Charulatha Mani

"Isai Payanam with Charulatha Mani" Ragas in Classical & Film Music 4:30pm, 3rd December 2010 @ Kartik Fine Arts Venue: Narada Gana Sabha (Main Hall) Tickets: 91-44-24997788 / 91-9094829675 / 91-9962623387 *** Updates: Report of this concert on Kartik Fine Arts' website: http://kartikfinearts.com/news_12032010.html Kungumam Article: Quiz Winners: Parvathy Sankaran - Alwarpet Champakala - R.A.Puram Ganga Srinivasan - Trustpakkam South Meena Ramaswamy - Thiruvanmiyur Mahalakshmi N. - Royapettah Shantha Narasimhan - T.Nagar Swarna Swaminathan - R.A.Puram Sankaralingam K. - Teynampet Aruna Parthasarathy - Mylapore Padmini B. - Alwarpet Saroja - Royapettah Sandhya Ram S. - R.A.Puram Nalini R. - Adyar Raji Subramaniam - R.A.Puram Radha Krishnamoorthy - T.Nagar Narayanan R. - Adyar Saroja M. - Mylapore Indra Sankaran - Adyar Nellayappan S. - Adyar Uma Gopalan - Saidapet Murthy R.K. - R.A.Puram Congratulations!

The fourth installment of Sahithya Payanam was held at Vani Mahal on 13th November. The concert was preceded by a donation by the Isai Payanam Trust (Regd.) to "RASA" - a special education school that reaches out to developmentally disabled children in Chennai through dance, music, and art. RASA is run by Bharatnatyam dancer Dr. Ambika Kameshwar.  MP3 Audio Excerpts from the concert: Sri Rama Saraswati - Nasamani - Muthuswami Diskhitar Maravairi - Nasikabhushani - Thyagaraja   Maninupuradari - Nilambari - Oothukadu Venkatasubbier Kaanavendamo - Sriranjani - Gopalakrishna Bharathi Kandavandarul - Abheri - Papanasam Sivan Nidichala - Kalyani - Thyagaraja Arambhi - Abhang - Samartha Ramadas Video Excerpts:    Video clips contributed by: Mr. N.Kandasamy

Which of the following ragas does NOT feature in Thayagaraja's Pancharathna kritis? Bilahari (c) M L Vasanthakumari's illustrious guru was - (a) G. N. Balasubramaniam The beginner's exercises in Classical music were composed by -              (b) Purandaradasa The   mudra   of Shyama Sastri was - (a) Shyama Krishna   The “ Tiruppavais ” were composed by - (b) Andal Winner: Smt Vijayalakshmi Ganesan, Triplicane.  Congratulations!! The next Sahitya Payanam concert #4 is at Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, Vani Mahal, Obul Reddy Hall on Nov 13th, 6:30 pm. Await the quiz! Isai Payanam Trust (Regd.) team.

Video Clips of Raj TV's Diwali music programme are  available on YouTube: Charulatha Mani - Vocal Raviram -Flute Nagarajan - Pads and Tabla Suryanarayanan - Mridangam Manigandan - Keyboard Part 1 - Ragamalika: Part 2 - Maadu meikum kanne:

On October 31st 2010 I performed the Sahitya Payanam concert at R. K. Swamy Auditorium, Mylapore. I performed "Pranamamyaham" in Gowla, "Panchashat Peetha" in Karnataka Devagandhari, "Todudaiya Seviyan", "Venkatachala Nilayam", "Raghuvamsa Suthambudi", "Sakala Graha" in Atana, "Shankari Shankuru" in Saveri and finally "Baro Krishnayya", a Ragamalika. Oct 31st being MLV's rememberance day I sang a few pieces popularised by her. All these pieces were preceded by interesting anecdotes regarding the composer, composition, the meaning, as well as side stories from the puranas and ancient scriptures. The audience thoroughly enjoyed my speech as well as music. I was enjoying myself too; it is truly divine to understand and impart to all the glorious lyrical beauty contained in the treasure trove of Classical music. The concert was preceded by the presenting of a cash award from the Isai Payanam Trust to v...

An excerpt from Isai Payanam - Volume 3 is available on YouTube: Click here for the PDF Isai Payanam on Jaya TV - Ritigaula Episode: Audio Clip: Cheraravade - Ritigaula - Thyagaraja kriti (MP3 clip) Previously covered Ragas: Raga Hamirkalyani Raga Ritigaula Raga Amritavarshini Raga Nattai Isai Payanam DVDs and CDs are available at: http://charulathamani.com/albums/carnatic_music_charulatha_albums.php