Lakshmi Sreeram, Music Club IIT Madras

Lakshmi Sreeram, Music Club IIT Madras

Sri Rama Navami spl concert

slokam
jaya jaya jaya janakikantha
rama bhakti samrajyam
emayya rama
ra ra rajeevalochana rama
kanamum maravathe
dasaratham - nattakuranji
rama rama guna seema

The concert was well rendered. The alapanai of mOhanam was very heavy and classical. The main simmendra madhyamam was very enjoyable also.

Dr R Hemaltha, Music Club IIT Madras

Dr Hemalatha fiddle concert at CLT

sahana varnam
gam ganapathe
sadhinchane
suajana jeevana
saundara rajam
niravathi sukhada
enthuku peddala

The alapanai of Arabhi and khamAs were very educative and showed the essential phrases. The shankarabaranam was majestic. The highlight of the program was the commentary by Dr Hemalatha, where she mentioned the differences in handling of ragas by each of the trinity and contemperory usages. She highlighted the special old-school phrases which are not all that oft heard in concerts these days.

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.

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.

Sheikh Mehaboob Subhani & Khalishabi Mehaboob, Music Club IIT Madras

Sheikh Mehaboob Subhani & Khalishabi Mehaboob - Nadasvaram
Feroz babu - Nadasvaram support
Srirangam V G Murugan & Ongole K Venkateswarulu - Thavil

Music Club IIT Madras
27 October 2010. 6:45 pm

evvari bOdana - AbhOgi - Adi (R)
vAtApi gaNapatim - hamsadvani - Adi - MD (S)
entarO mahAnubhAvulu - srI - Adi - T
rAga sudhA rasa - AndhOLikA - Adi - T (R)
Ananda naTamADuvAr tillai - pUrvikalyANi - rUpakam - NS (RS)
inta saukya - kApi - Adi - T (RST)
kaNDEn kaNDEn - bhAgEsrI - Adi (R)
eppaDi pADinarO - karnATaka dEvagAndhAri - Adi - Suddananda Bharati
nijagAdasA yadunandanE - sindhubhairavi - Adi - J (R)
kuraiyondrum illai - rAgamAlikA - Adi - Rajaji (R)
tillAnA - danAsrI - Adi - ST
nI nAma rupamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a wonderful concert. All the pieces were rendered well. The AlApanais of AndhOLikA and bhAgEsrI by Smt. Khalishabi Mehaboob were mesmerising and very inspiring, while those of pUrvikalyani and kApi by Sri Sheikh Mehaboob Subhani were very good. They shared the other AlApanais and were rendered very well. The kritis were all rendered very well and the svarams were a good mix of sarvalaghu and vyavahAram. Their son provided very commendable support on the nAdasvaram during the kritis. The percussion artists were very good and played very supportively.

V Sumithra, Music Club IIT Madras

V Sumithra - Bombay V Anand - R Sankaranarayanan

Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
5 Oct 2010.
Dilip Rememberance

srI mUlAdhAra - srI - Adi - MD
koluvai - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - T
srI nAtAdi - mAyAmALavagauLa - Adi - MD (RN)
nIvAda nEgAna - sArangA - kANDa cApu - T
nijamukha rAmA - kIravANi - Adi - RSI (RNS)
kulabirudulu - dEvamanOhari - rUpakam - T
RTP - nATTAikuranji - misra tripuTa (2 kaLai) 3/4 eDuppu, 7 aridi
mahima teliya taramA rAmA nI
rAgamAlikA svarams in nAgasvarAvaLi, gauLa, sAmA
tani
UrilEn kANi illai - pAsuram in sAveri, sahAnA, varALi, madhyamAvati
aDAikkalam - madhyamAvati - Adi - AK
tillAnA - vasantA - Adi - AKP
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. A very classical affair from the beginning and each piece rendered with a lot of punch of weight. Each piece was carefully chosen and rendered appropriately. The perfect beginning invoking Lord Vinayaka in srI rAgam was just the way it should have begun. With a quick dEvagAndhAri, the elaborate mAyAmALavagauLa was having the right measure of quick and leisurely phrases in an apt mix to fit the kriti that came.

srI nAtAdi guruguhO was rendered with elaborate round of neraval at 'mAdUrya gAnAmruta pAnO'. The quick fast paced sAranga with a few really catchy sangatis lead to the next elaborate piece.

kIravANi was given ample time and elaborate treatment. The AlApanai was very classical and soaked with rAga bhAvam. The kriti was rendered with elaborate neraval and svarams at 'vasudalO nIdu vara bhaktalaku'.

