Sunday, October 17, 2010
Concerts of Padma Ganapathy , Suguna Purushothaman and Suguna Varadachary at Mulund Fine Arts - October 2010
Devotion and dedication were the underlying components of the two music concerts hosted by Mulund Fine Arts Society on October 10 at the Bhakta Sangham Temple Complex Hall, Mulund West.The morning vocal rendition by Padma Ganapati of Thane had a strong devotional flavour. Senior disciple of Chellamani Bhagavathar and Alamelu
Mani, illustrious parents of playback and ghazal singer Hariharan, Padma Ganapati exhibits quality training and adherence to the intricacies of the art form. She also heads a classical music institute at Thane, where many children benefit by the learning. She is a spiritual guru to many devotees and a guiding force for many followers, for whom she is the revered Amma.
The well attended concert had highlights like Meenakshi Memudam in Poorvikalyani and Tyagaraja Kriti in Navarasa Kanada. “What is music without bhakti?” the question raised by many composers was answered.The evening concert was a duet Carnatic Vocal by Suguna Purushottoman and Suguna Varadarchary, both senior singers from Chennai. Extreme thoroughness and melodic refinement marked the entire concert.
“Though we are not regular duet singers, each of us travel to different concert destinations throughout the year performing in different sabhas, we do accept special requests for duet concerts, as we are disciples of the same guru Musiri Subramaniam Iyer,” informs Suguna Purushottaman.
“Both of us share the same methodology and do not change a single sangathi of our teacher. There is an underlying understanding when it comes to singing and though we sit together for only one session or so before the concert we are able to present a well knit concert,” says Suguna Varadachari.
“We both started singing along with Mani Krishnaswami for our guru’s centenary celebrations and later on many sabhas started asking both of us to sing together. In the manodharma sections and raga alapana, we use our originality but in the singing of the composition, we sing exactly as taught by our guru,” adds Purushottaman.
The opening Ragamalika Varnam, composed by Suguna Purushottaman, had ganaragams and dvitiya ganaragams like Nattai in the Pallavi and Gowlai in Anupallavi, Varali in the Mukhtayee Swaram, Sriragam, Reeti Gowlai, Narayana Gowlai, Kedaram and Bowli in the Charanam.
Song on Saradadevi composed by Ramaswamy Sivan followed next.“I very much enjoyed the rare composition Paruvam Parkka Nyayama in Dhanyasi. The emotional rendering was very pleasing to the ear,” says Hemalata Veeramani, principal of the MFAS Music School, senior disciple of Suguna Purushottaman.
The rest of the concert had O Jagadamba in Anandabhairavi by Shyama Sastri, Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Neerajakshi in Hindolam and Devi Jagat Janani in Shankarabaranam chosen to commemorate Navaratri. The end piece composed by Suguna Purushottaman, Mahadeva Manohari had a series of ragas, Devamanohari, Jayamanohari, Saraswatimanohari and Ramamanohari.
Their shared approach combined both substance and style and had a consistently dignified delineation. There was nothing that looked rehearsed but they sang in perfect unison. The concert was a synchronized meeting of two maestros, exhibiting their parampara of pedigree training and consummate command over the classical medium.
The violin by R Madhavan from Mulund had exceptional nicety and comfort and the mridangam support by Rajesh Sreenivasan was impeccable with a short and sweet tani avartanam, adding to a meritorious performance.
“Being Navaratri it is very apt that the sabha hosted concerts of three women and both concerts were well attended with the audience enjoying every bit of the singing,” says Savita Balasubramaniam, herself a senior singer from Mulund.
Review by Bhanu Kumar in Mulund-Powai Plus
A review of Smt Padma Ganapathy's concert by Sujatha Subaraman :
Navratri, is the time when devotional programmes are held at various venues. On Sunday, 10.10.10, Bhakta Sangham in Mulund (W) was the venue for one such devotional cum classical concert. Held under the banner of Mulund Fine Arts, the performing artiste Padma Ganapathy, a senior citizen from Thane, treated the audience to some of her own compositions.
This senior citizen is a well known music teacher cum performer who has composed over 1200 devotional songs. She received her vocal training from Guru Chellamani and subsequently from Alamelu Mani.
For her dedication and devotion to music she has been conferred with many titles like “Mahdurvani”, Brahmanandamayi and Annapuraneshwari.
In 1991, as a tribute to her Guru she started Chellamani Memorial Academy to provide training in carnatic music both vocal and instrumental.Fondly addressed as Amma by her students, she holds weekly sessions wherein she teaches her own compositions to her students.
On Sunday, music lovers got a taste of her magnetic voice while she rendered bhajans along with some classical music.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Smt Sudha Raghunathan to be conferred by Vashi Tamil Sangam on 24th October 10
Monday, October 11, 2010
Gokul Chandramouli concert at IIT Mumbai - 10th October 1010
The Cultural Council of IIT Mumbai organized a 2 hour programme on 10th October 10 evening with the first session for Carnatic music concert which Gokul Chandramouli performed .
First things first. The 75 odd capacity hall was packed with the bright looking IIT students and few outsiders like me. That’s really a heartening development. Wish IIT organizes more such classical concerts as IIT is a place of multi cultural convergence.
In line with the Navratri season, Gokul started with Nee Sari saTi , a Kriti of Shri Thanjavur Ponnaiah P , set to Kalyani raga. The alapana was nice and the kriti was well sung.
