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I saw this mail on the sangeetha priya forum : "Dear rasikas, I have uploaded the concert of Sri TNS held yesterday at Sree Ramaseva Mandali, Bangalore. Date: May 7th 2008 Vocal - T N Seshagopalan Violin - H K Venkataram Mridangam - Guruvayur Dorai Ghatam - M A Krishnamurthy 01 ata tala varnam - kalyAni 02 bhuvinidAsuDanE - srIranjani 03 muddumOmu - sUryakAntam - 04 endukku dayarAdurA - thODi 05 slOkam - rAgamAlikA and shObhane - pantuvarALi 06 nagumOmu galavAni - madhyamAvathi 07 virutham and rAma manthrava - jOnpuri 08 vadana sukhaja - mAnd 09 mangaLam Location: http://sangeethamshare.org /krishna/TNS-Ramaseva-Mandali/" Adding my reply to this mail: Download this concert at your own risk or if if you want to have a hearty laugh.TNS was in worst form and we were forced to walk out of the venue in less than an hour (as did many others in the audience.) I might sound sarcastic but I guess he was trying to set a Guiness Record for maximum times somebody goes off key in a live p

Vocal recital by Neyveli Santhanagopalan Violin - Charulata Ramanujam Mridangam - K.V.Prasad Khanjira - B.N.Chandramouli I've always been a fan of Neyveli Santhanagopalan and regularly watch his music lessons on Jaya TV. He sang just 4 songs during the 2 hrs. I was present at the venue but everyone of them was well sung. 1.) Karunimpa - Sahana Varnam 2.) Meru Samana - Mayamalavagowla -St. Thyagaraja- Adi - Neraval and swarams at "shObhillu kanaka bhUSaNamula" 3.) Niravati SukhadaRavichandrika - St. Thyagaraja - Adi Tala 4.) Meenakshi meMudam Dehi - purvi Kalyani (gamakakriya) Dikshithar - Adi - neraval and swarams at "madhumadamOdita hRdayE sadayE " Mayamalavagowla and Purvikalyani were extremely beautiful. His was one of the best concerts I heard at Ramaseva Mandali this year

This year's RamaNavami festival at Fort High School commenced with a recital by KJY. Dr KJ Yesudas - Vocal Mahadeva Sarma - Violin Tiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - Mridangam Radha Krishnan - Ghatam 1. Valachi vacchi - Navaraga malika Varnam 2. Vatapi ganapathim - Hamsadhwani - MD - Aadi (Neraval and Swarams @ pranava swarupa) - nowhere close to his old recording where he has sung Vathapi for an hour and one doesn't get bored for a single minute. 3. Guruvina gulama - Hamsanandi - Purandara Dasa - Adi - This was preceded by a big lecture on Guru Bhakti. 4. Entaveduko - Saraswathi Manohari - St. Thyagaraja - Adi 5.Enanittu mecchisuveno - Dharmati - PD - Aadi (A, S @ Enaniku mechisuveno) 6. Balakanaka - Atana - St. Thyagaraja - Adi 7. Ennalu urake - Subhapantuvarali - St. Thyagaraja - Adi. Very boring and lack lusture interpretation of this pensive ragam in contrast to a vintage MS recording from AIR where she has rendered this kriti beautifully. 8. Sriramam Ravikula - Narayana Gowla -

Vijay Siva - Vocal Vidushi Charulatha Ramanujam-Violin Vid Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam Vid Amrit - Kanjira 17 Apr 2008, Rama Seva Mandali, Fort High school, Bangalore Song list 1. Chalamela - Darbar Varnam - Adi - Tiruvotriyur thyagayya 2. Sugunamule - Chakravakam - Roopakam - St. Thyagaraja Neraval @ shrI nAyaka kSimiyincumu and Swarams @ Sundara raghurama (part of pallavi line!) 3. Venkata saila vihara - Hamir Kalyani - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (Ragam, swara @ pallavi line) Reminded me of his guru DKJ's rendition of the same. 4. Iko Namma swami - Manirangu - Aadi - Purandara Dasa (had listened to DKPattamal's rendition of this song on Amritavarshini, Bangalore's FM Channel for Classical music a couple of days before.) Vijay Shiva stuck to the DKJ/ DKP school's style of rendition. 5. Dakshinamurthe - Shankarabharanam - Misra Jhampa- Muthuswamy Dikshithar(Ragam, Neraval & Swaram at "akshaya suvarNa vaDa vruksha moola sthi- tE") followed by a good tan

Vocal : Jayashri Ramnath Violin : Embar Kannan Mridangam : Poongulam Subrahmanyam Ghatam : S. Karthik Venue : Ramanavami celebrations, Sree Rama Seva Mandali, Chamarajpet, Bangalore. 26-04-2008. 1. Deva deva Jagadeeshwara – Poorvikalyani – Adi -Swati Tirunal 2. Raghuveera ranadheera – Huseni – Rupakam – St. Thyagaraja 3. Nannu vidachi – Reetigowla – Mishrachapu – St. Thyagaraja. Soulful rendition of Ritigowlai. 4. Teliyaleru raama – Dhenuka – Adi – Thyagaraja [N, S at ‘Vegalechi neetimunigi bhooti poosi’. ] Racy rendition packed with swarams in a fashion similar to Semmangudi. 5. Shankaraachaaryam – Shankarabharanam – Adi – Subbarama Dikshitar [R,N,S,T] Didn't like her Alapana much as she strayed into Kalyani mutiple times but the kriti was rendered well. 6. Smarane Onde saalade – Malayamaruta – Adi – Purandara Dasa 7. RTP – Brindavani Saranga - left the venue after listening to the Alapana for a while as it was pretty late by then. Good concert but I liked her