The nATTaikuranji was just tooo good. The AlApanai was stunning and rendered with the required punch albeit with the nuances of the rAgam kept intact all the way. The tanam was very nice as well. The pallavi was rendered well with elaborate neraval and svarams. The rAgamAlikA pAsuram had very classical rAgam chosen and rendered with a certain completeness that one feels only with such rAgams.

The accompanists were very good and played very appropriately for the concert. They kept themselves in the right proportion and also portrayed their responses in a equally enjoyable fashion as the main artist.

It was a very enjoyable and classical concert fitting to the rememberance of dilip.

Sriram Parasuram, Music Club IIT Madras

Sriram Parasuram - Violin
Palghat A M Hari Narayanan - Mrudangam
B Shree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

Music Club IIT Madras
21 Sept 2010. 6:45 pm

mahA gaNapatim - nATTai - Ekam - MD (RS)
rAmA ninnu namminA - mOhanam - Adi - T (RS)
vA vElavA - tAnarUpi - kaNDa cApu - KI (R)
viribhONi ninnukOri - bhairavi - aTa - PA (R)
jayati sivE bhavAni - bhavAni - catusra rUpakam - MD (R)
ADamODi galadE - chArukEsi - Adi - T (RS)
tani
rAma mantra - jaunpuri - Adi - PD (R)
mODi jesevElarA - khamAs - Adi
vaishNava janatO - khamAj - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a great concert. The AlApanais of mOhanam, bhairavi and chArukEsi were very elaborate while all the others were short and sketchy and crisp. The compositions were rendered very well. The beginning of the concert with a crisp nATTai, set stage for a grand evening. The mOhanam AlApanai was very good and classical. The kriti was rendered well. The AlApanai of bhairavi was very indicative of a very grand piece. The varNam being nothing short of that. The AlApanai of the asampUrNa mELA bhavAni was pretty interesting and nice on the ear. The kriti was rendered very well. The main charukEsi was very good and displayed all the colours of the rAgam. The kriti was rendered well too.

The accompanists were good and did a very nice job in accompanying appropriately for the concert. The tani was good too.

Neela Ramgopal, Music Club IIT Madras

Neela Ramgopal - Dr Hemalatha - Thanjavur Ramadass - E M Subramanian

Music Club IIT Madras
16 Sept 2010. 6:45 pm

chalamEla - nATTaikuranji - Adi - Rangaswami Nattuvanar (short sketch) [varNam]
mahAgaNapatim - amruta vAhini - Adi - JCW (S)
kAru bAru - mukhAri - Adi - T (R)
shankari nIvE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - Subbaraya Sastri (RNS)
mAmava raghurAmA - sArangA - rUpakam - T
azhagA azhagA - suddha danyAsi - kaNDa cApu - AK
kAmAkshI gauri - sAvEri - Adi - PS (RNS)
tani
nIrada sama - jayanta srI - Adi (tisra naDai)
kunitta puruvamum - sung a viruttam in nIlambari, kharaharapriyA, mOhanam, sindhu bhairavi
manadirkkugandadu - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - TSI
Eru mayil - hamsAnandi - Adi (kaNDa naDai) - Arunagirinathar [Thiruppugazh]
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. Each piece was rendered the traditional fervour and gait. The rAgams chosen were all classical and elaborated in a very heavy classical fashion. The manOdarma parts were great as well.

The grand opening with nATTaikuranji varNam was great. The rare amrutavAhini number that followed had a crisp round of svarams. The mukhAri AlApanai and the kriti that followed was a totally classical affair with many rare prayOgams handled. The mukhAri response of the violinst was a shade better than the main artist.

The bEgaDa was very absorbing and classically rendered. The main sAvEri AlApanai was absolutely out of the world. The kriti was backed up with a round of neraval and svarmas which were great as well. The viruttam that came later was also very touching.

From a veteran musician, it was all great music from end to end. A totally classical affair with a good measure of vyavahArams and saukyam and vishrAnti. The violinst was very good and matching, if not better replies to the main artist all thro' the concert. Her following for the kritis was great as well.

