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Vocal Duet - Rudrapatnam Brothers (Sri R N Thyagarajan and Sri R N Tharanathan). Violin - Sri V V Ravi. (Couldn't recognize him as I have seen photos of his when he was much younger and had black hair) Mridangam - Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman. Khanjira - Sri N Amruth. This was one of the earliest concerts we attended at Ramaseva Mandali this year. Rudrapatnam brothers have been favorites of mine and I have always made it a point to attend their concerts in Bangalore. 01 Tulasidala - Mayamalavagowla- St. Thyagaraja - Rupakam 02 Guruleka Etuvanti - Gowri Manohari- St. Thyagaraja - Jhampa Talam 03 Chanitodi - Harikamboji - St. Thyagaraja -Adi Talam 04 Dhanyudevvado - Malayamarutham - Varada Venkatesha (sounded a lot like Ramapriya to me) Elaborate alapana by the elder of the two brothers followed by VVRavi. 05 Manasa Sri Ramachandruni - Isa Manohari- St. Thyagaraja -Adi Talam 06 Marakatha Mani Varna - Varali - St. Thyagaraja -Adi Talam. Detailed alapana by younger of ...

Sunday Morning , 13th April, 2008 - Vocal - Smt Parassala Ponnammal Violin - Dr Jyotsna Srikanth Mridangam - Sri Ravishankar Sharma Ghatam - Sri Dayananda Mohite My first impression on seeing Smt. Parassala Ponnammal was of a grandma with a sweet smiling face. She is one of Semmagudi SrinivasIyer's senior disciples and blessed with a rich, deep and sweet voice which belies her age. (She is almost 85) I am of the opinion that vocalists like T.N.Sheshagopalan, whose was the most dismal perfomance at the RamaNavami festival this year(more on that later), ought to listen to veterans like her to know what Shruti Sudhdham is all about. My grandma was an avid fan of her music and used to listen to her performances on AIR regularly. There were hardly 10-15 people in the audience and I was saddened at the like warm support provided by Bangalore audiences to such a senior artiste. It was their loss anyways as they missed one of the best concerts at the Ramavanami festival. 01 Varnam - ...

07.4.2008 Mon 6.00 - 6.45 P.M. CHANDRAMANA UGADI Dr. K.J. YESUDAS - MAHADEVA SARMA - TIRUVARUR BHAKTHAVATSALAM - RADHAKRISHNAN 08.4.2008 Tue 9.00 A.M. - 9.30 P.M CONFERENCE ON RAMANA 09.4.2008 Wed 9.00 A.M. - 9.30 P.M YACONFERENCE ON RAMAYANA 10.4.2008 Thu 9.00 A.M. - 9.30 P.M. CONFERENCE ON RAMAYANA 11.4.2008 Fri 5.15-6.15 P.M 6.30-9.30 P.M POOJA GANESH & PARTY RUDRAPATNAM BROS. - V.V. RAVI - UMAYALAPURAM K. SIVARAMAN - AMRUTH N. 12.4.2008 Sat 5.15-6.15 P.M 6.30-9.30 P.M ASHWINI KALYAN (VIOLIN-SOLO) & PARTY PECIAL KARNATIC & HINDUSTANI JUGALBANDHI BY PANDIT TEJENDRA MAJUMDAR ...