Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi, Lakshmi Kuppuswany Trust

Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi - RK Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash 

Lakshmi Kuppuswamy Trust 

Vidwan T Kesavulu Centenary celebration 

Ragasudha Hall

22 Aug 2024, 7 pm

sAmi ninnE- pantuvarali - Adi - Shatkala Narasayya (varNam)

tolinE jEsina - suddha bangALa (S)

shanka chakra gadA pANim - pUrNa candrikA 

gandarvAmara - slOkam in bhairavi 

srI lalitE - bhairavi - Adi 

akshaya linga VibhO (RNST)

nArimaNi nI - khamAs - Adi 

thiruvotriyur thyAgarAjan - aTANA - rUpakam 

parulana mATa

nI nAma rUpamulaku 

Beautiful concert. Everything was measured and neatly presented. Pristine music. 

Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi, Brahma Gana Sabha

Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi - Mysore Srikanth - J Vaidhyanathan 

Brahma Gana Sabha 

Veteran's music festival 

NGS mini hall

18 Aug 2024, 6:30.pm

neranammiti - kAnaDA - aTa

vandE nI samaham - hamsadvani (S)

rAma bANa - sAvEri (RS)

krupajUcuTaku

sATilEni guruguha - pUrvi kalyANi (RNS)

sabhApatikku - AbhOgi 

koniyADina nApai - kAmbhOji (RST)

paripOvalarA - bilahari 

bhajarE gOpAlam - hindOLam 

uruvAi aruvAi - madhyamavati 

nI nAma rUpamulaku 

A wonderful concert. Classical music of the highest order. Each kriti was a treat to listen to. A concert to remember for a long time. The best beginning to the music festival featuring veteran musicians. 

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi - vocal
Dr. Nanditha Ravi - vocal support
Dr. R Hemalatha - Fiddle
K Arun Prakash - Mrudangam
N Guruprasad - Ghatam

Nada Inbam, Ragasudha Hall
27 Dec 2022, 6:15 pm

chalamEla - Nattakuranji - Adi
mAmava raghurAma - sAranga - rUpakam - T (S)
evari - madhyamAvati - Adi -.T
kOrinavaramu - rAmapriyA - rUpakam - PSI (RNS)
udyat bAnu - slOkam in dEvagAndhAri, varALi, yadukula kAmbhOji, mOhanam
kAdambari priyAyai - mOhanam - tisra tripuTa - MD (S)
srI kAmAkshi - vasantA -Adi
tuLasi bilva - kEdAragauLa - Adi - T (RST)
tamarum - kalyANi - tisra Adi - thiruppugazh
pusadAramu - tODi - tisra tripuTa
appadurukulOnaitinE - khamAs - Adi
kAdar kuzhai ADa - suddha dhanyAsi
nI.nAma rUpamulaku

A wonderful concert it was. Too good.

Rama Ravi, Rukmani Arts & Music Trust

Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi - RK Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Rukmani Arts & Music Trust
Ragasudha Hall
31 Jul 2022 6:15 pm

sAmi daya jUDa - kEdaragauLa - Adi
yuktamu gAdu - srI - Adi - T (S)
intakannAnanda - bilahari - rUpakam - T (RNS)
nIrajAkshi - hindOLam - rUpakam - MD (RS)
nija marmamulanu - umAbaraNam - Adi - T
aparAdamula - latAngi - Adi - PSI (NS)
koniyADina nApai - kAmbhOji - Adi - VK (RS)
tani Avartanam
payyada - nAdanAmakriyA - tisra tripuTa - K
adi nI pai - yamuna kalyANi - DS
mukti aLikkum - senjuruTTi - Adi - GKB
apuDu manasu - khamAs - rUpakam - PSI
Eru mayil - mOhanam - kaNDa cApu
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

That was a beautiful concert. A measured presentation. It left me with absolute bliss.

bharath

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi - RK Shriram Kumar - Manoj Siva - BS Purushottaman

