Own compositions

written by Conrado del Rosario originally for a vocal number (Lass Mich) in a Berlin Cabaret Show in 2000. Now arranged for string orchestra on Staffpad with the Spitfire Chamber Orchestra and earlier  for string quartet using the Staffpad edtion of the Berlin First Chairs Solo Strings. Original piano version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTfecgJbqKI​
Copyright © 2000, 2020 by Conrado del Rosario - All rights reserved

Romanze für Streicher

See score at https://youtu.be/mzCZ0Nx5fSc
composed by Conrado del Rosario
Another pastiche work with an expansion of a theme from my College of Music days at UP. I was on a hyper romantic Tristan trip then, haha. Written on Staffpad and rendered with Cinestrings, Tina G. Cello and the First chair solo Cello and solo Bass.
Copyright © 2021 by Conrado del Rosario - All rights reserved

Tris(te)tan-esque

Composed in 2020, Nocturne For Orchestra is a short piece for large orchestra depicting a journey in the shade of night

Nocturne for Orchestra

PS: For those of you wondering what on earth this piece is about, see link below
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It's the distant future. Language has gone, and warring tribes use drums to communicate. 

Chapter 1: The enemy is approaching. These sacred lands need to be defended. To defensive positions! The drums roll to rally everyone

Chapter 2: Once human. Now, merely metal and flesh driven by weak ghastly souls. The robot overlords will be pleased when the last remaining band of humans will be harvested for organs. Let  the drums scream to send shiver down their spines, while it still remains in their body.

Chapter 3: Live free or burn to ashes. Let not the enemy take one fiber from these mortal bodies. Pound the drums to shatter their gears and rusted bones

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The Judgemental Owl

A Hero Is Born

This song describes the feeling of awe and mystery experienced by a climber ascending a mountain shrouded in mystery. As the journey gets challenging by the step, the climber begins to lose confidence, until she gets a brief glimpse of the summit as the clouds part. Motivated, the climber resumes, only to be impeded by a storm while on a narrow bridge over an abyss. All hope lost and unconscious, the climber wakes up to a surprise to find herself atop the summit

Ascending Mount Mystic

My first composition, based on the scale of Raga Hari Kambhoji (I hope).  

Carnatic Rock Fusion

An unplugged rearrangement of one of the most beautiful compositions of Sri Lalgudi G Jayaraman, for the movie, Sringaram, the only film for which the legend composed music and won the National Award.  

This is released on occasion of Uma's site, Ragasurabhi's 275 week anniversary.
http://ragasurabhi.com/carnatic-music/weekly-blog/weekly-blog-0275.html

Check their site and learn more about Indian Music Ragas! :)

"En Indha Maayamo" - Raga Hameer Kalyani - Misra chapu (7/8 beat structure)

Original Melody: Lalgudi G Jayaraman
Film: Sringaram - The Dance of Love

Rearrangement credits:
Vocals: Uma Ramasubramaniam(https://soundcloud.com/raga-surabhi)
Flute, Arrangement: Vijay Kannan
YT: https://youtube.com/AboutIndianMusic

En Inda Maayamo - Vijay Kannan - Ft. Uma Ramasubramaniam

തെളിമാനം മഴവില്ലിന്‍ നിറമണിയും നേരം,
നിരമാര്‍ന്നൊരു കനവെന്നില്‍ തെളിയുന്ന പോലെ,
പുഴയോരം താഴുകുന്നീ തണുനീറന്‍ കാറ്റും,
പുളകങ്ങള്‍ ഇഴനെയ്തൊരു കുഴലൂതിയ പോലെ,
കുളിരേകും കനവില്‍ നീ കതിരാടിയ കാലം,
മനതാരില്‍ മധുമാസം തളിരാടിയ നേരം,
അകമരുകും മയിലിണകള്‍ തുയിലുണരും കാലം,
എന്‍ അകതാരില്‍ അനുരാഗം പകരുന്ന യാമം,
അഴകേ ... അഴകില്‍ തീര്‍ത്തൊരു ശിലയഴകേ,
മലരേ ... എന്നുയിരിൽ വിടരും പനിമലരേ ...

മലരേ നിന്നെ കാണാതിരുന്നാൽ,
മിഴിവേകിയ നിറമെല്ലാം മായുന്നപോലെ
അലിവോടെന്നരികത്തിന്നണയാതിരുന്നാൽ,
അഴകേകിയ കനവെല്ലാം അകലുന്നപോലെ
ഞാനെന്റെ ആത്മാവിനാഴത്തിനുള്ളിൽ
അതിലോലമാരോരുമറിയാതെ സൂക്ഷിച്ച
താളങ്ങൾ രാഗങ്ങൾ ഈണങ്ങളായി
ഓരോരൊ വർണ്ണങ്ങളായ്
ഇടറുന്നോരെന്റെ ഇടനെഞ്ചിനുള്ളിൽ
പ്രണയത്തിൻ മഴയായ് നീ പൊഴിയുന്നീ നാളിൽ
തളരുന്നൊരെന്റെ തനുതോരും നിന്റെ അലതല്ലും പ്രണയത്താലുണരും
മലരേ ... അഴകേ ...

കുളിരേകും കനവില്‍ നീ കതിരാടിയ കാലം,
മനതാരില്‍ മധുമാസം തളിരാടിയ നേരം,
അകമരുകും മയിലിണകള്‍ തുയിലുണരും കാലം,
എന്‍ അകതാരില്‍ അനുരാഗം പകരുന്ന യാമം,
അഴകേ ... അഴകില്‍ തീര്‍ത്തൊരു ശിലയഴകേ,
മലരേ ... എന്നുയിരിൽ വിടരും പനിമലരേ ...

