Bharat Sangeet Utsav

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 14 Aug 2008, 13:40

Carnatica's annual event has a new website with a sneak peek at the upcoming lineup in November:

http://www.bharatsangeetutsav.org

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 18 Aug 2008, 23:34

Thanks Jaisree - early Nov is a great time in Chennai with the Metro Plus Music Fest and the Carnatica Fest practically coinciding...not to mention the change of weather! Look forward to further details...

carnaticdasan · Post by **carnaticdasan** » 19 Aug 2008, 12:05

Jaisree

Can i have the email id and tel nos of Bharat Sangeet, Chennai branch.Pl help me out.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 20 Oct 2008, 07:05

Adding more musical festivals to Chennai is like making Kubera richer .gobilalitha

kamavardhani · Post by **kamavardhani** » 21 Oct 2008, 09:46

I'm sure you were trying a smart-alecky comment, GBL... but it needs to be pointed out that Bharat Sangeet Utsav has been around for a few yrs now. And from what I've observed, it's a professionally run festival with terrific lineups, including this latest version. Can't wait to hear Nedunuri, TNK/Rajam, MSG, etc.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Oct 2008, 20:18

I think GBL means it only in the sense that Chennai has more such exciting events than any other place! No barbs there about Chennai or the exciting fare Bharat Sangeet Utsav has to offer...

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 22 Oct 2008, 16:53

Arasi is right. she has understood me perfectly. Belonging to older generation ,I am not able to understand whatsmart-alecky means. gobilalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Oct 2008, 21:12

GBL,
You are not one, and that is a compliment I would pay anyone--for not being a smart Aleck!

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 26 Oct 2008, 11:04

Schedule for Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2008

Friday, Oct. 31st
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm: Mangala Isai
"¢ 4.45 pm - 4.50 pm: Lighting of kuttuvilakku
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Grand Inaugural Concert: Shri. Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. S. Varadarajan (Violin), Trichy Shri. B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Shri. N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Madurai Shri. T. N. Seshagopalan (Carnatic Vocal), Sangita Kalanidhi Shri. M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Mannargudi Shri. A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Shri. B. Sreesundarkumar (Khanjira)

Saturday, Nov. 1st
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 10.00 am - 12.00 noon: Smt. Geetha Rajashekar & Party (Carnatic Vocal)
"¢ 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Sikkil Shri. C. Gurucharan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. V. Ravi (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Shri. K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Shri. E. M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Shri. N. Vijay Siva (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Shri. N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Shri. M. S. Gopalakrishnan & Dr. M. Narmada (Carnatic Violin Duet), Shri. J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)

Sunday, Nov. 2nd
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 10.00 am - 12.30 pm: Thematic musical presentation by Smt. Gowri Ramnarayan with Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Shri. B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottaman (Khanjira)
"¢ 2.30 pm - 4.15 pm: Shri. S. Saketharaman (Carnatic Vocal), Nagai Shri. R. Sriram (Violin), Trivandrum Shri. V. Balaji (Mridangam), Shri. K. V. Gopalakrishnan (Khanjira)
"¢ 4.25 pm - 6.45 pm: Smt. Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic Vocal), Embar Shri. S. Kannan (Violin), Tiruvarur Shri. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Shri. R. Raman (Morsing)
"¢ 7.00 pm - 9.30 pm: Tilt & Tint - Dance Medley by Smt. Anita Ratnam

Monday, Nov. 3rd
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Harikatha by Kum. B. Suchitra (Airtel Star Singer fame & Grand daughter of Tanjavur Smt. Kamala Murthy) with Smt. Neela Jayakumar (Violin), Shri. V. R. Jayakumar (Mridangam). Theme: Vatsala Kalyanam
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Priya Sisters (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. M. A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Shri. Sathishkumar (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottaman (Khanjira)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Shri. P. Unnikrishnan (Carnatic Vocal), Embar Shri. S. Kannan (Violin), Tiruvarur Shri. Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom Shri. R. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Tuesday, Nov. 4th
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Kum. Subhasree Ramachandran (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. V. S. Murari (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Vellore Shri. G. Ramabhadran (Mridangam), Shri. H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. V. S. Murari (Violin), Shri. J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottaman (Khanjira)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Nedunuri Shri. Krishnamurthy (Carnatic Vocal), Malladi Shri. Ravikumar (Vocal Support), Lalgudi Shri. G. J. R. Krishnan (Violin), Shri. K. V. Prasad (Mridangam), Shri. T. V. Vasan (Ghatam)

Wednesday, Nov. 5th
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Kum. Amritha Murali (Carnatic Vocal), Smt. Padma Shankar (Violin), Shri. B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam)
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Neyveli Shri. R. Santhanagopalan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. M. A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Shri. K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottaman (Khanjira)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Smt. Vishaka Hari (Sangita Upanyasam) with Shri. B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin) & Shri. B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam). Theme: Narayana Teerthar

Thursday, Nov. 6th
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Kum. Savita Narasimhan (Carnatic Vocal), Smt. Charulata Ramanujam (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Shri. S. Sivakumar (Mridangam)
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Dr. Nithyasree Mahadevan (Carnatic Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy Shri. K. Murali (Ghatam)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Grand Violin Jugalbandi: Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan & Dr. Smt. N. Rajam, Tiruvarur Shri. Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam), Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)