Nada Inbam
Raga Sudha Hall
19 Dec 2019 6:15 pm

nA manavini - saurAshTram - catusra dhurva - SS
intakannAnandamEmi - bilahari - rUpakam - T (S)
danyuDevvaDO - malayamArutam - Adi - PSI (NS)
dhyAnamE varamaina - danyAsi - Adi - T (RS)
ambA saurambA - Arabhi - Adi - Ponniah Pillai
sivakAma sundari - mUkhAri - Adi
talli ninnu neranammi nAnu - kalyANi - cApu - SS (RST)
appuDu manasu - khamAs - Adi
payyada - nAdanAmakriyA - tisra tripuTa - K
prANa sakhuDiTu - senjuruTTi - Adi - DS
mukti aLikkum - senjuruTTi - Adi - GKB
dasarata suta - jaunpuri - rUpakam
tillAnA - hindOLam - kaNDa Ekam
nI nAma rUpamulaku

An awesome and unforgettable concert from the entire team. One is out of words to describe the feeling. Both danyAsi and kalyANi were phenomenal. All items presented were beautiful. Needless to say that the padam jAvaLi was section was establishing her authority on the school's music.

Rama Ravi, Rukmani Arts and Music Trust

Rama Ravi - vocal
Nanditha Ravi - vocal support
MA Krishnaswamy - fiddle
Kallidaikurichi S Sivakumar - mrudangam
Hariharan - tambura

Rukmani arts & music trust
Bombay Ramachandran Memorial concert
Ragasudha Hall
31 Aug 2019, 6:30 pm

evarE Emi - sahAnA - aTa - PSI
gaNanAtAya namastE - gauLa - Adi - Ambi Dikshitar (S)
manasu karugadEmO - hamsadvani - rUpakam - PSI (S)
vAsudEvamanisam namAmyaham - kAnaDA - kaNDa tripuTa - MV (RS)
maruva nIkU - pUrvikalyANi - Adi - Pallavi Seshayyar (RNS)
pizhaigal ellAm porutu - nAyaki - Adi - Ramaswamy Sivam
mahilOna yOcanalu - kOlAhalam - Adi - T
rAmA nIyaDa - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RST)
tillAnA - vasantA - Adi - Ammachathram Kannuswami Pillai
uruvAi aruvAi - madhyamAvati - kaNDa cApu
srI rAmachandranukku jaya mangalam

A wonderful concert. It started with a brief welcome talk and an introduction. The concert started with a rare varNam. Smt. Rama mentioned that Sri Ramachandran was a great vidwan with a huge repertoire and was known for his offbeat selections to teach and perform. She mentioned that she would present such compositions in this concert.

As she mentioned, except for the main kriti, all other pieces were rare and unheard off, to this writer. Some of which were not easy to find on google either. Still, each piece was rendered with a traditional gait and grandeur. The manodarma aspects were handled even better. One is short of words to express the feeling for each of the pieces. Should it be called satisfaction or the contending of the mind or soul! Was it the music! Was it the rendition! Whatever it be, one had to be there to listen and understand the feeling this concert created. It was an awesome concert and one to remember for a long time.

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi - Vocal
Nanditha Ravi - Vocal support
RK Shriram Kumar - Fiddle
K Arun Prakash - Mrudangam

1 Jan 2019, 6:15 pm
Nada Inbam, Ragasudha hall

inta mODi - sArangA - Adi - TT
vandanamu raghunandanA - sahanA - Adi - T
AnandarUpE nijabOda rUpE - slOkam in danyAsi
srI ranganAthAya namastE - danyAsi - rUpakam - MD (S)
vinatA suta vAhana - jayanta sEnA
durusuga krupajUchi - sAvEri - Adi - SS (RS)
ekkAlattilum maravEnE - nATTakuranji - RS
sabhApatikku - AbhOgi - rUpakam - GKB
akshaya linga vibhO - shankarAbaraNam - cApu - MD (RNST)
ElarADAyanE kAmini - bhairavi - Adi - Chinnaiah
kuvalayAkshirO - gauLipantu - cApu - K
nyAyamu gAdhurA - rItigauLa - cApu
dAsaratE srI rAmA - khamAs - Adi - BR
dasarata suta - jOnpuri - rUpakam
tillAnA - pUrvi
nI nAma rUpamulaku

An awesome concert. Each kriti rendition and each of the manodarma parts were all presented in such a wonderful manner. Some of the prayogams were too good. The accompanists were good also.

