Next Concert: Prasanna Venkatraman and Party

mantra · Post by **mantra** » 19 Nov 2007, 11:02

Friends,
The next concert is by Prasanna Venkatraman and Party at Nungambakkam Seva Samajam on Dec 24, 2007. The concert starts at 5 pm

Nungambakkam Seva Samajam is in the narrow street before the Nungambakkam Police station, The street will have a lot of flower shops. As you drive in this street, you will cross a temple and the location is 2 houses from the temple.

I will check with Prasanna and post the name of the accompanists.

Regards
Shyam

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 19 Nov 2007, 11:10

mantra

Is it November 24th or December 24th

mantra · Post by **mantra** » 19 Nov 2007, 11:25

Sorry, the concert is on November 24th.
Regards
Shyam

mantra · Post by **mantra** » 19 Nov 2007, 11:44

Nov 24th Saturday at Nungambakkam Seva Samajam. Concert will start at 5 pm

Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal
Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin
B. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 19 Nov 2007, 11:53

being kArthigai dIpam day, i m not sure if i can stay thro' the concert.

mantra · Post by **mantra** » 22 Nov 2007, 12:57

Address of Nungambakkam Seva Samajam

19/1

mantra · Post by **mantra** » 22 Nov 2007, 12:58

Address of Nungambakkam Seva Samajam

19/1, Noor Veersamy Lane
Nungambakam, Chennai - 34 (Second building from the Perumal Koil)

The location is before Nungambakkam Police station

Regards
Shyam

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 22 Nov 2007, 13:27

kArthigai dIpam day !!!! and Papanasam Sivan

That will be the special treat on that evening .... Bharath !!

Designed to hold back the Murugha Devotee in you , for the full length of the concert,

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 23 Nov 2007, 12:21

Directions to come for concert:

If you are coming from Gemini:
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1. As you drive past Landmark and Taj Coromandal hotel in nungambakkam high road, you have to take a left after a bus stop. That road is krishnammA road which is adjacent to Louis Phillipe showroom.

2. As you drive in krishnamma road till the end you have to take a left and then a quick right . That right is noor veeraswamy lane , where in that road there are 3 temples.

3. In the noor veeraswamy lane , you will find this hall as the third building in the right.

It is better that you try and park your vehicle in Krishnamma road, it is impossible to park in the narrow lane of noor veeraswamy lane.

If you are taking a bus get down at the Income tax office bus stop which is inbetween gemini and sterling road bus stops(for whiteboard bus commuters).

If you are coming from valluvarkottam high road or sterling road :
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1.You have to take a road adjacent to Nungambakkam police station, The road will get narrowed as noor veeraswamy lane and you will find a perumAl temple in the left and from there the third building is this hall.

If you are taking a bus you can alight down at Nungambakkam Police station or sterling road bus stop and walk upto Nungambakkam police station and take the adjacent road.

Address of Nungambakkam Seva Samajam

19/1, Noor Veersamy Lane
Nungambakam, Chennai - 34 (Second building from the Perumal Koil)

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 23 Nov 2007, 13:56

krishnamma road.. that rings a bell.. the name has a nice story...

krishnamachari dropped the chari in his name, when the govt decided to remove the caste names in the names of people. however they chose to rechristen him with an extra 'm'. Instead of calling him krishna, they call him krishnamma.. poor krishnamachari.. eh.. sorry.. ooops.... krishnamma..

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 23 Nov 2007, 13:59

Is this really a 5.00pm start?

I don't mind being an hour early, but if Smt. Nick comes with me she hates sitting around for a long time before the concert starts!

mantra · Post by **mantra** » 25 Nov 2007, 09:11

What a concert? The boy is excellent..a definite star in the making. Charumathi is also very good. We all know fairly seasoned Ganapathy Raman. I should again thank Coolkarni for suggesting Prasanna and team.
I guess Rajeshnat will give his comments with the concert list
Thanks
Shyam

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 25 Nov 2007, 09:37

It was a brilliant concert by the youngsters with excellent percussion support. I always liked Prasanna and he has all the qualities to graduate to the big league. The venue was also very nice. Thanks Mantra!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 25 Nov 2007, 11:08

Please dont miss the grand finale on Dec 1st saturday
At the residence of S Sowmya

Bangalore Sankar -- Charulatha Ramanujam -- Mannargudi Eswaran

Rasika Folks- Please come out in full strength ..

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 25 Nov 2007, 11:14

Certainly plan to be.

Please remind me of the address. I think you guys were there for one of the concerts I missed?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 25 Nov 2007, 21:45

Pity I had to leave halfway - my sister was flying back that day. As Bala and Mantra note, a brilliant concert from a highly talented team. Prasasnna is one of our best future hopes. Do hope he chooses CM over Software or the US - he certainly has good examples to emulate there! Charulatha is quickly emerging as a favourite violinist and it was easy to see why. As for Ganapathyraman, I suppose both the youngters, as well as the audience, were fortunate to have such a seasoned pro playing for them...

Pity about the poor attendance but being a festival day it was only to be expected. I am sure the uploads will receive a better response...I will wait for Rajesh's diligent reporting for all the details. Meanwhile here is my album updated with pics from the concert.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12389180@N ... 023268784/

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 25 Nov 2007, 21:46

I am sorry, that should be Charumathi in the post above! The captioned pic needs to be corrected too!

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 25 Nov 2007, 22:00

I did find out that Prasanna is working in the software industry and I welcome him with open arms. Rest assured, the company he works for will support his aspirations in carnatic music. For starters, it is based in Chennai.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 25 Nov 2007, 23:02

Vijay,
Thanks for those pictures: the ambience of the concert was perfectly captured in a couple of pictures with the deities!

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 26 Nov 2007, 10:07

what a miss...
had to miss this for a plethora of reasons. its so unfortunate...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 26 Nov 2007, 13:43

Thanks Ravi....the ambience was really nice. Could have done with more people though!

harimau · Post by **harimau** » 26 Nov 2007, 13:56

coolkarni wrote:Please dont miss the grand finale on Dec 1st saturday
At the residence of S Sowmya

Bangalore Sankar -- Charulatha Ramanujam -- Mannargudi Eswaran

Rasika Folks- Please come out in full strength ..

Oh well; conflicts with Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan at Raga Sudha Hall.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 26 Nov 2007, 15:22

harimau wrote:Oh well; conflicts with Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan at Raga Sudha Hall.

Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan is going to perform with the accompaniment of a violin as well.

Smt Padma Shankar is playing violin for this concert. Sri T K Ramachandran is playing the mrudangam.