Friday, Nov. 7th
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Kundrakkudi Shri. M. Balamuralikrishna (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. Sanjeev (Violin), Shri. B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Shri. K. V. Gopalakrishnan (Khanjira)
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: ABHANGS - A Thematic concert by Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmonium), Shri. Udayraj Karpur (Pakhawaj)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Shri. O. S. Arun (Carnatic Bhajans), Embar Shri. S. Kannan (Violin), Shri. K. V. Prasad (Mridangam), Shri. Kiran Kumar (Tabla)

Saturday, Nov. 8th
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 10.00 am - 12.30 pm: Pt. Vinayak Torvi (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Ravindra Katoti (Harmonium), Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)
"¢ 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Shri. Abhishek Raghuram (Carnatic Vocal), Mysore Shri. V. Srikanth (Violin), Shri. A. Anand - USA (Mridangam)
"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Smt. S. Sowmya (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Neyveli Shri. R. Narayanan (Mridangam)
"¢ 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Pt. Sanjeev Abhyankar (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmonium), Shri. Vishwanath Nakhod (Tabla)

Sunday, Nov. 9th
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 10.00 am - 12.30 pm: Isaiyin Varnajalam: A thematic musical presentation by Subhasree Thanikachalam (Ragamalika fame) featuring young playback singers and classical musicians
"¢ 6.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Valedictory & Classical Music Excellence Awards
"¢ 7.45 pm - 9.30 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Shri. T. V. Sankaranarayanan (Carnatic Vocal), Nagai Shri. R. Muralidharan (Violin), Srimushnam Shri. V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), Shri. S. V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Note:
1) This schedule is subject to changes.
2) All programmes (except Oct. 30th) are FREE and open to ALL music lovers. Seating will be strictly on 'first-come-first-served' basis.
3) A limited number of seats are reserved for each programme, for sponsors, patrons, members & donors. Those who require a confirmed seat for a particular programme or for the entire festival may avail donor passes or memberships which will entitle you to a reserved seat.
4) Donations are welcome and will help us sustain our activities and bring you more such events in the future! Thanks for your support!

Always_Evolving · Post by **Always_Evolving** » 27 Oct 2008, 08:40

Congratulations to Carnatica on the very nice line up.

Sunday, Nov. 2nd
Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18.

"¢ 10.00 am - 12.30 pm: Thematic musical presentation by Smt. Gowri Ramnarayan with Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Shri. B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottaman (Khanjira)

What is the theme for the above programme?

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 30 Oct 2008, 10:08

The theme is "SUDANDIRA DAAHAM - An Expression of Musical Freedom".

BTW, the festival gets under way tonight. Hope to see a lot of forumites at the events!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 30 Oct 2008, 20:16

Inspired by bArati's song; enRu taNiyum inda sudandira dAgam-The Thirst for Freedom.

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 31 Oct 2008, 10:30

We regret to announce the cancellation of Sangita Kalanidhi Nedunuri Krishnamurthy gAru's concert scheduled for Nov. 4th. He is unable to make it to Chennai due to personal & health reasons. Malladi Brothers (Sriramprasad & Ravikumar) will be performing in his place, accompanied by Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, KV Prasad & TV Vasan. 7.15 pm Tuesday Nov 4th at Narada Gana sabha.

Carnatica

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 01 Nov 2008, 14:03

Dear rasikas,

One more major change in the schedule: Sudha Ragunathan's concert scheduled for tomorrow (Sun Nov 2) stands postponed to Nov. 10th. Time will be announced later. The thematic narrative concert SUDANDIRA DAAHAM led by Gowri Ramnarayan & Sangeetha Sivakumar has been shifted from 10 am to 4.25 pm tomorrow. There will be no morning programmes tomorrow (Nov 2).

Carnatica

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 Nov 2008, 15:39

jaisree wrote:Dear rasikas,

One more major change in the schedule: Sudha Ragunathan's concert scheduled for tomorrow (Sun Nov 2) stands postponed to Nov. 10th. Time will be announced later. The thematic narrative concert SUDANDIRA DAAHAM led by Gowri Ramnarayan & Sangeetha Sivakumar has been shifted from 10 am to 4.25 pm tomorrow. There will be no morning programmes tomorrow (Nov 2).

Carnatica,
While I appreciate all your efforts in staging a great utsav, It would have been great if the 10 AM slot on Sunday is also allotted to some deserving artist who did not make it . Why cancelling morning program on a sunday?

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 01 Nov 2008, 15:56

"¢ 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Dr. Nithyasree Mahadevan (Carnatic Vocal),

Didn't realize Nithyasree had recd a doctorate!

madhavan · Post by **madhavan** » 02 Nov 2008, 01:33

kamavardhani wrote:.... And from what I've observed, it's a professionally run festival with terrific lineups, including this latest version...

Yes I agree Kamavardhani, itÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s a mammoth task to manage such an event but they do bungle on an important issue every year! Please let me recount a sordid story.

Their press advertisement says "free seats available on first-come first-served, donor passes for reserved seats available for Rs.2000, Rs.1000 and daily tickets are at the cost of Rs.300/- Rs.200/- Rs.100/- etc."