Thursday, January 9, 2014

January 9, 2014 - Shanmukhapriya, SKR Remembrance Day

violin - sp ananthapadmanabha
mrudangam - tanjore praveen kumar

630-830pm
venue: swamy's hall, rk mutt road

Thanjavur Sri S. Kalyanaraman Remembrance Day

I've been asked who is the one musician I wish I could have met and interacted with. The answer is always S. Kalyanaraman Sir. Although I was alive in his lifetime, I never had the opportunity to meet him, or even see him in person.

I had the pleasure of saying a few things regarding his influence on me in a documentary DVD "Sunadha Vinodhan," after Smt Bhushany Kalyanaraman heard of my obsession and called on me a few years ago.

He has without doubt been one of the biggest influences on my musical development and I was honored to be asked to sing a concert tonight marking the 19th year since his passing. I'm humbled every time I hear his recordings and consider his compositions, sangathis, kanakkus, and general creativity to really be one of a kind.

Tonight I sang a concert comprised of songs composed, tuned, and/or inspired by him. I hope I did them justice...


sugunamule - chakravakam - rupakam - thyagaraja (s)
gananaya desika - rishabhapriya - adi - koteeshwara iyer (r,n)
samajavaragamana - hindolam - adi - thyagaraja (r,s)
kamala charane - amruthabehag - adi - gn balasubramaniam
rtp - ranjani, manoranjani, janaranjani, sriranjani - khanda jathi matya - s kalyanaraman (r,n,s,t)
-ragamalika: sivaranjani, sumanesa ranjani
nee dhan thunai - ragamalika - misra chapu - ns chidambaram (tuned by s kalyanaraman)
hariguna - deepali - adi - meera (tuned by s kalyanaraman)
thillana - gavathi - adi - s kalyanaraman
pavamana - saurashtram - adi - thyagaraja

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