The mrudangist played with much anticipation and perfectly matched each line and sangati well. His structuring of the tani was also very interesting to listen, even to novices like me. He was well supported by the Ghatam artist.

Madurai T N Seshagopalan, Music Club IIT Madras

Madurai T N Seshagopalan - V V Ravi - Trichur C Narendran - B S Purushottaman

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
13 August 2010. 6:45 pm

mAtE malayadvaja - khamAs - Adi - HMB (R) [daru]
siddhi vinAyakam - shanmukhapriyA - rUpakam - MD (S)
rAmAbhi rAmA - darbAr - misra cApu - T
ekkAlattilum - pUrikalyANi - Adi - TRP (R)
ADamODi galadE - chArukEsi - Adi - T (RS)
mariyAda kAdhayyA - bhairavam - Adi - T
brOvavammA - mAnji - misra cApu - SS
nijamunnai nambinEn - bilahari - kANDa cApu - PS (S)
antaranga bhakti - shaDvidamArgiNi - Adi - KI
giripai nelakona - sahAnA - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
vandE mAtaram ambikAm - slOkam in kIravANI, yamunA kalyANi, manO ranjani, srI
srI kamalAmbhikE - srI - kaNDa Ekam - MD
sarva mangaLa mAngalyE - slOkam in srI

The grand finale of the IITM Music Club's 40th anniversary. It was just out of the world with the veteran musician in great form.

The main sahAnA was a solid one hour with a very gripping and classical AlApanai that had the right measure of gamakkam laden phrases and minimal brigas to fit the mood of the rAgam. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam and grandeur. The neraval at 'gAchedananu tyAgarAja vinutuni' was arousing the musical mind to otherwise unexplored realms and the svarams were so fitting too.

The main piece was so engrossing and occupied the mind to that extent that one has to go back to the list of songs to recollect what else was there in the concert. The khamAs AlApanai was very grippy and right then, i got a feeling this was going to be a concert of a life time. The sahAnA which came following was only to prove me right.

The AlApanais of pUrvikalyANi and charukEsi were both very good. The svarams in chArukEsi were good with the usual vyavahAram that one enjoys with somebody like TNS.

All the kritis that were rendered seemed to be carefully chosen and many of them are rare numbers in concert circuit these days.


When the great master is in peak form, the accompanists are better off to let him enjoy and present all that he wants to. The violinst of the day, chose to enjoy the music and keep a low key and gave very short and sweet responses to let the main artist continue to mesmerise the audience with his engulfing sahAnA.

The percussion department was also very elegantly handled. The mrudangist chose to accompany in a rather accomodative fashion and played in perfect tandem with whatever was being performed. The kanjira vidwan chose to follow suit with the mrudangist and they shared a very good tani.

In all, from the 3+ hours concert i will remember the sahAnA for a long long long time.

Ranjani Gayathri, Music Club IIT Madras

Ranjani & Gayathri - Mysore Srikanth - Manoj Siva - N Guruprasad

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
12 August 2010, 6:45 pm

intacalamu - bEgaDa - Adi - VK
maragata lingam - vasantA - Adi - MD (S)
ElA nI daya rAdu - aTANA - Adi - T
sentil ANDavan - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - PS (RS)
Eti janmamidi - varALi - misra cApu - T (N)
paTTi viDuvarAdu - manjari - Adi - T
RTP - naLinakAnti - Adi
nI pAdamE gati naLinakAnti natajanapAlini
rAgamAlikA svarams in sAvEri, rItigauLa, hamIr kalyANi, chandrakauns
tani
srI ranga - slOkam in bhAgEsrI
sAgara sayana vibhO - bhAgEsrI - Adi - MDR
sankara srI - hamsAnandi - Adi - ST
tillAnA - senjuruTTi - Adi - Veenai Seshanna
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

