Carnatica's Rasika Forum

Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2009

Presented by Carnatica in association with Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
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Friday, Oct. 30th, 2009

Hotel Residency Towers, T. Nagar, Chennai – 17 (Special Invited Audience)

* 6.00 pm – 6.25 pm: Inauguration
* 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm: Curtain raiser: Shri. N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), Shri. Anil Srinivasan (Piano), Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Patri
Shri. Sathishkumar (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottam (Khanjira)
* 8.30 pm – 9.30 pm: Banquet

Saturday, Oct. 31st, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 4.45 pm – 5.00 pm: Lighting of kuttuvilakku
* 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan & Smt. Viji Krishnan Natarajan (Violin Duet), Guruvayur Shri. Dorai (Mridangam),
Vaikom Shri. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam), Srirangam Shri. Kannan (Morsing)
* 7.15 pm – 9.15 pm: Pt. Dharwad Venkatesh Kumar (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmonium), Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)

Sunday, Nov. 1st, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 9.45 am – 10.45 am: C. Saraswathi Bai, First Lady Bhagavatar – Talk by Shri. Sriram V.
* 11.00 am – 12.30 pm: Concert – cum – Lecture on rakti ragas in Hindustani & Carnatic Music – Dr. Sriram Parasuram & Party
* 3.00 pm – 4.45 pm: Kum. Savita Narasimhan (Carnatic Vocal), Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Shri. B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Shri.
Anirudh Athreya (Khanjira)
* 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm: Smt. Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic Vocal), Mysore Shri. V. Srikanth (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramanian
(Mridangam), Shri. R. Raman (Morsing)
* 7.15 pm – 9.15 pm: Kariyavanai Mayavanai: Thematic dance presentation – Concept, Design & Narration: Gowri Ramnarayan; Dance:
Sheejith Krishna & Anjana Anand; Vocals: Gayathri Venkataraghavan


Monday, Nov. 2nd, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai – 18

* 3.00 pm – 4.45 pm: Shri. Pattabhiram Pandit (Carnatic Vocal), Mysore Shri. M. Nagaraj (Violin), Mannargudi Shri. A. Easwaran (Mridangam)
* 5.00 pm – 6.45 pm: Smt. Gayathri Girish (Carnatic Vocal), Mysore Shri. V. Srikanth (Violin), Shri. B.Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Shri. Anirudh Athreya (Khanjira)
* 7.00 pm – 9.15 pm: Shri. N. Vijay Siva (Carnatic Vocal), Lalgudi Smt. J. Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Shri. N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam)

Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm – 4.45 pm: Kum. Amrutha Venkatesh (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. V. S. Murari (Violin), Shri. S. J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
* 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm: Sikkil Shri. C. Gurucharan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. M. A. Sundaresan (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Shri. K.
Sivaraman (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
* 7.15 pm – 9.15 pm: Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmoniuim), Shri. Viswanath Nakod (Tabla)


Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai – 18

* 3.00 pm – 4.45 pm: Shri. S. Saketaraman (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. M. R. Gopinath (Violin), Shri. K. V. Prasad (Mridangam)
* 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm: Smt. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmoniuim), Shri. Viswanath Nakod (Tabla)
* 7.15 pm – 9.15 pm: Sangita Upanyasam: Gajendra Moksham – Smt. Vishaka Hari, Shri. B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Shri. S. J. Arjun
Ganesh (Mridangam)


Thursday, Nov. 5th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm – 4.45 pm: Kum. Subhiksha Rangarajan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Shri. S. J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Shri. Chandrajit (Tabla)
* 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm: Smt. Ranjani & Smt. Gayatri (Carnatic Vocal), Kum. Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramanian
(Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
* 7.00 pm – 7.10 pm: Honouring Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
* 7.15 pm – 9.15 pm: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod), Shri. Mithilesh Kumar Jha (Tabla)


Friday, Nov. 6th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm – 4.40 pm: Kum. K. Gayatri (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. S. P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Shri. B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
* 4.45 pm – 6.30 pm: Shri. S. Shashank (Flute), Mysore Shri. V. Srikanth (Violin), Parupalli Shri. Phalgun (Mridangam)
* 7.00 pm – 9.15 pm: Shri. T. M. Krishna & Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Carnatic Jugalbandi), Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Poongulam
Shri. S. Subramanian (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottam (Khanjira)


Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm: Papanasam Shri. Ashok Ramani (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. B. U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Tiruvarur Shri. Bhaktavatsalam
(Mridangam), Shri. E. M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
* 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm: The Madras String Quartet
* 7.15 pm – 9.15 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. D. K. Pattammal Memorial Concert: Smt. Nithyasree Mahadevan & Kum. S. Lavanya (Carnatic
Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramanian (Mridangam), Trichy Shri. K. Murali (Ghatam)


Sunday, Nov. 8th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 10.30 am – 1.00 pm: Ragamalika: Vintage film melodies in classical ragas; Presented by Smt. Subhasree Tanikachalam
* 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm: Vainika-Gayaka: Neyveli Shri. R. Santhanagopalan & Smt. S. Sowmya (Vina Duet), Neyveli Shri. R. Narayanan
(Mridangam), Shri. N. Govindarajan (Ghatam)
* 7.15 pm – 9.30 pm: Malladi Brothers (Carnatic Vocal), Nagai Shri. R. Muralidharan (Violin), Mannargudi Shri. A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Shri.
T. V. Vasan (Ghatam)


Monday, Nov. 9th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.30 pm - 5.15 pm: Smt. Manasi Prasad (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. V. S. Murari (Violin), Trivandrum Shri. V. Balaji (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shri. Sankar (Khanjira)
* 5.30 pm – 6.15 pm: Valedictory Session
* 6.30 pm – 9.00 pm: Smt. Aruna Sairam (Carnatic Vocal), Smt. Padma Sankar (Violin), Shri. N. Ramakrishnan (Mridangam), Shri. S.
V. Ramani (Ghatam)


Note:
1) This schedule is subject to changes.
2) Limited free seats available for all programmes, strictly on 'first-come-first-served' basis.
3) Those who require a confirmed seat for a particular programme or for the entire festival may avail donor passes or memberships, avbl at Narada Gana Sabha lobby or Samskriti Culture Shoppe (Jammi Bldng, 60, Royapettah High Rd, Mylapore, Chennai - 4) from Monday, Oct. 26th 2009. A limited number of invites for the curtain raiser concert will also be avbl.
4) Donor passes avbl for online purchase here: Carnatica Online Shopping
5) Donations are welcome and will help us sustain our activities and bring you more such events in the future! Thanks for your support!