Then came the main raga Bhairavi. An elaborate alapana was followed by a very good Violin work. The kriti was Kamakshi Amba , a Shri Shyama Shastri kriti. There was neraval and swarajathi too at the end and the Violin returns were praiseworthy.
Rohit Prasad , within the 5 minute timespan, did a mini Thani avarthanam admirably !
Gokul ended the concert with Krishna Nee begane .
The team did the time management efficiently well within the 1 hour allotted wherein we could have a kriti, alapana, neraval, swarajathi and thaniavarthanam too !
Mrs. Geetha Gulvady took over and performed Hindustani vocal for the next 1 hour .
Wish, we see more and more concerts of Gokul in the years to come
Gokul Chandramouli - Tejasvi Sundarrajan-IIT Mumbai-10.10.10- Kamakshi Amba -Bhairavi raga kriti
Bhairavi raga alapana, followed by Violin alapana and Kriti.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Gokul Chandramouli-Tejasvi Sundarrajan-IIT Mumbai-10.10.10- Nee Sari Saati - Kalyani
Thalam :Roopaka talam
Composer: Ponniah Pillai.
P: nI sari sATi vElpulevaremma nitya kalyANi
A: dAsAnu dAsuDanucu niyammapu nannilici
nI sannidhi gAciti ninnE sharaNaNti satatamu
C: Oyamma sauramba mukha bumba kucakumbAdhara
bimba jagadamba brhadamba vinavE
nijambuga pada sarOjamula manambuna sadA nilipi-
dambaramutO bhajana sEyutunna mari mari
A kriti , not so regular in concerts. Thought of putting the lyrics here.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
IIT Mumbai-2.10.10- Thani Avarthanam
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Shri Neyveli Santhanagopalan was accompanied by Shri Pakkala Ramadas on the Violin. Thani avarthanam by Shri Neyveli Venkatesh on Mridangam and Shri Shakthidharan on Ghatam . This was part of the Kalyani raga - Unnai alla veru gathi - end section.
Shri Neyveli Santhanagopalan was accompanied by Shri Pakkala Ramadas on the Violin. Thani avarthanam by Shri Neyveli Venkatesh on Mridangam and Shri Shakthidharan on Ghatam . This was part of the Kalyani raga - Unnai alla veru gathi - end section.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
CARNATIC MUSIC CONCERTS IN MUMBAI DURING OCTOBER 2010
Sat Oct 2, 2010 6pm – 9pm Vocal by Abishek Raghuram - Shanmukananda Sabha
Sun Oct 3, 2010 6pm – 9pm Vocal by Suguna Purushotaman and Suguna Varadachari - Shanmukananda Sabha
Sat Oct 9, 2010 6pm – 9pm Smt Prema Rangarajan - Vocal - Bhandup Fine Arts
Sun Oct 10, 2010 10am – 12pm Smt Padma Ganapathy - Vocal - BHAKTA SANGAM TEMPLE COMPLEX - Mulund West
6pm – 8:30pm Smt Suguna Purushottaman and Smt Suguna Varadhachari Vocal - Bhakta Sangam Temple Complex , Mulund West
6:30pm – 9:30pm Vocal by Smt Prema Rangarajan - Rasika Ranjani Sabha , Ghatkopar East
Mon Oct 11, 2010 6pm – 9pm Vocal by Smt Prema Rangarajan - Kamakshi Amman Temple , Nerul
Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:30pm – 9:30pm Vocal - Sikkil Gurucharan - NCPA
Sat Oct 16, 2010 6pm – 9pm Vocal by Sikkil Gurucharan - J.K.Auditorium - T.M.A.Hall - Next to Passport office - Thane West
Sat Oct 23, 2010 6pm – 9pm Violin by Parur Shri. Anantaraman and family - Shanmukananda Sabha
6:30pm – 9pm Sumitra Vasudev - Vocal - The Fine Arts - Chembur
Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:30pm – 7:30pm Bharat Sundar - Vocal - BARC Hall - Anushakti Nagar
Sun Oct 3, 2010 6pm – 9pm Vocal by Suguna Purushotaman and Suguna Varadachari - Shanmukananda Sabha
Sat Oct 9, 2010 6pm – 9pm Smt Prema Rangarajan - Vocal - Bhandup Fine Arts
Sun Oct 10, 2010 10am – 12pm Smt Padma Ganapathy - Vocal - BHAKTA SANGAM TEMPLE COMPLEX - Mulund West
6pm – 8:30pm Smt Suguna Purushottaman and Smt Suguna Varadhachari Vocal - Bhakta Sangam Temple Complex , Mulund West
6:30pm – 9:30pm Vocal by Smt Prema Rangarajan - Rasika Ranjani Sabha , Ghatkopar East
Mon Oct 11, 2010 6pm – 9pm Vocal by Smt Prema Rangarajan - Kamakshi Amman Temple , Nerul
Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:30pm – 9:30pm Vocal - Sikkil Gurucharan - NCPA
Sat Oct 16, 2010 6pm – 9pm Vocal by Sikkil Gurucharan - J.K.Auditorium - T.M.A.Hall - Next to Passport office - Thane West
Sat Oct 23, 2010 6pm – 9pm Violin by Parur Shri. Anantaraman and family - Shanmukananda Sabha
6:30pm – 9pm Sumitra Vasudev - Vocal - The Fine Arts - Chembur
Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:30pm – 7:30pm Bharat Sundar - Vocal - BARC Hall - Anushakti Nagar
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