Sikkil Gurucharan (SGC) performed at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja auditorium today. The highlights of the beautiful concert were the kannadagowla raga alapana and alapana & kalapana swaram for the main kriti in todi raga. On a day when there were 4 good concerts, all clashing with each other, especially the ones by Gurucharan and T.M.Krishna, I am more than happy that I came to listen to this concert, though there is a bit of sadness on missing the lecture demonstration by T.M.Krishna. Anyways, I am really happy that there are two more T.M.Krishna concerts scheduled this month and the next in Bangalore and I will try to attend them at any cost. Here are the details of the SGC concert: Vocal: Sikkil Gurucharan Violin: Charulata Ramanujam Mridangam: H.S.Sudheendra Ghatam: Srisyla List of songs: 1) viribOni (varnam) - bhairavi - kanda ata - pachimiriyam adiyappA 2) sidhi vinAyakam - mOhana kalyAni - Adi - harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavathar 3) murugA murugA - sAvEri - misra chApu - periasAmi thUran 4) kamalAmbAm bhajarE - kalyAni - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 5) sogasujUda - kannadagowla - rUpakam - thyAgarAja 6) pAhi pAhi - malayamArutam - Adi (tisra gati) - prAnEsha vittala dAsa 7) chEtasrI - dwijAvanti - rUpakam - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 8 ) mAmayUra - bilahari - Adi - mazhavai chidambara bhArati 9) gajavadanA - tOdi - Adi - kumara rAja ettEndra 10) gOpAlam - viruttam in rAgas sumanEsa ranjani, sindhu bhairavi & behAg nanyAku badavanO - behAg - kanda chApu - purandaradAsa 11) manamE kanamum - bImplAs - Adi - pApanAsam sivan 12) thillAna - hamsAnandi - Adi - srImushnam rAjA rAo 13) pavamAna - sowrAshtram - Adi - thyAgarAja