2014 MUMMOORTHIGAL JAYANTHI & TYAGARAJA FESTIVAL

The 27th annual conference on the musical saint Tyagaraja’s contribution to Carnatic Music in commemoration of his 167th anniversary and a tribute to the other composers of the trinity of Carnatic music, Muthuswamy Dikshithar and Shyama Sastri

Academy of Indian Music, Australia (inc) &

Sruthi Laya Kendra (India)

present

Saturday 24 May 2014, 12 noon Sunday 25 May 2014, 1.30 pm

Kel Watson Theatre, Forest Hill Secondary College, Mahoneys Road Forest Hill, Victoria

Tickets: $20 (covers both days) Admission for Pancharatna Krithis free

For further information and ticket reservations: Ravi - 0411321556 or ravi.narmatha@gmail.com

‘Vidulaku Mrokkeda Sangita Ko’ Our salutations to the great maestros of music

2014 MUMMOORTHIGAL JAYANTHI

& TYAGARAJA FESTIVAL

Programme

Festival Artistic Director:

Ravi M Ravichandhira OAM

Guest of Honour

Yagnaraman Prabhu

Audio Technical Director

Charles Walker

TYME under headship of:

Sikkil C Gurucharan (Vocal)

A G A Gnanasundaram

(Instrumental)

Shanthy Rajendran (Bharatha

Natyam)

Balasri Rasiah (Mridangam)

We also acknowledge and

thank all resident artistes for

their input including

preparation of TYME.

Compere

Arjunan Puveendran

Our deep gratitude to all invited

delegates to the conference,

international artistes, resident

artistes, music and dance teach-

ers of Melbourne, TYME partici-

pants and volunteers who have

assisted in making this year’s

festival another success.

We also thank you, the audience,

for your support and attendance,

and encourage you to assist us

in expanding the reach of this

festival to a broader audience.

Saturday 24 May 2014 Sunday 25 May 2014

11:15 am Artiste arrival

1.00pm Artiste arrival

12 noon to 1.30pm

Pancharatna Krithis A congregational rendition of Sri Tyagaraja’s famed set of compositions, the Ghana Raga Pancharatna Krithis

1.30pm to 2.50pm

TYME A showcase of two further Talented Young Musician Ensembles comprising of students of established instrumental and percussion institutions in Melbourne

1:45pm to 3:15pm

TYME A series of performances presented by the Talented Young Musicians Ensembles comprising of students of vocal, dance and percussion institutions in Melbourne Vocal Ensemble I 1. Kayarohanesam 2. Dandamu 3. Tarunam Idamma Vocal Ensemble II 1. Purahara 2. Parakela 3. Enati Nomu Bharatha Natyam Ensemble Premiere performance for Mummoorthigal Jayanthi 1. Sri Ganapatini 2. Ananda Natana Prakasham

3.00pm to 3.30pm

Instrumental Ensemble: 1. Marivere Gathi 2. Maragatha Vallim 3. Nadaloludai Percussion Ensemble: An exposition of innovative rhythmic patterns and structures including complex changes to tempo set to a rhythmic cycle of 16 beats

Break Violin Recital Violin: Murali Kumar Mridangam: Sridhar Chari Kanjira: Ragavan Sarma

Break

3.50pm to 4.20pm

Flute Recital Flute: Sridhar Chari Violin: Murali Kumar Mridangam: Balasri Rasiah

3.35pm to 4.05pm

Vocal Recital Vocal: Shobha Sekhar Violin: Murali Kumar Mridangam: Satheepan Elankumaran

4.25pm to 4.55pm

Vocal Recital Vocal: Rama Rao Violin: Murali Kumar Mridangam: Arjunan Puveendran

4.10pm to 4.40pm

Violin Recital Violin: A G A Gnanasundaram Mridangam: Hariharan Balasri & Sai-Nivaeithan Ravichandhira

5.00pm to 5.30pm

Vocal Recital Vocal: Ahilan Sivanandan Violin: Bhairavi Raman Mridangam: Ravi M Ravichandhira & Sai-Sarangan Ravichandhira

4.50pm to 4.55pm

Break

5.35pm to 6.05pm

Vocal Recital Vocal: Uthra Vijayaraghavan Violin: A G A Gnanasundaram Mridangam: Venkat Ramakrishnan

4.55pm to 6.40pm

Natya Rathnavali Feature Bharatha Natyam presentation by Nritha Choodamani Rajeswari Sainath (Chennai, India)

6.10pm to 6.40pm

Vocal Recital Vocal: Sundari Saripalle Violin: Anita Das Mridangam: Pragadeesh Shanmugarajah

6.50pm to 8.35pm

Essentially Divine Carnatic vocal recital by invited delegate and disciple of Lalgudi G Jayaraman, Saashwathi Prabhu (Chennai, India)

6.45pm to 7.00pm

Break 8.40pm to 9.10pm

Veena Recital Veena Duet: Iyer Brothers Mridangam: Bala Sankar & Mithun Ranjanan

7.00pm to 10.00pm

Feature Presentation A unique tribute to the Trinity by esteemed delegates from Chennai, India: Vocal: Sikkil C Gurucharan Violin: R K Shriramkumar Mridangam: Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani Kanjira: Bangalore S Amrit