Sangeetha Sivakumar, Nada Inbam

Sangeetha Sivakumar - R Hemalatha - B Sivaraman

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

kaNDa jUDumi - vAchaspati - Adi - T (NS)
dayarAni - mOhanam
vidulaku mrokkEdA - mAyAmALavagauLa - Adi - T (RNS)
mAnADa mazhuvADa (naTarAja paththu) - sAvEri, suruTTi, kAmbhOji
naDamADi tirinda - kAmbhOji
O jagadamba - Ananda bhairavi - Adi - SS (RST)
yArukkAgilum bayamA - bEgaDa
jagaddhOdhAraNa - kApi - Adi - PD
nenjukku nIdIyum - sindhu bhairavi
nI nAma rUpamulaku

It was a cosmic flow of chaste music at Ragasudha when Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar sang. All the ragams and songs taken up were of the highest order. All ragams chosen were heavy. Some allied and some very close to one another. And yet there were so deftly and ably handled. It was a amritha pravaaham. And with each piece it left the listener puzzled at what could come next and then a much bigger song/ragam would follow. The accompanists Smt. Hemalatha and Sri. Sivaraman were so well adding to the musical experience. On the whole it was a concert to remember for a long time.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Nada Inbam

Sangeetha Sivakumar - R Hemalatha - Manoj Siva - N Guruprasad

Nada Inbam
5 Feb 2013, 6:15 pm
Dilip rememberance

vidulaku mrokkEdA - mAyA mALava gauLA (NS)
smaraNE sukhamu - janaranjani (RS)
ennEramum undan - dEvagAndhAri
endu dAgi nADO - tODi (RNST)
parulannamATa - kApininnu jUchi - punnAga varALi
yArukkAgilum bayamA - bEgaDa
pAsuram in kalyANi, suruTTi
vanga kaDal kaDaindha - suruTTi
nI nAma rUpamulaku

Really wonderful concert. Very brisk janaranjani and superb mAyAmALavagauLa. An awesome tODi. Absolutely out of the world tODi indeed.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Music Club IIT Madras

Sangeetha Sivakumar - VVS Murari - Manoj Siva

Music Club IIT Madras
Dilip memory concert
6 Feb 2010. 7 pm

chalamEla - nATTAikuranji - Adi - Rangaswamy Nattuvanar
vallabha nAyakasya - bEgaDa - rUpakam - MD (S)
nijamarmamula - umAbaraNam - Adi - T
dalachina vAru - danyAsi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (R)
rAmA ika nannu - sahAnA - rUpakam - PSI (RS)
ninnuvinA - pUrikalyANi - cApu - SS (RNST)
aDiyokka - kAmbhOji - tisra tripuTa - K (short sketch)
smarasundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS
vanga kaDal - suruTTi - ANDAL
nI nAma rupamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

An awesome concert. The grand rendition of the varnam in 2 kAlams with the svara sAhityams set-up the mood for a wonderful concert. The bEgaDa kriti was rendered soulfully and with a fitting round of svarams, with a quick umAbaraNam to follow.

The AlApanai of danyAsi was scintillating. The rAga bhAvam was fully intact and shown in great detail. The kriti was rendered wonderfully in a very emotive and meditative fashion. With a soulful and bhAvA laden sahAnA to follow, it was a wonderful to hear the kriti and a round of svarams.

The main course, pUrvikalyANi was so elating and grand. The phrases flowed all over the rasikas and created a certain kind of aura that is rare and few and far apart. The kriti was rendered in a fitting fashion, with a gripping round of neraval and svarams. It was very different and nice to listen to kIzhkAla svarams after the kIzhkAla neraval and the mEl kAlam to come later.

As if all this wasnt enough came the kAmbhOji. As the artists started to humm, one was in mood for a pallavi. The night was still young. However, the grand padam came as a surprise and was rendered in a soulstirring fashion. The paras jAvaLi and suruTTi thiruppAvai eventually led to the inevitable, end of a concert.

