Vidushi Veena Kinhal

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Sreeni Rajarao
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Vidushi Veena Kinhal

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I am presenting here a concert performed by Vidushi Veena Kinhal, a long time resident of San Diego, California.

This concert was performed in Bengaluru on Nov 21st 2015.

Smt Veena trained under her Father Veena Raja Rao until she moved to the United States in the year 1973.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdpLjSPc1Qo&t=5672s


Concert details: Malleshwaram Sangeetha Sabha

Vidushi Veena Kinhal - Veena
Vidvan Mathur Srinidhi - Violin
Vidvan Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (Shivu) - mRdanga
Vidushi Bhagyalakshmi Krishna - Morching
Vidvan Shivashankar -Tamburi


Amba Kamakshi - svarajati - Bhairavi - Mishra Chapu - Shyama Shastri
Vagakada ma sundari (tAnavarNa) - Natakuranji - Adi - Kottavasal Venkatarama Iyer
Mahaganapatim manasa smarami - Nata - Adi - Muthuswami Dikshitar
saadhinchenE - Arabhi - Adi - Tyagaraja
manasA eTulOrthunE - malaya mAruta - rUpaka - Tyagaraja
nIkenduku dayarAdu rAma - simhEndramadhyama - c/tripuTa tALA - Mysore Vasudevachar (not Mysore Karigiriachar as announced!)
pakkala nilabaDi - kharaharapriya - cApu tALa - Tyagaraja
Raghuvamsha sudhambudhi - kathanakutuhala - Adi - Patnam Subramanya Iyer
Pallavi: Dasarendare Purandara Dasarayya - Chakravaka - khanda triputa
Aadidano Ranga - Arabhi - Adi - Purandara Dasaru
Mannaru Krishnage Mangala - Vasanta - Adi - Purandara Dasaru

Sreeni Rajarao
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Re: Vidushi Veena Kinhal

Post by Sreeni Rajarao »

I would like to share a new album, recorded in December 2019.
We had plans to formally release the album in the year 2020 but due to Covid-19 situation, that was not meant to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7FgeYKNnxo&t=3921s

In this album, Vidushi Veena Kinhal is accompanied by
Vid. Mathur Srinidhi - Violin
Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (Shivu) - Mrdanga and Tabala
Vid. S N Narayana Murthy - Ghata

Veena Raja Rao's composition, a tillAna in rAga nAtakuranji, is a unique feature in this album.

The uniqueness is in the sense that only about FIVE (5) tillana-s are known to be available in this rAga (based on what I have read in this Forum).

This album also features Purandaradasa's song hari kuNida namma hari kuNida in the rAga kuntalavarALi, set to tune by Veena Raja Rao.
This was included in the collection "Sri haridAsara krtigaLu with notations" published by Kannada Sahitya Parishat in the year 1942.

Items in this album:
1. Vanajaksha (varNa in rAga Mandari, Adi tALa) - composer Sri Mysuru Vasudevacharya
2. Vatapi ganapaimbhajeham (Hamsadhvani, Adi) - composer Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar
3. Sarasvati namostute (Sarasvati rAga, Rupaka tALa) - composer Sri G N Balasubramaniam
4. Janani ninuvina (Reetigowla, Misrachapu) - composer Subbaraya Shastri
5. Hari kunida namma (Kuntalavarali, Adi) - composer Purandara Dasaru
6. Tham Dhim Tanana tom - (tillAna in nAtakuranji rAga, Adi tALa) - composer Sri Veena L RajaRao
7. Sri Ramachandra kripalu (Yaman, Mishrachapu), composer Sri Tulasi Das
8. Pibare Rama rasam (Ahirbhairav, Adi), composer - Sri Sadashiva Brahmendra

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