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam - DKP day

Rama Ravi - Vocal
Nanditha Ravi - Vocal support
R K Shriram Kumar - Fiddle
K Arun Prakash - Mrudangam

Oct 28th 2018. 6:15 pm

DK Pattammal remembrance concert
Nada Inbam. Raga Sudha Hall

sAmi ninnE - srI – Adi (varNam)
vAraNa mukhavA - hamsadwani - rUpakam - KI
mApAla velasi - asAvEri - Adi - T (S)
ekkAlattilum maravEnE - nAtakuranji - Adi - Ramaswamy Sivan (rAgam sketch)
mInalOchana brOva - danyAsi - chApu - SS (RS)
appa rAma bhakti - pantuvarALi - rUpakam - T (RNS)
kOrivaccitinayya - bilahari -  T
saundararAjam AshrayE - brundAvana sArangA - tisra Ekam - MD
raksha bettarE - bhairavai - Adi - T (RST)
kOpam eTula rAgayuNDunurA - kEdAragauLa - rUpakam
eppaDi pADinarO - karnATaka dEva gAndhari - Adi
kANAmal vINilE - nIlAmbari - Adi
tillAnA - khamAs - Adi - PSI
niraimadi mugamenum - pUrvikalyANi - Arunagirinathar (thiruppugazh)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi – T

A tribute that couldn’t get any better

Sangeetham is an experience. Music is only a part of this. Though the chaste music and its rendering are of utmost importance and an integral part of the exercise to achieve this experience, it is still incomplete without finesse. It is important that the artists communicate with each other and with the audience who come to seek an experience. The artists’ diction and conviction will drive this experience to its best. What is mentioned below is a poor man’s account of one such experience.

Smt. Rama Ravi remembered one of her gurus Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt. D K Pattammal, under the auspices of Nada Inbam on 28^th Oct 2018. Smt. Rama began with a few words about her relationship with Smt. Pattammal and mentioned that she was presenting pieces which have a strong connection with her.

The ever auspicious srI rAgam, wherever included in a concert, usually increases the pep. When sang at the start of a concert, it means a lot. A brisk varNam in srI ragam was at its best. Invoking Ganesha’s blessings and asking him to come along as a companion, the hamsadwani number was presented neatly with a sparkling cittai svaram. This writer has always found the Pattammal – asAvEri combination very interesting. Smt. Pattammal’s handling of uruppaDis in this rAgam is usually wonderful. Smt. Rama presented mApAla velasi in a very apt pace and rounded with a round of svarams. The patterns and twists and turns presented were just too good.

Smt. Rama recollected learning the nAtakuranji number ekkalattilum maravEnE, when Sri. T Sankaran gave it to Smt. Pattammal at Tamil Isai Sangam. Smt. Rama also remembered how Smt. Pattammal insisted on singing every sangati twice correctly and mentioned that Smt. Pattammal strongly believed that the practice of sangatis is what leads to perfection, which cannot come from any books or notes. The short AlApanai was only a trailer. The kriti was rendered in a sedate pace. Next up was an elaborate danyAsi, woven phrase-after-phrase showing the nuances and intricases of the rAgam and the kriti was rendered beautifully. There were swarams in both speeds leading up to the anupallavi line ‘gAna vinodini’.

A racy pantuvarALi was next. It was developed and presented in a very neat manner. The kriti was rendered with neraval and svarams at the line ‘lakshmi dEvi valachuna’. It was an elaborate affair showing the details of the rAgam and the composition. A rare bilahari number was rendered next. It’s a song this writer had not even heard off earlier.

A meditative saundararAjam was next. The monagal of brudAvana sArangA just before Smt. Rama started the song was making the audience yearn for more. The main course of the evening was bhairavi. A favorite of this writer. It was just too good and touched many deep feelings on its way. The kriti was rendered with a round of svarams.

