A look at the Margazhi concerts to take place on December 18

by · The Hindu

THE MUSIC ACADEMY

@ 168, TTK Road, Alwarpet.

Today, 8.05 a.m.: Lecdem ‘Similar Phraseologies in non-allied ragas’ by R. Hemalatha; 9.05 a.m.: ‘Izhappin Valiyum Valiyin Izhappum’ lecdem by R. Ramanathan.

@ T.T. Krishnamachari Auditorium, Alwarpet.

Madurai T.N.S. Krishna. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R

Today, 9 a.m.: Bangalore Brothers; 11.45 a.m.: J. Yoga Kirtana; 1.30 p.m.: Ananya Ashok; 4 p.m.: Madurai T.N.S. Krishna; 6.45 p.m.: Vignesh Ishwar.

SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMY SABHA

@ Vidya Bharathi, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore.

Abhishek Raghuram. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

The day begins at 8.30 a.m. with Neyveli Santhanagopalan’s lecdem on; Isai Kadalil manithuligal’. This will be followed by the vocal concerts of Amrutha Venkatesh (10 a.m.); V. Subashri (12.30 p.m.), R.P. Shravan (2 p.m.); Sriram Parasuram (4 p.m.) and Abhishek Raghuram (6.30 p.m.).

KRISHNA GANA SABHA

@ 20, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salail, T. Nagar.

Srinidhi Chidambaram. | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R

Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshitar’s Maha Bhaktha Vijayam at 7 a.m.; Malladi Brothers’ vocal concert at 4 p.m. and Srinidhi Chidambaram’s Bharatanatyam performance at 7 p.m. will mark the day’s lineup.

SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA

Vijay Siva. | Photo Credit: SRINATH M

@ Vani Mahal, T. Nagar.

1 p.m.: Shakthi Muralidharan; 2.15 p.m.: Rajeswari Shankar; 4 p.m.: Jayashree Vaidyanathan; 6.30 p.m.: N. Vijay Siva.

BRAHMA GANA SABHA

@ TAG P.S. Dakshinamurthi Auditorium, P.S. High School, Mylapore.

Today, 1.15 p.m.: Anaga Sooraj; 2.30 p.m.: Yasodha Ponnudurai (veena); 4 p.m.: Vasudha Keshav; 6.15 p.m.: Sikkil Gurucharan.

KARTIK FINE ARTS

Jayalakshmi Sekhar. | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN SR

@Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall.

Today, 2 p.m.: Archana Murali; 4 p.m.: Jayalakshmi Sekhar (veena); 6.15 p.m.: Jayashree jayaramakrishnan.

@ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall.

Palghat Ramprasad. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

4 p.m.: Maanasa (Bharatanatyam); 5 p.m.: Nisha Rajagopalan (vocal); 7 p.m.: Palghat Ramprasad (vocal).

These apart, you can watch the concerts from the comforts of your home this Margazhi Season as regional channels telecast special programmes.

Jaya TV presents its 25th music festival as part of this year’s Margazhi utsavam (December 16, 2024 to January 13, 2025) The earlier editions have featured some of the eminent musicians. Each year’s festival is themed on a specific topic. This year it is pegged on ‘Tamil Isai’ and musicians will render exclusive Tamil songs composed by Muthu Thandavar, Marimutha Pillai, Arunachala Kavirayar, Koteeswara Iyer, Papanasam Sivan, Gopalakrishna Bharati.

Artistes to perform are Mahathi, Sikkil Gurucharan, J.B. Keerthana, Archana and Aarthy, T.N.S. Krishna, Venkatanagarajan, and J.A. Jayanth. Apart from the music concerts ‘Harikatha’ by .Vishaka Hari and Dushyanth Sridhar will form part of the series. Today at 7.30 a.m. and 8.30 p.m.: J.B. Keerthana Sriram.

Pudhuyugam, presents a special Tiruppavai series to be rendered by Kannan Seshadri from Singapore; and Tiruvenpavai hymns, written by Manickavasagar, to be presented by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan. The programmes will be telecast through Margazhi at 5.30 a.m. daily. 

Published - December 17, 2024 01:51 pm IST