Malare Ninne Kanathirunnal - Premam Song

A moderately Chennai tamil revolutionary adaptation of Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit 

Lyrics: Raghuthaatha (https://twitter.com/raghuthaatha) & @krishashok
Drums & percussion sequencing: @mediumcoffee & @krishashok
Violin, guitars, bass, vocals: @krishashok

Ration arisi, queue la ninnu (Ration rice, we stand in a queue)
Vaangarom, vera vazhi illa (to buy, we have no choice)
Fulla Kushtu, black la ticket (fully drunk, tickets in black)
eduthu, padam paatha (we buy & when we watch the movie...)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo

TASMAC kadaila, appan mabbu (Dad's drunk at the TASMAC bar)
Kelvi ketta, periya thappu (if we question, it's a problem)
Current cut, yeppo padippom (power outrage, when do we study?)
Kerosene light la padicchu mudippom (we will study in the light of a kerosene lamp)

Naanga ezhai (We are poor)
eppadi vaazha (How do we live)
Kelaya pudichu (holding on to a branch)
Yeri vaarom (we will rise up)
Yeah, hey, yay

College Saentu, edho padichi (we joined college, studied something)
kizhichi, kadla potu (hit on girls)
vela thedi, gaandayi, (searched for jobs, frustrated)
Ola cab ottina traffic jam (drove Ola cabs only to get stuck in traffic jams)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo

Nirutthi ottina, horn tholla (If we drive slowly, everyone honks)
rash-a ottna, mama tholla (if we drive rashly, the police trouble us)
adaki vaascha, pammureenga. (If we stay docile, we are oppressed)
nimundhu keta, amuthareenga (If we question that, we are oppressed)

road-u illa (there are few roads for us)
medu pallam (roads full of obstacles)
ellam thaandi (we will cross all those)
yeri vaarom (we will rise up)
Yeah, hey, yay

Mayila pudchu, kaala keela (if you catch a peacock)
odachu aada sonna (break its leg & ask it to dance)
Kuyila pudchu, goondla geendla (if you catch a songbird)
adachu, paada sonna (cage it and ask it to sing)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo


Aana ippo Murattu Kaala (But now we are raging bulls)
Seeri paanja, merusal aava (as we pounce, you will be dazed)
Cykil gap la, Auto pola (in a narrow gap for cycles, we will drive an auto)
nozhanju vaarom, odhungi nillu-a (and come through, give us way)

Vasadhi illa (We have no opportunities)
Asadhi illa (No laziness)
muyarchi senji (but we will try)
yeri vaarom (we will rise up)

Yeri Vaarom x 9 (we will rise up)

Smells Like Kerosene

An acoustic arrangement of "Raah mein bicchi", a thumri that originally featured in the soundtrack of the Shyam Benegal movie, Sardari Begum

Vocals: @suryaragunaathan
Acoustic Guitar: @mediumcoffee 
Classical Guitar: @krishashok
Flute: @indian_music_fan (Vijay Kannan)
Piano, Bass, Violin, Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering: @krishashok




Raah Mein

My latest collaborative work along with my friends from Indian Institute of Science, Team Karpanai Kudhirai - Technology Slave.

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Details about the Project:

We all live in a shiny metallic grey world; A 21st-century concrete jungle where we are stuck in our own cobweb of technology. An inevitable question arises: Are we the masters of technology or are we the slaves? This song is an attempt to remind us to step back, pause our high speed lives a bit, take a deep breath and enjoy the beauty of nature that surrounds us. To put it in William Wordsworth's way, 'Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher'.

Cast (in alphabetical order): Ashok, Deepak, Nithin, Nada, Pooja, Raju, Rakesh & Vedarun

Choreography: Pooja and Raju

Music: Raman Sankaran and Vijay Kannan (@indian_music_fan) (Composition), Janakiraman Viraraghavan (Singer), Deepak Paramashivan (Rap), Krish Ashok (@krishashok) (Electric guitar), Vijay Kannan (Arrangement, mixing and mastering)

Lyrics: Vedarun Rajkumar

Cinematography and editing: Shimoga Rakesh

Do check it out and share it with your friends too
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Love,

Vijay Kannan
YT: https://youtube.com/AboutIndianMusic

Technology Slave (video link in description)

Vocals: Subhamita Bannerjee
Composition: Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam
Lyrics: Ajay Chandran
Flute: Ravichandra Kulur
Arrangement, Music Production, Mix and Master: Vijay Kannan

Thanks to Kaushik Sen of Rainbow Digital Studio, Kolkata, India; and Armando Cepeda's studio, Carlsbad, USA.

Artwork: "The Dive" by Sumithra Bhakthavatsalam (http://42hues.com/)

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQ4xzGGTNU

Lyrics and translation:

har tajurbe ko taraazuu mein rakhaa
hisaabon mein uljha rahaa

Why weigh every experience? Why be ensnared in calculating every move?

zindagii saamne aayi
to ehtraam bhii na kiyaa

Life appeared in all its glory but alas, wasn't heeded to.

ik samandar peegayaa, phirbhi.. pyaas vohii pyaas rahii
mere andar koii bagaavat si.. aag vohiii aag rahii

Drinking the ocean in its entirety didn't quench the thirst...
Inside me is a rebellious fire that doesn't abate...

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Har Tajurbe Ko feat. Subhamita Bannerjee and Ravichandra Kulur

Vedanth and I are on this 2 day long train journey from Bangalore to Jaipur to join the Rajasthan Kabir Yatra. I had a tune for this song. And Vedanth and I jammed in the train. I just love the soundscape. My voice is compressed as I was whispering close to the mike. 

naach re train

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