Smt. Rama’s music is always special. It always has the right measure of everything. Her presentation of the nuances and the way each gamakka comes out of her throat is something that leaves one astonishing. What a perfection! Her choice of pieces and line-up for a concert is always interesting. She makes it a point to cover as many composers and tALams. She does take up related rAgams at times, but pulls them off with much ease. It was very soothing to hear her sing. Smt. Nanditha provided vocal support to her mother and guru, during the songs. It was as if one person was singing. Such was the merger. And if someone said harmonies are only possible in Western Music, listening to a pair of singers from the Brinda school, singing the same line in different octaves and the practice of alternating the dAtu and mAtu while singing svara sAhitya parts of kritis, will make them think otherwise. This was easily felt when Smt. Nanditha moved to a different octave than her mother and provided much needed support.

Sri R K Shriram Kumar is himself a disciple of Smt. DK Pattammal and her brother Sri DK Jayaraman. His playing on the occasion was as appropriate as it could get. His way of accompaniment usually suits any traditional singer. Hence, it was match made in heaven, for the evening. His handling of rAgams and svarams and accompanying the kritis made it much more exciting. Be it single Avartana svarams or the long passages or the korappu part, it was all done in such a beautiful manner. Sri K Arunprakash was the perfect match in the percussion department, for this team. His playing-for-the-kriti approach is always good. He was too good in embellishing this experience and even the tani Avathanam was in tune with the mood created by the song taken up as the main item.

The portrait of Smt. Pattammal that was placed was speaking many things too. Smt. Pattammal clad in a trademark kattam-potta-podavai, a measured smile. She was looking at the artists on stage and the audience making sure everything was going on the way she wished.

The concluding part of the concert had a kEdaragauLa jAvaLi to start with, followed by the ever famous eppo varuvArO. Neelambari added to the emotive mode. khamAs tillAnA and tiruppugazh lead to the curtains.

Some of the characteristics of Smt. Pattammal’s music are the bhavam and azhutham in music. The nirnayam in singing and the laya strongness. All these are naturally present in Smt. Rama’s music. In a positive linear combination with the gamakka nuances and finesse aspects from the Brinda school, it is indeed a rather wonderful combination that has happened to music.

It will be difficult to find different adjectives for each aspect and each kriti of such a concert. It was an experience difficult to express in words. It was sangeetham at its best. Arguably the best tribute to Smt. Pattammal, by a disciple of hers.

Rama Ravi, DKJ Foundation & Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi & Nandita Ravi - RK Shriram Kumar - J Vaidhyanathan

19th July 2014, Raga Sudha Hall
DKJ Foundation & Nada Inbam

intha mODi - sArangA varNam
muddumOmu - sUryakAntam
mApAla velasi - asAvEri (S)
nenaruncharA - simha vAhini (S)
mInalchana brOva - danyAsi (RNS)
srI ranganAtam - pUrNa candrikA
murugA muzhumadi - sAvEri
srI lalitE - bhairavi
svara rAga sudhA - shankarAbaraNam (RNST)
nAri maNi - khamAs
samayamidhE rA rA - bEhAg
arumarundhoru - mOhanam
kuvalayAkshirO - gauLipantu
mAyalADi - suruTTi
karpagamE kaN pArAi - madhyamAvati
nI nAma rUpamulaku

A really nice concert one got to listen, after a long time. thoroughly enjoyed it.

video available here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34HL7j1T3DA

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!

