Devaki Pandit performed at Chowdiah Memorial, Bengaluru on 14-Aug-08,
as a part of Barkha Ritu music festival. She sung Gaud Malhar, Sur
Malhar, Suha Malhar and a kajri. I've uploaded a few clips from this
concert in youtube. Search for "rmoudgalya" for these and many more.

I've organized my other youtube uploads (clips from over 15 live
concerts) in a blog - http://suswara.blogpost.com.

Stay tuned for uploads from Pt. Shivkumar Sharma who performed after
Devaki Pandit, the same evening.

Rmoudgalya.

Let's take up for discussion today one of the most enjoyable
ragas-BILAHARI,
usually sung at the beginning of the concerts,as a main raga or a
sub-main raga
with elaborate raga alapana,sangathis,neravals,and intricate
swaraprastharas in the pallavis.

It is a janya of 29th mela,"Dheera Shankarabaranam".
It is an audava sampoorna raga with five notes in the arohana
and all seven notes in the avarohana:

Aarohanam: S R 2 G3 P D2 S
Avarohanam: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

The raga conveys,the emotions of courage,joy and valour.
It is a morning raga.
Sometimes, if the nishadam is missed out in the avarohanam,
consciously or unconsciously,it will end up in mohanam.
While singing the alapana, the prayoga,"GPDSNDP",brings out
the essence or chaya of theraga,and adds
a distinct joyous flavour to the raga.

Dear All,
Here are further raga based uploads from my music collection.The Raga
is Dharmavathi,the 59th Melakarta raga,with :
Aa: S R2 G2 M2 P D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M2 G2 R2 S.
Download Links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/137333502/Dharmavathi_Vocal_Vol.1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/137333506/Dharmavathi_Vocal_Vol.2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/137333508/Dharmavathi_Vocal_Vol.3.rar

Enjoy.
Sivaraman

Dear CM Lovers,

Here is an upload from my collection of divine
music ,based on the raga "Kalyanavasantham",which is a janya of the
21st Melakarta,"Keeravani",with Arohana and Avarohana as:
SGMDNS - SNDPMGRS.

It is an evening raga with melody,devotion and pathos as it's
hallmarks.

The playlist of my collection in this raga is:

1.Sudha Raghunathan/Innudaye baradhe/Purandaradasa
2.T.V.Sankaranarayanan/RTP in Kalyanavasantham
3.MLV / Innudaye baradhe
4.Unnikrishnan/Nadhaloludai/Thyagaraja
5.Chittibhabu-Veena/nadhaloludai
6.O.S.Thyagarajan/Deva Jagannatha
7.S.Kalyanaraman/ Puramagal madi Kumara
8.MLV/ Kannulu takani /Thyagaraja.

The download link is:

http://rapidshare.com/files/137279837/KALYANA_VASANTHAM.rar

Enjoy the divine music.