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I attended a concert by Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan at Bangalore Gayana Samaja yesterday morning. She is a brilliant artiste who plays the Thanjavur Bani and an acknowledged master of Muthuswamy Dikshithar Compositions. What I found more amazing is her energy and dedication to the art of Carnatic music at the age of 87. An article by Gowri Ramnarayan published in Hindu on Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/07/27/stories/2007072750570300.htm She was accompanied by Sri Cheluvaraju on the Mridangam and a disciple of hers on another Veena. Reached the venue a little late. Listened to the following songs by her. Meenakshi Memudam Dehi - Purvikalyani , Muthuswamy Dikshithar GowliPantu- could not identify the composition. Ragam, Tanam, Pallavi - Dharmavati (It was announced later that she learnt the composition by Veena Seshanna just the day before the concert , as a tribute to the Veena maestro, which shows her greatness.) Tillana - Chenchurriti. She was conferred the pres...

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 ...