Carnatic Tradition
Immerse yourself in the divinity of music that hails from Southern India. These masters will enthral you with high octane performances that demonstrate their incredible skill and ingenious minds
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Aruna Sairam | Kathanakuthoohalam
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, on 3rd April, at the Purcell Room, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (vocals)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)
Kriti in Rag... -
Jyotsna Srikanth | Raag Sama
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam and khanjira)Raag Sama, Composition by Sri Sadasiva Brahmendra (died in 1756) in Adi talam
In 2007, Darbar curated UK...
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Mysore A Chandan | Revagupthi
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 14th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Mysore A Chandan (flute)
- Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)Raag Revagupthi, Kriti composed by Swathi Tirunal (1813-1846)
‘Gopalaka Pahimam’ ...
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Jyotsna Srikanth | Thillana in Ragam Dhanashri
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam and kanjira)Raag Dhanashri, Thillana in Adi talam, composed by Swathi Thirunal (1813 – 1846)
Doling out unpredictable...
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Harikumar Sivan | Raag Saraswati
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 14th April, at the Phoenix theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Harikumar Sivan (7 string violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)Raag Saraswati, kriti composed by Saint Thyagaraja (1767-1847) in Rupak tala
Harikumar Sivan’s spirited rendi...
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Harikumar Sivan | Ram Bhajan
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 11th April, at the Curve Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Harikumar Sivan (7 string violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)Bhajan, ‘Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram’ composed by Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931)
Harikumar Sivan pa...
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Jyotsna Srikanth | English Notes
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam and khanjira)English Notes, traditional composition by P. Sambamoorthy (1901-1973)
In this concert, Darbar’s attempt ...
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Aruna Sairam | Teetha Vitthala Kshetra Vitthala
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, on 3rd April, at the Purcell Room, at Queen Elizabeth Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (vocals)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)Marathi Abhang in...
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Mysore A Chandan | RTP Mohana
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 14th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Mysore A Chandan (flute)
- Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)Ragam Tanam Pallavi in Raag Mohana, Adi talam
Raag Mohana is the Carnatic corresp...
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Jyotsna Srikanth | Kathanakuthuhalam
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre Leicester.
Musicians:
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam and khanjira)Raag Kathanakuthuhalam, Composition by Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845-1942) in Adi talam
This piece, ‘Ragh...
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Malladi Brothers | Kambhoji
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2018, on 26th April, at Milton Court Concert Hall, the Barbican, London.
Musicians:
- Sreeramprasad Malladi (vocal)
- Ravikumar Malladi (vocal)
- Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (violin)
- Trichy Sankaran (mridangam)
- Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)
- Priya Sharma ... -
Jyotsna Srikanth | Mohanam
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre Leicester.
Musicians:
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam and khanjira)Varnam in Raag Mohanam in Adi talam
This is the opening piece of Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth’s concert at the Da...
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Aruna Sairam | Mohanam
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, on 3rd April, at the Purcell Room of London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (Carnatic Vocal)
- Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (Violin)
- RN Prakash (Ghatam)
- Priya Prakash (Tanpura)Kriti in Raga Mohanam in Adi talam
Raga ...
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Aruna Sairam | Kalinga Nartana Tillana
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, on 3rd April, at the Purcell Room, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (vocals)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)Thillana in R...
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Mysore A Chandan | Vijayshri
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007 on 14th April at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Mysore A Chandan (flute)
- Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
Raag Vijaysri, instrumental composition by Saint Thyagaraja (1767-1847)‘Varanarad...
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Hari Kumar | Malayamurtum
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 14th April, at the Phoenix Theatre.
Musicians:
- S. Hari Kumar Sivan (7 string violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)Raag Malayamarutam, kriti composed by Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845-1902) in Adi talam
S. Hari Kumar Sivan makes an i...
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Mysore A Chandan | Raag Nata
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 14th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Mysore A Chandan (flute)
- Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)Raag Nata, Kriti composed by Muthuswamy Dikshitar (1775-1835)
The kriti ‘Mahaganapath...
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Jayanthi Kumaresh | Raga Basanta
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2013, on 19th September, at the Purcell Room, at London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Mithila Sarma (tanpura)Raag Basanta, Kriti set to Rupak talam, composed by Saint...
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Mysore A Chandan | Raag Saveri
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 14th April, at the Phoenix Theatre in Leicester.
Musicians:
- Mysore A Chandan (flute)
- Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)Raag Saveri, Varnam composed by Kothavasal Venkatarama Iyer
‘Sarasuda Ninne’ is a c...
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Jyotsna Srikanth | Ragam Amritavarshini
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2007, on 15th April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians:
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Neyveli Venkatesh (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam and khanjira)Raag Amritavarshini, Composition by Mutthiah Bhagavatar (1877-1945) in Rupak talam
This beautiful piece ...
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P. Unnikrishnan | Hamsanandi
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 22nd April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.
Musicians :
- P. Unnikrishnan (vocal)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Bangalore Praveen (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Priya Prakash (tanpura)Raag Hamsanandi, Thillana in Adi talam
Composed by Ca... -
Malladi Brothers | Salaga Bhairavi
Filmed at Darbar Festival 2018, on 26th October, at Milton Court Concert Hall, at the Barbican Centre, London.
Musicians :
- Malladi Sreeramprasad (vocal)
- Malladi Ravikumar (vocal)
- Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (violin)
- Trichy Sankaran (mridangam)
- Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)
- P... -
Aruna Sairam | Raag Lalita
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2009, on 3rd April, at the Purcell Room of London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Aruna Sairam (vocals)
- Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Priya Parkash (tanpura)Raga Lalita, Composition by Muthuswamy Diks...
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Jayanti Kumaresh | Behag
Recorded at Darbar Festival 2013, on 19th September, at the Purcell Room of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.
Musicians:
- Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
- Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
- RN Prakash (ghatam)
- Mithila Sarma (tanpura)Raag Behag is the concluding piec...