E Gayathri, Music Club IIT Madras

E Gayathri - Shertalai Anantakrishnan - B S Purushottaman

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT.
10 Aug 2010. 6:45 pm

ninnE bhajana - nATTai - Adi - T (S)
neranammiti nIvEgati - chakravAkam - Adi - MV (RS)
angArakam - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD (R)
kAmAkshI - varALi - misra cApu - SS (RNS)
kamalAptakula - brindAvana sArangA - Adi - T
varuvArO varam taruvArO - sAmA - Adi - GKB (R)
nI daya rAdA - vasanta bhairavi - rUpakam - T (R)
srI kAntimatim - hEmavati - Adi - MD (RtS)
rAgamAlikA tanam in bEgaDa, danyAsi, mukhAri, kAnaDA
tani
nAnATi baduku - rEvati - Adi - A (sketch)
jagatjanani - ratipatipriyA - Adi - MMD
bhaja bhaja mAnasa - sindhubhairavi - Adi - ST
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

The second concert of the series was wonderful. The choice of kritis was pretty refreshing with some of the pieces being pretty rare in concert stage these days. All the raga AlApanais were done with a lot of classical phrases inter-weaved into them. The main AlApanai of hEmavati was very good and it had a short grahabEdam to rEvagupti as well. The neraval svarams were all measured and in good matching to the piece being presented. The accompanists were wonderful and played in perfect match with the main artist.

There was feeling of leisure and saukyam all thro' the concert and the artist played well a good team.

Sanjay, Music Club IIT Madras

Sanjay Subrahmanyan - S Varadarajan - Neyveli Venkatesh - Trichy Murali

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
9 Aug 2010. 6:45 pm

undan pAdam - shankarAbaraNam - aTa - Madurai Subramania Iyer [varNam]
dayapayOnidE - jaganmOhini - Adi - Meesu Krishna Iyer (S)
kanukonu saukyamu - nAyaki - rUpakam - T (R)
bhajarE rE citta - kalyANi - misra cApu - MD (RNS)
kalangAdE manamE - rAgavardhani - Adi - KI (sketch)
niravati sukadA - ravi candrikA - Adi - T
RTP - kEdAragauLa - Adi (2 kaLai) 3/4 eDuppu, 7 aridi
parimaLa rangapatE mAm pAhi
tani
pAyum oLi nI enakku - khamAs - tisra naDai - Bharathiyar (first line also sung as viruttam)
kandugamadakkariyai - viruttam in sAvEri, bEgaDa, hamsAnandi, bEhAg, senjuruTTi
angaikodu malar - senjuruTTi, nAdanAmakriyA - misra jhampai-alt-tisra triupTa [Thiruppugazh]
tillAnA - sindhubhairavi - Adi - MDR
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

A wonderful concert it was to begin the 40th anniversary series of the music club.

The beginning with a rare varNam in shankarAbaraNam was very appropriate and rendered well. The jaganmOhini quickie was a perfect prelude to the leisurely nAyaki that followed. The kalyANi was very well developed and portrayed very classically. rAgavardhani was sublime and quick ravicandrikA kriti, with 3 different cittai svarams led to the main piece of the evening.

kEdAragauLa was elaborated with a lot of vigour and presented very well. The AlApanai and tAnam were both beautifully done. The pallavi simple and sweet and sang wonderfully.

The viruttams and thiruppugazh were all very nice too.

The accompanists were very good and gave fitting replies.

It was a wonderful concert to begin the series at iitm

Neeraja Chandrashekar, Music Club

Neeraja Chandrashekar - T Hemamalini - Thanjavur R Kumar

Music Club IIT Madras
12 April 2010. 7 pm

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
srI mahA gaNapatE surapatE - nATTai - Adi - Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri
marivErE gati - Anandabhairavi - misra cApu - SS (R)
sarasIruha nayanE - amrutavarshiNi - Adi - T (RNS)
akhilANDEsvari - dvijAvanti - Adi - MD
sadAmatim - gambIravANI - Adi - T
rAma nI samAnamevaru - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - T (RNS)
tani
hariyE gati - rAgamAlikA - Adi - BMK
rAmA embhO eraDu - samA - kANDa cApu - PD
tillAnA - bEhAg - Adi - BMK
mangaLam giri tanayE - madhyamAvati - misra cApu - BMK

It was a very good concert. I liked the AlApanais of Anandabhairavi and amrutavarshiNi. The kritis were all presented well and the manodarmam parts were very enjoyable. The accompanists were brilliant and did a wonderful job.

