The Carnatic Music Fan

May 11, 2014

Deenarakshaka - Ahiri - Sanjay Subrahmanyan

  January 2014 at Srinivasa Sastry Hall, Mylapore, Chennai


One of the best rendering ofAhiri I have listened to. Unfortunately, this clip does not include the raga alapanai.

The concert, held to commemorate the memory of the veena maestro Dr S Balachander, was very pleasing.. (The accompanying artistes were S Varadarajan on the Violin and Neyveli Venkatesh on the Mrudangam. The tani avartanam, in various speeds, was very good. Sanjay chose to make a special comment about it after completion.)

The hall:  While I expected the small SS hall to overflow for a free-to-attend Sanjay concert, the sheer number of people who chose to stand and listen right through the entire concert was amazing. Sanjay's thoughts on the hall, post concert.

May 10, 2014

Samukhana Nilva in Kokila Varali - Prasanna Venkatraman

One of the best renderings of Samukhana Nilva (in Kokila Varali ragam) -after T.M.Krishna in Dec 2006 (Parthasarathy Swami Sabha).

April 2014 at Ragha  Sudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai


Link for full concert (which was throughout pleasing)

Link to the translation of this song

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