RmKV Silks’ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2008
Presented by Carnatica Archival Centre for Music & Dance in association with Shri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha
Co-sponsored by L&T Finance
Associate Sponsors: Indian Overseas Bank, Axis Bank, Nathella Sampathu Chetty
Design Partner: Kalpadruma, Hospitality Partner: Residency Hotels, Channel Partner: SS Music
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Schedule:
Thursday, Oct. 30th
Hotel Residency Towers, T. Nagar, Chennai – 17 (Special Invited Audience)
- 6.00 pm – 6.30 pm: Inauguration
- 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm: Curtain Raiser Concert: Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena), Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)
- 8.30 pm onwards: Banquet
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.
- 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: 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)
- 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 & Granddaughter 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: Malladi Brothers (Carnatic Vocal), Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (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)
Monday, Nov. 10th
- Smt. Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic Vocal), Embar Shri. S. Kannan (Violin), Tiruvarur Shri. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Shri. R. Raman (Morsing) – Time to be announced later.
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!