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi, Nanditha Ravi - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
Dilip Veeraraghavan birthday rememberence
6 Oct 2012. 6 :15 pm

varNam - kAmavardhani
vinatA suta vAhana - jayanta sEnA
divAkara tanujam - yadukula kAmbhOji - Ekam - MD (sketch)
nIkEla dayarAdu - sarasAngi (sketch S)
vanajAsana vinutA - shrI rAgam - rUpakam -Subbaraya Sastri
mAyammA - nATTaikuranji - Adi - SS (RS)
tiruvaDi tanai maravAdhE - rItigauLa - Adi - Muthukumara Swamy
mAmava raghurAmA - sArangA - rUpakam - T (S)
gajavadanA sammOdita - tODi - Adi - Kumara Ettendra (RNST)
smara sundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS
nAraImaNi kainadirA - khamAs - Adi - DS
rAma rAma prANa sakhi - bhairavi - Adi - K
enthaTi kulukE - kalyANi - rUpakam
uruvAi aruvAi - madhyamAvati - kaNDa cApu - Thiruppugazh

Rama Ravi, Oli

Rama Ravi - RK Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Oli
24 June 2012 6pm

vINA pustaka dhAriNIm - vEgavAhini
yagnadulu - jayamanOhari
paripUrNakAmA - pUrvikalyANi (S)
ekkAlattilum - nATTaikuranji (R)
kAdalAgi kasindu - bhairavi - tisra tripuTa(2) (RNS)
srI venkaTEsa
shankarAchAryam - shankarAbaraNam (RNST)
ErAtagu natarA - kEdAra gauLa
kuvalayAkshirO - gauLipantu
ninnu jUchi - punnAgavarALi
adi nIpai - yamunA kalyANi
smarasundarAnguni - paras
vandE mAtaram ambikAm - slOkam in sAvEri, kalyANi, suruTTi

Rama Ravi, Isai Saaral

Rama Ravi, Nanditha Ravi - Usha Rajagopalan - Thanjavur Kumar - H Sivaramakrishnan

AIR MTR Studio
Isai Saral, 24 June 2012, 5:30 pm

vAraNa mukhavA - hamsadvani - rUpakam - KI
kaDaikkaN vaitthennai - bEgaDa - misra cApu - Ramaswamy Sivan (RS)
vidhi illArku - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - Anai Ayya (RS)
nekkurugi - AbhOgi - Adi
ADinadeppaDiyO - kalyANi - Adi (RNST)
arivAr yAr - mukhAri
eppo varuvArO - jOnpuri
eru mayil - mOhanam

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi - R Hemalatha - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
27th Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

sAmi ninnE - srI rAgam
paramAtmuDu - vAgadIsvari
guruguhAya - sAmA - Adi - MD (sketch S)
mInalOchana brOva (RNS)
hastivadanAya
bhajana sEya rAdA - dharmavati (NS)
siddarinam uNDO - suddha danyAsi - rUpakam
saraguNa pAlimpA (RST)
mEragAdu - aTANA - Adi
OsOsi - mukhAri
bAyarAni - kApi - rUpakam
hari smaranE mADO - yamunakalyANi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku

Rama Ravi, Music Academy

Rama Ravi - Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Prapancham Ravindran - G Ravichandran

Music Academy
20 Dec 2011. 9:15 am




intha mODi - sArangA - Adi
grahabalamEmi - rEvagupti - Adi - T (S)
anantha padmanAbham - Arabhi - Adi - HMB
nIvEra kuladanamu - bEgaDa - misra cApu - T(RS)
kAppaduvE - Anandabhairavi - rUpakam - Ponniaah Pillai
EkAmranAtam - pUrikalyANi - Adi - MD (RNS)
nEkkurugi - AbhOgi - Adi
karuNAnidhi ilalO - tODi - Adi (tisra naDai) - SS (RNST)
kuvalayAkshirO - gauLipantu - misra cApu - K
mOdi jEsEvElarA - khamAs
tillai ambalatAnai - suruTTi - rUpakam - GKB

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi, Nandita Ravi - MA Krishnaswamy - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
29 Dec 09. 6:15 pm

neranammiti - kAnaDA - Adi - RSI
brOcEvArevarE - sriranjani - Adi - T
jenmamenduku - malayamArutam - Adi - MVS (NS)
rAmanAtam bhajEham - kAsirAmakriyA - tisra Ekam - MD (RNS)
mAyammA nannu brOva - nATTaikuranji - Adi - SS (RS)
iti nyAyamA srI rAmacandrA - mALavi - Adi - PSI
kailAsanAtEna samrakshitOham - kAmbhOji - misra cApu - MD (RNS)
tani
ittanai tulAmbaramAi - danyAsi - Eka tALam
entaDi gulukE - kalyANi - rUpakam
moratOpu - sahAnA - tisra tripuTa - K
smarasundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS
kaliyugadalli hari nAma - senjuruTTi - Adi - PD
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was an amazing concert. Everything was precise and presented beautifully. Very great music with a lot of bhavam that kindled the soul. I was literally in tears during the padam.