The vocalist was in great form and presented everything with a lot of grip and leisure, that added a lot to the overall listening pleasure of the concert. The choices were very classical and so was the presentation. The accompanists were wonderful.

The violinst was great in accompanying and in giving fitting responses. His solo versions of the rAgam and the svarams were all wonderful. The mrudangist played with great anticipation and with a lot of embellishments that made the concert totally much more enjoyable. His tani was nice as well.

A great concert indeed.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, YACM

Sangeetha Sivakumar - Dr. R Hemalatha - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - KV Gopalakrishnan

YACM Chamber Concert
12 June 2010. 6:30 pm

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
srI mAtrubhUtam - kannaDa - misra cApu - MD
gOpanandana - bhUshAvaLi - Adi - ST (RS)
mAyammA - nATTaikuranji - Adi - SS (R)
sEvikka vENDum ayyA - AndhOLikA - Adi - MT
dAcukOvalEnA - tODi - misra jhampa - T (RNST)
vAni pondu - kAnaDA - rUpakam
bArO krishnayyA - rAgamAlikA
jAnarO - khamAs - rUpakam
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. Set in the comfortable drawing room of a home, it was absolutely divine music touching the soul all the way. The renditions of each of the kritis were precisely crisp and sharp with the right measure of feel and emotions thus tickling the senses. The AlApanai of bhUshAvaLi was very good. The classic nATTaikuranji was dealt with leisurely, fitting the mood of the composition. The main tODi was majestic. The choice of compositions was also very good. The neraval and svara parts of the concert were all done well in the right measure. The vocalist made good use of her style with the right measure of gamakkams and brigas to give music that was fulfilling the mind and soul.

The violinst was very good in her responses and matched the main artist at all occasions. Her versions of the rAgA elaborations were very good as well. The mridangist played very well with good anticipation and gelling well with the music. The kanjira vidwan was very sensitive and played very well. The thani was very nice to listen.

I was happy to be part of this concert.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Carnatica

Sangeetha Sivakumar - B U Ganesh Prasad - Shertalai Anantakrishnan

Carnatica
Concert of Ashtapadis and Tarangams
11 March 10. 7:15 pm

caraNam bhava karuNAmayi - saurAshTram - rUpakam - NT
krishNam kalaya - mukhAri - Adi - NT (short sketch S)
lalita lavanga - vasantA - Adi - J (RNS)
AlOkayE rukmini kalyANa - kambhOji - misra cApu - NT (RNS)
tani
sanchara tatara sudhA madura - rAgamAlikA - Adi - J
kalyANa gOpAlam - sindhubhairavi - kaNDa cApu - NT
jaya mangaLam - suruTTi - catusra Ekam (tisra naDai)

It was a very good concert. Though a thematic one, the handling of the pieces and manOdarma were both good. The vasantA and kAmbhOji AlApanais were bhavaladen. The neraval & svarams were nice as well. The accompanists were good in playing a supportive role

Sangeetha Sivakumar, MFAC

Sangeetha Sivakumar - R K Shriram Kumar - Manoj Siva - N Guruprasad

Thyagaraja Aradhanai Series.
Mylapore Fine Arts Club.
25 Jan 10. 6:30 pm

vidulaku mrokkEdA - mAyAmALAvagauLa - Adi (NS)
nijamarmamulanu - umAbaraNam - Adi
nAdOpAsanacE - bEgaDa - Adi (R)
eTi yOcanalu - kiraNAvaLi - Adi (RS)
endu dAgi nADO - tODi - misra cApu (RNST)
ennagA manasuku - nIlAmbari - Adi
tavadAsOham - punnAgavarALi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi

It was a very good concert. I enjoyed all the kriti renditions. The bEgaDa was elaborate and heavy. The main tODi was grand and majestic. The kiraNAvaLi was very good and well presented too. The accompanists were very good and played just the way that is needed to boost the concert.

