Carnatica in association with RmKV Silks & UTI Bank
is proud to present a galaxy of legends, star musicians & emerging talent in an extensive 9-day music fest!

BHARAT SANGEET UTSAV 2005

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NARADA GANA SABHA, Alwarpet, Chennai

Wednesday, Nov. 16th 2005

4.30 pm – Mangala Isai: Nadaswaram by Seshampatti Sivalingam & Party

5.55 pm – Invocation Hymn & Blessing: Sri. Arun Madhavan, Art of Living

6.15 pm – Hindustani Vocal: Begum Parveen Sultana (Vocal), V. Katti (Harmonium), V. Nakod (Tabla)

Thursday, Nov. 17th 2005

3.00 pm – Varakari Abhang Bhajans: Kadayanallur Tukaram Ganapathy Maharaj & Party

5.00 pm – Carnatic Vocal: S. Sowmya (Vocal), R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Pathri Sathishkumar (Mridangam)

7.00 pm – Hindustani Vocal: Sanjeev Abhyankar (Vocal), V. Katti (Harmonium), V. Nakod (Tabla)

Friday, Nov. 18th 2005

3.00 pm – Carnatica Brothers – K. N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi T. K. Murthy & B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)

5.00 pm – Carnatic Instrumental: Sangita Kalanidhi T. N. Krishnan & Viji Krishnan Natarajan (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

7.00 pm – Carnatic-Hindustani Jugalbandi: Dr. Sriram Parasuram & Anooradha Sriram and Party

Saturday, Nov. 19th 2005

10.00 am – Special Pallavi Darbar – Led by Padmabhushan Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan in the presence of pallavi experts Sangeetha Choodamani Suguna Purushottaman, Trichy J. Venkataraman & Sangita Kala Acharya Chengleput Ranganathan

2.30 pm – Carnatic Vocal: Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Akkarai Shubhalakshmi (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam)

4.30 pm – Carnatic Fusion: Rajhesh Vaidya & Party

5.25 pm – Carnatic & Vintage Classics: R. Suryaprakash (Vocal), M. R. Gopinath (Violin), Melakaveri Balaji (Mridangam), Aniruddh Athreya (Kanjira), N. Sundar (Morsing)

6.25 pm – Felicitation to Sangita Kalanidhi T. K. Murthy & Release of his VCD on 108 talas; Guests of Honour: Dr. M. A. M. Ramasamy, MP & R. Nataraj, Commissioner of Police, Chennai.

7.00 pm – Hindustani Instrumental: Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt & Salil V. Bhatt (Mohan Veena) and Party

Sunday, Nov. 20th 2005

10.00 am – Special Interactive Lec-Dem by Dr. Sriram Parasuram: Comparative Analysis of instrumental & vocal techniques in Hindustani & Carnatic systems. (Illustrations by Pt. Janardhan – Sitar, R. Visweswaran – Santoor, Seshampatti Sivalingam – Nadaswaram, Jayaraj – Veena & B. M. Sundaram)

2.30 pm – Carnatic Vocal: Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), V. V. Ravi (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam)

4.30 pm – Hindustani Vocal: Shruti Sadolikar (Vocal), V. Katti (Harmonium), V. Nakod (Tabla)

7.00 pm – Hindustani Instrumental: Pt. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor), Yogesh Shamshi (Tabla)

Monday, Nov. 21st 2005

3.00 pm – Special Carnatic Vocal: Cine playback singer Mahanadi Shobhana & Party

5.00 pm – Carnatic Vocal: N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Anand Anantharaman (Mridangam), Abhishek Raghuram (Kanjira)

7.00 pm – Carnatic Devotionals: O. S. Arun & Party

Tuesday, Nov. 22nd 2005

3.00 pm – Special Carnatic Vocal: Cine playback singer Haricharan & Party

5.00 pm – Nama Sankeertanam: Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavatar & Party

6.30 pm – Carnatic Vocal – “Krishna Gaanam”: Padmabhushan Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Sangita Kalanidhi (designate) M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), T. V. Vasan (Ghatam)

Wednesday, Nov. 23rd 2005

3.00 pm – Carnatic Vocal: Mambalam Sisters & Party

5.00 pm – Carnatic Vocal: Tamil Isai Vendar O. S. Tyagarajan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Vellore G. Ramabhadran (Mridangam)

7.00 pm – Hindustani Vocal: Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty & Party

Thursday, Nov. 24th 2005

3.00 pm – Carnatic-Hindustani Jugalbandhi: Trichy V. Pradeepkumar (Playback & Ragamalika fame) with Udupi Ravikiran & Party

5.00 pm – Stree Shakti: A special musical presentation by Anuradha Pal & Party

6.45 pm – Special Mel-Rhythm Concert: Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Keith Peters (Bass Guitar & Strings), Praveen Godkhindi (Hindustani Flute), Akkarai Shubhalakshmi (Carnatic Violin), Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla), E. M. Subrahmanyam (Ghatam)

Note: There will be a limited number of reserved seats for which donor passes are available at the nominal rate of Rs. 500 for the entire festival or Rs. 100 per day. Free unreserved seats are available every day at the venue. Donor passes, memberships and more details on the festival will be available at Samskriti – The Culture Shoppe, located at Shirdi Towers, 9, Arulambal St., T. Nagar, Chennai – 17, Phone: 52605000 / 94440-18269 / 94440-18270. Or E-mail us!