Rama Ravi, Carnatica

Rama Ravi & Nandita Ravi - M A Krishnaswamy - K Arun Prakash

Carnatica
25 Dec 09. 10:45 am

The theme of the programme was 'kAla pramANam'

evvari bOdana - AbhOgi - Adi - PSI

In the mordern concert tradition, it is prefered to start a concert with a varnam and quick song on probably Lord Ganesha, with sometimes a quick round of svarams.

The concept of slow song like 'gajavadaAnA sammodita' in tODi or madhyama sruti kriti like 'hastivadanAya' is not known and will it suit to start a concert that way?

srI mahA gaNapatim - aTANA - Adi - JCW
mApAla velasi - asAvEri - Adi - T

The kAlapramANam is very important for sangeetham and sahitya bhavam. It depends on the melody of the ragam, structure of the composition, lyrics and other factors too. Ragams are classified according to the gamakkams they take as 'sarva svara gamakka ragams', 'ardha kampita ragams', 'kampa heena ragams' and this also decides the kalapramanam.

Ragams like yadukula kambhoji and devagAndhari are preferably taken up in slow pace to give more melody.

lesser number of words and long syllables warrant slow pace, more wordy pieces might sound better in fast pace. sahitya bhavam and the theme of the song should also be considered.

Illustration of sahitya bhavam governing kAlapramANam with 2 kritis in kEdAram

though kEdAram is probably a faster ragam, the theme of the song and the cosmic dance and other descriptions of 'Ananda naTana prakAsam' warrant a slow pace.

The violinst mentioned that it is believed that the antara gAndhAram gives some energy and the suddha gAndhAram is somewhat slow and sober. Hence it was considered more auspicious to start a concert with a ragam that has antara gAndhAram.

Ananda naTana prakAsam - kEdAram - misra cApu - MD (RS)

A vocalist needs a very deep depth of the voice to sustain slower tempo of the song. MDR probably was the best for this.

To show a contrast, a song that calls everybody for have darshan of the Lord Nataraja and is in a peppy mood.

ellOrum vArungaL - kEdAram - Adi - GKB

The mridangist made a mention of the need to need to play sticking to the vocalist and their music. Also, knowledge of the kritis for the percussionist is very important and it is tough to actually get the correct timing of the vocalist. The expression 'kavvi vaasikkaradu' was used.

There was a question about the need for cittai svarams. The vocalist mentioned they are supposed to be decorative and the violinst also added that some musicians like TMT believed that it was an easy tool to teach svara singing to students.

The cittaiswaram of gajavadanA in tODi and the svara sAhityam of srI kAmAkshi in vasanta were both rendered to show this idea.

kOrina varamu - rAmapriyA - rUpakam - PSI
tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNST)

vazhi maraittirukkudE - nATTaikuranji - misra cApu
tAru mARu - nATTaikuranji - Adi

The padam and javali are again sung for the change of tempo. Like the 'bade khayal' and 'chote khayal' of hindustani music, singing a padam and javali in the same ragam was practiced in the past.