Usha Ramamoorthy, Music Club IIT Madras

Usha Ramamurthy - Gottuvadhyam
Padma Shankar - Fiddle
Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mrudangam
Madipakkam A Murali - Ghatam

Music Club IIT Madras. CLT
6 Apr 10. 7 pm

chalamEla - khamAs - Adi - ST [varNam] (short sketch)
gajavadanA karuNA sadanA - srI ranjani - Adi - PS (short sketch)
paramAtmuDu - vAgadIsvari - Adi - T (R)
gangAdhara tripurahara - pUri kalyANi - rUpakam - Mysore Sadasiva Rao (RNS)
smara janaka - bEhAg - misra cApu - ST (sketch)
sarOja daLa nEtri - shankarAbaraNam - Adi - SS (RNS)
tani
venkaTAcala nilayam - sindhubhairavi - Adi - PD (short sketch)
tillAnA - senjuruTTi - Adi - Veenai Seshanna
vEga nIvu - suruTTi - Adi
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a good concert. Her Gottuvadhyam did not have resonating strings on the fret board, which i am told is the distinct stamp of the Budalur school of gottuvadyam, and hence, it was a little prone to sruti lapses. One locally known exponent of this style is, i am told, Sri D Kittappa, who served AIR, Madras for many years until his retirement.

Smt Usha's concert was gripping with a neat presentation of kritis and adequate justice done to the manodarmam parts. The accompanists provided excellent support to the main artist.

From an artist who is probably not very popular in the madras music circuits, to be listening to a concert of good quality music and with a lot of vyavahAram and saukyam was indeed great. Notwithstanding an occasional lapse here and there, it was indeed one of the really satisfying concerts we have had at IIT Music Club in recent times.

K Bhaskaran, Music Club IIT Madras

K Bhaskaran - M A Sundareswaran - K V Prasad - E M Subramanian

Music Club IIT Madras. Central Lecture Theatre.
17 March 2010. 7 pm

vandEham jagatvallabham - hamsadvani - kaNDa cApu - A (short sketch S)
sArasamukhi - gauDa malhAr - rUpakam - HMB (S)
enduku dayarAdurA - tODi - misra cApu - T (RNS)
tani
sakala graha - aTANA - kaNDa cApu - PD
RTP - ranjani - kaNDa tripuTa (tisra naDai) 1 aksharam eDuppu, 4 akshara aridi
mAruti maindanE anumanE sadA unai paNindEm
rAgamAlikA svarams in mOhanam, kApi, Ananda bhairavi, rAgavardhani, nIlAmbari
alaipAyudE - kAnaDA - Adi - UVS
nArAyaNanE namO - bEhAg - Adi - A
shanti nilava vENDum - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao (R)
raghupathi rAghava rAjA rAm
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. All the pieces were rendered with emotion and classical gait. Both tODi and ranjani AlApanais were good. The tAnam was very well rendered. The neraval svarams in tODi and the pallavi rendition with trikAlam were very good as well. The accompanists made it all more enjoyable in providing good support as needed.

R Vedavalli, Music Club IIT Madras

R Vedavalli - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Music Club IIT Madras. Central Lecture Theatre
15 March 2010. 7 pm

gnAnandamayam dEvam - slOkam in gauLa
celimi kOri - gauLa - Adi - VK (S)
nIkEla nAyaDa - dEvamanOhari - Adi - RSI
dhyAnamE varamaina - danyAsi - Adi - T (RNS)
EdhO teriyAmal - hamIr kalyANi - tisra Ekam - GKB
kanukonu saukyamu - nAyaki - rUpakam - T (R)
srI raghuvara suguNAlaya - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
nAdalOluDai - kalyANA vasantam - rUpakam - T (R)
svayam pAdam parasvaya sruta durita haram - slOkam in sAvEri, nIlAmbari, varALi, suruTTi
kELanO hari tALanO - suruTTi - Adi - PD
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
svasti prajApya - madhyamAvati

It was a wonderful concert. The pieces were rendered with a lot of bhavam and utmost precision. The AlApanais were all amazing. The danyAsi was meditative, while the bhairavi was racy. The neraval and svaram parts were all fitting to the songs and presented impeccably. The accompanists were wonderful and perfectly supported the main artist all the way.

