sindhubhairavi
karuNai deivamE - sindhubhairavi - Adi

The concert started with a nice rendition of the tODi kriti and the srIranjani svarams were good. The sahAnA AlApanai was done well. The kalyANi AlApanai was good. The kriti was rendered with neraval and svarams at 'kalilO dinarakshaki'. The main mukhAri AlApanai was very moving. The kriti was rendered well with amazing neraval and svarams at 'IkulEni malayamArutamucE'.

Sri Prasanna sang well with a lot of bhavam. His ideas wery extraordinary and made a good impart. Sri Sivakumar on Violin was a trifle below sruti. He gave good replies to the main artist. Sri Sivakumar on mrudangam was good also.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Nada Inbam

Prasanna Venkataraman - L Ramakrishnan - R Sankaranarayanan

Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha hall. 20th April 2006 6 pm

sarasija nAba - kambhOji varnam - aTa tALam
brOva samaya - gauri manOhari
ennagAnu rAma bhajana - pantuvarALi - rUpakam - BR (RNS)
srI rAmam - nArAyaNagauLa - Adi - MD
rAmAbhi rAmA - darbAr - cApu - T (RS)
Emani vEgintulE - husEni - Adi - T
kaddanu vAriki - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
mAsil Ayothiyil - bauLi, bilahari, kEdAragauLa, shanmukhapriyA
jAnakIramaNa - kApi - Adi
nanmaiyum selvamum - mukhAri
srI rAmachandra - dhanyAsi
mangalam kOsalEndrAya - madhyamAvati
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam.

I reached late and entered for the pantuvarALi kriti. The neraval at 'rAmaciluka nokada penci prEma mATalADanEpi' was good and the swarams were nice also. The nArAyaNagauLa kriti was rendered with bhavam. The darbAr AlApanai was easily the best of the concert. He made his mark with the AlApanai. The kriti was rendered beautifully with very nice svarams which was aptly followed by a good rendition of the husEni kriti.

The main tODi AlApanai was normal and the kriti was rendered with neraval and svarams at the caraNam line. The rAgamAlikA pieces which followed were nice. The artist did a good job with the concert. The violinst stood up to the main artist at all occasions. The mridangist was very supportive and good in is tani as well.

bharath