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PADDHATI A festival with a difference! |
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Carnatica is proud to announce PADDHATI a 100% traditional music festival series in a 100% traditional ambience! December 1st - 8th, 2003 at the "Amethyst", Gopalapuram, Chennai. Comprising four unique segments in each day's programme: Parampara (Vintage reminiscences of old masters with recordings and multimedia presentations), Pathanthara (Thematic presentations and concerts by experts on various musical forms & traditions), Prasangam (Panel discussions and lec-dems led by eminent musicians & musicologists, on specialized subjects) & Pallavi (Grand music concert, with special thematic pallavis) Programme Monday, Dec. 1st, 2003 4.30 pm - Mangala Isai (Vintage Nadaswaram excerpts from Great Maestros) 4.45 pm - Parampara Guru Vandanam to Shri. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer A musical homage with audio-visual presentations by Vidwan V. Subrahmanyam 5.55 pm - Grand Inauguration of the Paddhati festival in the holy presence of HH Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal & HH Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, revered saints of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Chief Guest: Shri. B. K. Krishnaraja Vanavarayar (Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Coimbatore Kendra) Lighting of Kuthuvilakku: Smt. Radhika Prithiviraj (Managing Director, Tharakaram Silk House, Coimbatore) Presentation of Carnatica's Paddhati Music awards, honoring Shri R. K. Srikantan, Smt. R. Vedavalli, Shri. Thanjavur Sankara Iyer (Composer Award), Shri. P. S. Narayanaswami (Teacher Award), Shri. S. R. Krishnamurthy (Special award), Shri. J. Venkataraman and "The Hindu" (Press Award) 7.00 pm - Pallavi - A special thematic concert by Sangeetha Kalanidhi R. K. Srikantan, R. S. Ramakanth (Vocal Support), Sriram Parasuram (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao ( Mridangam)
Tuesday, Dec. 2nd, 2003 3.00 pm - Parampara Vintage reminiscences: Shri. T. K. Rangachari 4.00 pm - Pathanthara Varnams: A Kaleidoscope by Prof. S. R. Janakiraman & party 5.30 pm - Prasangam "Lyrical ornamentations in Trinity Compositions", by Dr. V. V. Srivatsa 6.30 pm - Pallavi "Gayakasikhamani Charitram" HARIKATHA presentation with a thematic pallavi by Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan (V. V. Ravi - Violin, B. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, Sri. Kothandaraman - Harmonium)
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd, 2003 3.00 pm - Parampara Vintage Reminiscences: Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu & Mysore T. Chowdiah 4.00 pm - Pathanthara "Musical forms highlighting the various decorative angas like swarasahityam, chittaswaram, jati, etc. in a composition" by Smt. Rama Ravi (assisted by Nandita Ravi, R. K. Shriramkumar - Violin and J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam) 5.30 pm - Prasangam "Music & Mathematics" by Shri. J. Venkataraman & party 6.30 pm - Pallavi Shri. Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Palghat Shri. R. Raghu - Mridangam, T. V. Vasan - Ghatam
Thursday, Dec. 4th, 2003 3.00 pm - Parampara Vintage Reminiscences: Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar 4.00 pm - Pathanthara "Ideal Concert Presentation: A musical description for aspiring performers" by Vidwan Tanjavur Sankara Iyer & party 5.45 pm - Prasangam "Rhythmic Ornamentations in Pallavi" by Chitravina N. Ravikiran 6.45 pm - Pallavi Chitravina concert by the Asia Brothers (N. Ravikiran & P. Ganesh) & party
Friday, Dec. 5th, 2003 3.00 pm - Parampara Vintage Reminiscences: Musiri Subramania Iyer 4.00 pm - Pathanthara Special pallavi by Smt. M. S. Sheela assisted by Mysore Srikanth (Violin) & Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam) 5.45 pm - Prasangam "Select compositions of Maharaja Swati Tirunal", by Vidwan V. Subrahmanyam & disciples 6.45 pm - Pallavi Violin concert by Sangeetha Kalandhi T. N. Krishnan & Viji Natarajan, Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam), Pudukkottai Ramachandran (Ghatam)
Saturday, Dec. 6th, 2003 3.00 pm - Parampara Vintage Reminiscences: Sathur A. G. Subramaniam 4.00 pm - Pathanthara Special concert showcasing the Pinakapani school: Malladi Brothers (Voval), V. V. Ravi (Violin), Palghat Raghu (Mridangam), E. M. Subramaniam (Ghatam) 5.45 pm - Prasangam Face-to-face with Prof. T. R. Subramaniam - an interaction on "Pallavi Know-How" 6.45 pm - Pallavi Special Dvi-nadai pallavi concert by Ranjani & Gayathri (Vocal), Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
Sunday, Dec. 7th, 2003 3.00 pm - Parampara Vintage Reminiscences: M. M. Dandapani Desigar & N. C. Vasantakokilam 4.00 pm - Pathanthara Simhanandana Tala Pallavi by Smt. Suguna Purushottaman assisted by Usha Rajagopal (Violin), Tanjavur Kumar (Mridangam) 5.45 pm - Prasangam "Manodharma as enriched by Musical Forms" by Sriram Parasuram 6.45 pm - Special Bhajana Sampradaya presentation O. S. Arun & O. S. Sundar Bhagavatar and party
Monday, Dec. 8th, 2003 3.00 pm - Parampara Vintage Reminiscences: Ramnad Krishnan 4.00 pm - Pathanthara "Musical Gems of the Kanchipuram Naina Pillai Tradition" by N. Vijay Siva accompanied by Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Ghatam) 5.45 pm - Prasangam "Pallavi", a lec-dem by Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan 6.45 pm - Pallavi Special pallavi concert with emphasis on Tanam aspects by Smt. R. Vedavalli (Vocal), Usha Rajagopal (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), S. Karthick (Ghatam) |
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