Sendangudi V Jayaraman, Music Club IIT Madras

Sendangudi V Jayaraman - Kallidaikurichi M Balakrishnan - Therezhundur V Sundara Raghavan - Nanganallur S Swaminathan

Music Club
9 Feb 2010. 7 pm

karuNimpa idi - sahAnA - Adi - VK
srI mahA gaNapatim - aTANA - Adi - JCW (S)
paripAlayamAm - rItigauLa - rUpakam - ST (RS)
tyAgarAjam bhajarE - karpUra bharaNi - Adi - DKJ
rasika mahOttama krishNA - sarasAngi - misra cApu - UVS (RS)
ikanaina nA - pushpalatikA - Adi - TN
EtAvunarA - kalyANi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
petra tAi - viruTTam in mOhanam, rEvati
innam dayavE varavillaiya - rEvati - Adi - Thiruvatrupa (tuned by Sendangudi Jayaraman)
tillAnA - khamAs - Adi - PSI
marukkulAviya - pUrvikalyANi - vilOma rUpakam (tisra naDai) - AGN
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The choice of kritis and rAgams was good. They were presented well too. The violinst was good. The percussion dept was very good and was exceptionally handled by mridangist who led in making the concert enjoyable.

Sembanarkoil SRGS Mohandass, Music Club IIT Madras

Sembanarkoil SRGS Mohandass - Nadasvaram
Thiruvannamalai T K K Gandhi - Nadasvaram
Vadapalani S Vadivelu - Thavil
Nandambakkam H Dakshinamurthy - Thavil

Music Club
8 Feb 2010. 7 pm

mallAri - gambIra nATTai - kaNDA tripuTa (sketch)
raghuvamsa - kadana kudUkalam - Adi - PSI
sogasugA mrudanga tALamu - srI ranjani - rUpakam - T (R)
valli nAyaka nI - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - HMB (RS)
rAgamAlika svarams
tani
karpagavalli nin - rAgamAlikA - Adi
chinnanjiru kiLiyE - rAgamAlikA - Adi
nirai madi - chakravAkam - kaNDa cApu
Eru mayil - madhyamAvati - Adi

Good concert. The traditional mallari was very nicely presented.

Vasudha Keshav, Music Club IIT Madras

Vasudha Keshav - H N Bhaskar - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - N Guruprasad

Purandara Dasa Day
3 Feb 2010. 7 pm

manmanObhIshTa varadam - slOkam in hamsadvani
gajavadanA bEDuvE - hamsadvani - Adi (NS)
mUrtiyanu nillilO - harikAmbhOji - Adi
krishNAya vAsudEvAya - slOkam in madhuvanti
nara janma bandAga - madhuvanti - misra cApu
Enu bandyO jIvavE - varamu - Adi (RS)
enavUvAnE rangA - kuranji - Adi
nambi keTTAvarillavO - kalyANi - misra cApu (RNST)
hADidarE ennOyana - rAgamAlikA slOkam in kAnaDA, dvijAvanti, hamsAnandi
hariyanu nenEyada - hamsAnandi, mOhanam, danyAsi, sahAnA - Adi
mangaLAm jaya mangaLam - suruTTi - Adi

It was a neatly presented concert. The pieces were are all not so popular ones and also set to an interesting set of ragams. The dEvarnAmas were all presented well with traditional gait. The submain varamu was excellently presented. The main kalyANi was very good too. The accompanists did a great job to make the concert much more enjoyable.

V Navaneet Krishnan, Music Club IIT Madras

V Navaneet Krishnan - S P Anantapadmanabha - K S Ramana

Music Club IIT Madras
12 Jan 10. 7 pm

Era nApai - tODi - Adi - PSI
rAmachandra sItAmanOhara - bEgaDa - Adi - Adibhatla Narayanadas (RNS)
kanukonu - nAyaki - rUpakam - T
kshINamai - mukhAri - Adi - T (RNS)
kalugunA padanIrajasEvA - pUrNa lalitA - Adi - T
mitri bhAgyamE - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RNST)
rAmachandram - vasantA - rUpakam - MD
caraNam caraNam enRAnE - saurAshTram - misra cApu - AK
RTP - shanmukhapriyA - Adi (1/2 eDuppu, 6 aridi)
tAraka brahma svarUpiNi tAmarasa vilOcani
vigna vinAyaka mUrtikku mangaLAm - madhyamAvati - Adi - PS

It was a good concert. The pieces were rendered well. The manodarmam was good too. The accompanists did a very good job in accompanying.