Shailesh Flute Recital song list

1. Saraguna (Varnam) - Madhyamavati, Tiruvottriyur Tyagayyar, Adi (Brief-A, brief S)
2. Guruleka - Gaurimanohari, Tyagaraja, Khanda Chapu (A, S)
3. Sri Guruna Palitosmi - Padi, Muttusvami Dikshitar, Rupakam (Brief-S)
4. Sarasa Sama Dana - Kapinarayani, Tyagaraja, Adi
5. Sri Visvananatham - Chaturdasharagamalika, Muttusvami Dikshitar, Adi
6. Bhuvaneshvariya - Mohanakalyani, Muthiah Bhagavatar, Adi (A, S)
7. Urake Galguna - Sahana, Tyagaraja, Misra Chapu (A, S)
8. Dachukovalena - Todi, Tyagaraja, Misra Jhampa (A, brief-N, S, Tani)
9. Enna tavam - Kapi, Papanasam Sivan, Adi (A)
10. Dharma Shravana - Durga, Purandara Dasa, Adi
11. Tava Dasoham - Punnagavarali, Tyagaraja, Adi
12. Nee nama Rupamulaku (Mangalam) - Saurashtram, Tyagaraja, Adi

Shailesh Ramamurthy Flute Recital- October 19, 2014

Yesterday we featured a flute recital by Vid. Shailesh Ramamurthy accompanied by Vid. Anand Vishwanathan on the violin, and Chi. Akshay Anand on the mridangam. The concert was held in the beautiful residence of Sri Arunachala, next to Olde Bangalore. Thanks to Meenakshi and Arun for their hospitality!

We had a wonderful audience of great rasikas who travelled a big distance in rainy weather to listen to a vidwan who very rarely gives public performances.

Shailesh gave us all the experience of pure flute music dipped in classicism and melody and totally shorn of speed gimmicks. He took us on a journey through profound ragas like Shahana and Todi. He gave us a colourful Mohana Kalyani. He essayed the difficult Sri Vishvanatham in Chaturdasha-ragamalika of Muthuswami Dikshitar. He played a lilting Sarasa Sama Dana and a moving Enna Thavam Shaidanai Yashoda. He played Durga on the long flute and gave us the GNB-popularised Dharma Shravana.

Anand on the violin provided solid accompaniment and came into his own in Mohana Kalyani and Todi.

Akshay played a brilliant tani in Mishra Jhampa Tala after Dachukovalena, and gave impeccable sonorous mridangam accompaniment throughout. The natural acoustics of a mikeless(almost) concert were very enjoyable!

The song list will be appended separately.

Shailesh Ramamurthy is an MTech from IIT Kharagpur, winning the prestigious Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma gold medal. He is an acknowledged expert in signal processing.