Much enjoyable concert

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Sangeetha Sivakumar - R K Shriram Kumar - B Ganapathiraman - N Guruprasad

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
3 Dec 09. 5 pm

dinamaNi vamsa - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (short sketch, S)
vinatAsuta vAhana - jayantasEnA - Adi - T
nekkurugi unnai - AbhOgi - Adi - PS (RS)
cEta srI - dvijAvanti - rUpakam - MD
nenarunchinAnu - mALavi - Adi - T
birAnavarAlIrchi - kalyANi - tisra Adi - SS (RNST)
rAdha mukha kamala - kApi - Adi - PS
brUhi mukundEtI - kuranji - Adi - SB

It was a very good concert. The first harikAmbhOji made a punchy beginning and it couldnt get better than dinamaNi vamsa. The choice of songs hence were all very good. The choice of AbhOgi and kalyANi for elaboration was very nice. She did them very well. The AbhOgi was very good. The kalyANi was very good and enjoyable. All kriti renditions were wonderful. The accompanists were very good and made it an wonderful concert. The violin replies and accompanying was amazing. The percussion department was handled well. The tani was wonderful.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Mylapore Fine Arts Club

Sangeetha Sivakumar - VVS Murari - B Ganapathiraman - Papanasam Sethuraman - S Ganesan

Mylapore Fine Arts Club
25th December 2007. 9 am

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI (varNam)
makElarA - ravicandrikA - Adi - T (S)
Ananda naTana prakAsam - kEdAram - misra cApu - MD
sEshAcala nAyakam - varALi - rupakam - MD (RNS)
eTiyOcanalu - kiraNAvaLi - Adi - T
tiruvaDi caraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - GKB (RNST)
RTP - sAvEri - catusra jhampai (2 kaLai) 3 akshara eDuppu 3 akshara aridi
'karimora vina lEdA harE krishNA'
rAgamAlika svarams in mOhanam, janaranjani
smara sundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS (jAvaLi)
nenjukku nIdiyum - sindhubhairavi - misra cApu - Bharathiyar

The concert was very nice and pleasing. The svarams in ravicandrika were very good and kept the pep. The kEdAram kriti was very moving. The varALi affair was perfectly presented and neat and good to the ear. The kAmbhOji AlApanai was very elaborate and done in a highly classical fashion. However, one was expecting a heavier kriti. The neraval and svarams were nice also. The sAvEri AlApanai and tAnam were leisurely and rendered very beautifully. The pallavi was rendered with the usual anulOmam and pratilOmam. The svarams were rendered in the mEl kAlam only. A few kalpana svarams in the kIzh kAlam were being missed. Smt Sangeetha's voice was in good shape and she could communicate well with the audience. Sri Murari was good in all parts of the concert. His varALi outshowed the subsequent two AlApanais. Sri Ganapathiraman was very good thro' the concert. His playing for the kEdAram kriti needs a special mention. He was ably assisted by Sri Sethuraman. Their tani was nice also.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Krishna Gana Sabha

Sangeetha Sivakumar - Padma Shankar - Nellai Balaji

Krishna Gana Sabha
14th September 2007.

inta chalamu - bEgaDa - Adi
namAmi vigna vinAyaka - hamsadvani - Adi (tisra naDai) - Krishnaswamy Ayya (S)
yagnAtulu - jayamanOhari - Adi - T
sEshAcala nAyakam - varALi - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
suma sAyaka - karnATaka kApi - rUpakam - ST (R)
vacAma gOcaramE - kaikavasi - Adi - T
tiruvaDi caraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - GKB (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
ennagA manasuku - nIlAmbari - T

It was nice concert with a beautiful selection of kriti and neat execution. The svarams for hamsadvani were crisp. The AlApanai for varALi was done extensively. The kriti with neraval and svarams was well rendered. The karnATaka kApi AlApanai was a nice surprise as well. It was done in a scholarly fashion. The main kAmbhOji AlApanai was done well, with many phrases reminding of MLV's renditions. The kriti was rendered with nice round of neraval and svarams. Had to leave during the nIlAmbari.
Accompanists were good and made it a good concert.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust

