Carnatic Music | Jayanthi Kumaresh | Raga Kapi - Thillana (Pt. 2) | Music of India

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A saraswati veena performance of Kapi, live in London, showcasing the raga’s devotional mood and unique phrasings, enabled by the presence of two distinct ni swaras.

Learn more about the music:
Jayanthi Kumaresh’s saraswati veena is an ancient instrument, named after the Hindu goddess of arts and learning. But her gently electrified version produces a strikingly guitaristic tone, igniting Carnatic classical melodies with sweeping bends. She started playing aged three, and learned under her mother Lalgudi Rajalakshmi, before leaving home aged 13 to study with her aunt Padmavathy Ananthagopalan. She also received instruction from her great-uncle, violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman, and noted veenai S Balachander.

A few years later she became one of the youngest artists to receive an All India Radio ‘A’ grading, earned a doctorate in veena history, and founded the Indian National Orchestra, uniting musicians from India’s classical traditions in a large ensemble. On recent recordings she has experimented with recording seven layers of veena on top of each other, and continues to write for dance and film. Listen to Jayanthi here:

Kapi is a popular Carnatic ragam, associated with slow tempos and a certain devotional sadness.
It is and audav-vakra sampoorna rāga, ascending with five notes [SR₂M₁PN₃S] and descending with seven in a meandering order [SN₂D₂N₂PM₁G₂R₂S]. Much of the distinctive sound comes from the presence of two distinct ni swaras. The mood can also be coloured by adding a light touch of shuddha dha [D₁]. It is similar to Hindustani Raag Piloo.

Recorded for Darbar on 19 Sep 2013, at London’s Southbank Centre
-Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
-Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)

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[givepeaceachance]

First time listening to Carnatic/South Indian music. What a great feel! Love from America

[dollartreeshark]

YouTube is the best thing that happened to the world

[charlesbarry]

Very talented group.
I am not an Indian but lately I have developed a love for Carnatic music.

[sowmyamv]

I am a pregnant woman. My baby makes lot of movements Everytime I play this.
thanks a lot:) loads of love from us :) :)

[VishwasPrabhu]

she looks like Goddess Saraswati. Heavenly music.

[ltcolumbo]

I strongly urged ALL production companies intending to shoot a carnatic concert to use this show as a template. It gives me esteem pleasure to utter the Director's name Nirmal Singh. The number of cameras used and placement of it were not futile. The cam operators wow, I suspect must have some music background know exactly when to pan and tilt or is it Nirmal feeding directions in operators earphones. During finale, keeping the 2 shot is so crucial in capturing the wordless communication between veena and mrdingam. The editing splendid and expertly paced. Sharp sound clariry. Thank you sound guys..adhering to simple sound fundamentals and common sense. My only suggestion is to have a camera dedicated to the audience. We, the viewers, can transpose the audiences enjoyment onto ourselves...the mystique of it all. I cannot tell you how much suffering and frustration I experienced sitting thru unmotivated and thoughtless concert programs. Now millions have watched this video and that's because of the professional technicians behind the scenes invisible hands.
Lastly, no missteps here to disregard the supreme artists. The others here are already doing it and that's why we are all here

[janunarayan.]

All I can see is maa saraswati playing veena so gracefully alongside some wonderful mrndaga beats.

[ayushkhanna]

Never heard a mridangam played so exquisitely before.

[siddharthsharma]

Jayanti kumaresh is always so enthusiastic. When she makes satisfied expressions during her performances her charm is out of the world.

[prpluv]

always a delight to stumble into a yet unheard piece by my favorite carnatic veena hope that the travel restrictions and the virus itself will abate in the coming year creating perhaps a rare opportunity to be in transcendence in the presence of this artist....

[rahulchaudhary-zsco]

Her face transforms when she smiles. Looks so happy. Beautiful music

[AhmedShabib]

wow, just wow. the control is just amazing both veena and mridangam have amazing amalgamation of sounds.

[shilarangarajan]

My whole brain lights up whenever I listen to this piece.

[osho]

I dont know who these artists are, and I dont know how this popped up on my feed but I was somewhat drunk so I gave it a shot... now am high af on the music! Am speechless!

[harmeetsinghbhoday]

my heart dances.. i feel overjoyed.. mridangam always makes me dance inside.. i feel like dancing so much to this heavenly divine music..

[rangvi]

Thank you SO much for posting ! Warm greetings from France !

[ozvenkatachalam]

Divine Kalapna Swaras... if human beings can be so creative, wonder why some guys are hell bent on destruction and proclaim music should be banned.. beats me. Thank you for uplifting my thoughts... we need to transform the world into a creative one through music!

[ashuaryan]

My heart melted like ice after 6:13 🥺🥺

Music in it's purest form😭

[ameyamarathe]

I can't really explain how beautiful this is. The way she is playing and the other players supporting her to complete the creation is simply marvelous.

[tjagadeeshchandra]

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