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi - M R Gopinath - Shertalai R Anantakrishnan

Concert in Memory of Vidwan Sri P N Raghava Rao
Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall
30 Oct 09. 6:30 pm

viribhONi ninnEkOri - bhairavi - aTa - PA
daritApulEka - sAvEri - Adi - T (S)
entuku nirdaya - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (RS)
mOmu jUpavEmi rAmA - darbAr - rUpakam - Thirupathi Narayanaswamy (R)
saravaNa bhava - madhyamAvati - Adi - PS
marivEre dikkevvarO - latAngi - kANDa cApu - PSI (NS)
kAppaduvE unadu - Ananda bhairavi - rUpakam - Sivanandam
nAdOpAsanajE - bEgaDa - Adi - T (RNST)
engE tEDi piDittAyaDi - saurAshTram - Adi - GKB
nEra mora jArachOra - hamsadvani - misra cApu
bhAmarO mUvagOpAluDu - kEdAragauLa - misra cApu - K
mODi jEsE - khamAs - Adi
mAyalADi bOdana - suruTTi - Ekam
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a great concert. Smt. Rama Ravi started off with a few words about Sri Raghava Rao and mentioned she would include a few compositions that were taught to her by Sri Raghava Rao. It was later mentioned during the concert that they were the darbAr, madhyamAvati and latAngi pieces.

The concert was filled with deep classicism from the word go. The kritis renditions were all precisely perfect. The manodarmam was very apt and measured for each kriti. The concert had a wonderful start in the bhairavi varNam. The sAvEri kriti followed up with a quick round of svarams. The harikAmbhOji AlApanai was short and yet very appealing. The kriti rendition was stunning and appropriate svarams followed.

The darbAr, was something i personally enjoyed the best in the kriti. The AlApanai was quite inspiring and the kriti was a rare one, rendered very beautifully. The madhyamAvati and latangi kriti, with neraval and svarams, followed thro'.

The Anandabhairavi kriti with its intricate cittai svaram rendered with various permutations, led to the main piece. bEgaDa was very elaborate and bhava laden. The kriti was rendered with beautiful neraval and svarams.

The saurAshTram padam was very beautiful. The hamsadvani piece was stunning and rendered with a lot of weight. The kEdAragauLa padam was great too. The khamAs and suruTTi javaLis were very nice too.

Smt. Nandita Ravi provided very apt vocal support to her mom-cum-guru. The accompanists were very good and played their parts perfectly. The violinst was very good in both following the main artist and in giving sensible replies. The mridangist played with good anticipation and in tune with what was presented. His tani was good also.

Rama Ravi, AIR studios

Rama Ravi - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash - K S Rangachari

National Programme of Music. Concert of Talappakka Annamacharya Compositions
Multi Track Recording Studio, All India Radio, Chennai.
22nd June 09. 5 pm

jaya jaya rAma - maNirangu - Adi
parusamu sokkaka - kEdAram - Adi (short sketch)
rAma rAma rAma krishNa - kalyANi - rUpakam (RS)
telisitE mOkshamu - kIravANi - kANDa cApu (RS)
sakala shAnti karamivva - bahudAri - Adi
vADE vEnkaTAdri - vasantA - Adi (S)
Edi nijambani - sAvEri - misra cApu (RNS)
tani
srI satIsha - khamAs - tisra Adi
nArayaNa namO namO - senjuruTTi - Adi

It was a very beautiful concert. The main artist did a great job in choosing all rare compositions and presenting them all very effectively and touching those who attended the concert. The AlApanais of kalyANi and kIravANi were crisp and the svarams were measured. The sAvEri was pretty elaborate with neraval and svarams and it was very good. The kritis were all nicely rendered. Multiple caraNams were rendered for many kritis and one of them even had a nice cittai tooo. The accompanists were all very good and gave perfect support to the concert over all.

Though just an hour and half, it was a very fulfilling concert.

Rama Ravi, Dilip Memory Day, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi, Nandita Ravi - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Dilip Memory Day. Nada Inbam. Raga Sudha Hall
28 Feb 09. 5:30 pm

vanajAsana vinuta - srI rAgam - rUpakam - Subbaraya Sastri
vinarAdanA - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - T
ranganAyakam - nAyaki - Adi - MD
durusuga krupajUchi - sAvEri - Adi - SS (short sketch)
mODi jEsevElarA - khamAs - Adi
mOsamAyE - Ahiri - misra cApu
vANipondu - kAnaDA - rUpakam