Sangeetha Sivakumar - R K Shriram Kumar - Poongulam Subramanian - S Karthik

Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust & Narada Gana Sabha, NGS Mini Hall
24th April 2007. 6:45 pm
Sri Thyagaraja Jayanthi

vidulaku mrokkEdA - mAyAmALavagOwLa - Adi (short sketch, NS)
vAcAmagOcaramE - kaikavasi - Adi
bhaktuni cAritramu vinavE - bEgaDa - Adi (RS)
raghuvIra raNadhIra - husEni - rUpakam
yajnAdulu - jayamanOhari - Adi
endu dAginADO - tODi - misra cApu (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
ennagA manasuku - nIlAmbari - Adi
tava dAsOham - punnAgavarALi - Adi
jayamangaLam nitya shubhamangaLam - ghaNTA - kaNDa cApu

The short skech of mALava gaULa gave a good start. The kriti was rendered nicely with neraval and svarams at 'kamalA gaurI vAgIsvarI vidhi'. The bEgaDa AlApanai was very nicely rendered by Smt Sangeetha. Sri Shriram Kumar's reply was amazing. The kriti was rendered with quick round of svarams. The husEni kriti was nice. The main tODi AlApanai was extensive by the vocalist and the violinst. The kriti couldnt get heavier. It was rendered with all its grandeur, with neraval and svarams at 'alanADu kanakakashipu niNDAru'. The nIlambari piece was nicely rendered as well. The ghaNTA mangaLam was good and a welcome change, from the usual saurAshTram piece.

Smt Sangeetha gave a very classical concert with pieces which are quite endangered in concert circuits. Sri Shriram Kumar was good in all parts and gave good support. Sri Subramanian was aggresive from the beginning. Sri Karthick was good. The tani was short and had only catusra naDai and a 8 Avarththana kOrvai.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

30th December 2005 4pm
Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Vidhya Bharathi

Sangeetha Sivakumar - B U Ganesh Prasad - Manoj Siva

Era nApai - tODi varNam - Adi
nAdupai - madhyamAvati - T (S)
yagnAtulu - jayamanOhari
sEshAcala nAyakam - varALi - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
mA ramaNan - hiNdOLam - rUpakam - PS
kamala caraNE - amruta bEhAg - Adi - GNB
tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
nI mAtalE mAyanurA - pUrvikalyANi jAvaLi
karpUram nArumO - khamAs - nAciyAr tirumozhi pAsuram
tillanA - behAg - tisra Adi

I reached the concert late, while she was singing varALi. The varALi was good. One kept wondering as to why she directly started singing mel kala svarams in varALi. The answer came with a long elaborate very enjoyable and carefully structured 15 minute bhairavi alapanai. The kriti and the neraval svarams at 'vatsamu' were very good. The concert was well planned and she did a good job.

The violinst was good all thro' and so was the mrudangist in providing sensible accompaniment all thro' the concert.

Sangeetha Sivakumar Krishna , Music Academy

Sangeetha Sivakumar at Academy on 20th December 2004 2:30 pm

Era nApai - varNam - tODi
vandE ham jagatvallabham - hamsadvani (rAga sketch, svarams)
nijamarma mulanu - umAbaraNam
ninnuvinA - pUrvikalyANi (AlApanai, neraval, svarams)
ranganAyakam - nAyaki
vara rAgalayA - cEncukAmbhOji
evari mATa - kAmbhOji (AlApanai, neraval and svarams)
taniyAvartanam
svara sundara - paras - dharmapuram subbarAyar jAvaLi on vINai dhanammAL
enadhu uLLamE - mIrA bhajan
maitreem bhajatha

neat rendition. Her voice was not co-operative. The Accompanists also did a good job.