Nauka Caritam:The rare and beautiful opera by Saint Tyagaraj

sangeethasabha · Post by **sangeethasabha** » 29 Nov 2007, 10:32

Saint Tyagaraja's Nauka Caritam'- a captivating musical opera
portraying Krishna-lila, is familiar to only a tiny section of rasikas
of Karnatic Music and Bharatanatyam.

Book Release: An illustrated book containing Tyagaraja's Nauca Charitram in Tamil, Malayalam and Devanagari fonts, with meaning in English , besides Kalamandalam Kesavan's Attakatha, is released on 17th Nov2007. Illustrations are by Mural Artist Sasi Edavarad.

Kalamandalam Kesavan is a veteran Chenda Percussionist and Kathakali-Attakatha writer. He is the recepient of Kerala State Nataka Kala Academy 'Kala Ratna' Award for 2007.

All those interested in Karnatic Music, Bharatanatyam and Kathakali
and, Mural art can book their copy now. Pl Call 9847140063
or 0495-2330863 or email :sangeethasabha@sancharnet.in
Price Rs 60 plus postage handling charges in India.
Regards,
Vijayarajan M.
Secretary
Sangeethasabha,Mankave Palace, Calicut 673 007 Kerala India.

rbsiyer · Post by **rbsiyer** » 04 Dec 2007, 20:05

There was a performance of nauka charitram by trichur ramachandran and family couple of years ago. does anyone know where one may obtain the dvd or cd?

sangeethasabha · Post by **sangeethasabha** » 05 Dec 2007, 10:07

Sir, DD Archives had released a VCD of Nauka Charitram ( Bharatanatyam Dance Drama)Choreographed by Radha of Pushpanjali in 2004. The VCD is available at all AIR/DD Reception counters all over India.
The Attakatha (Kathakali ) adaptation of Naucacharitam by Kalamandalam Kesavan was premiered at Mankave , Calicut on 18th Nov 2007 and the work was commissioned by Sangeethasabha Mankave. It was recorded by DD Calicut and is due for transmission/relay on DDMalayalam Channel any time now.
The VCD of the Attakatha/kathakali will be made available by Sangetthasabha Mankave soon.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 06 Dec 2007, 07:15

nauka caritam CD: Sri Trichur V. Ramachandran sings the roles of krishNa and the sutradhAri, while the roles of the gOpIs are sung by his wife Smt. Charumati Ramachandran, and her students Smt. Lakshmi Rangarajan and Kum. Subhashri Ramachandran (their daughter). Subhashri I heard is now learning from Smt. DKP - her lineage will be fabulous - confluence of the paddhatIs of Sri GNB, Smt. MLV and now DKP! This cd has been produced by a French producer and distributed by and English company IIRC.
nauka caritam VCD/DVD: As SrI Dhananjayan says, it is a nATyam (not ballet) choreographed by Smt. Rhadha for DD. The roles of the gOpIs are danced by Smt. Rhadha, Sangita Vasudevan, Pavitra Srinivasan and Sumitra and Sunanda Vijayaraghavan (Vijayaraghavan is their maiden name) and these sisters are neices of our forum member Arasi. Sumitra Nitin (nee Vijayaraghavan), a professional musician, has sung Arasi's compositions. The vocals for the nATyam are Smt Sujatha Vijayaraghavan (Sunanda and Sumitra's mother), Smt. Kanakadurga and Sunanda Vijayaraghavan.

Both are excellent buys. The booklet that accompanies the CD is very informative (in both French and English), while the nATyam is truly a drishya kAvyam - makes the music into a visual experience.

sangeethasabha · Post by **sangeethasabha** » 10 Dec 2007, 10:11

Where can I get the contact address/email address of Trichur V.Ramachandran?

meena · Post by **meena** » 10 Dec 2007, 10:51

sangeethasabha

here u go:
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sangeethasabha · Post by **sangeethasabha** » 17 Dec 2007, 00:20

Dear Meena, Thanks for the link.We are at Calicut and the price quoted is in Euros.Instead, We plan to host a Concert of Nauka Charitam itself at Mankave.Any volunteers? Give us your postal address and We will send you our book for free so that you could review the same for us.
SSabha