Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 21st Sep 2006 Organizer: Alapana Trust Theme: Sri Thyagaraja's compositions Vocal: Sri O.S.Thyagarajan Violin: Sri M.R.Gopinath Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao Ghatam: Sri S. Karthick List of songs: 1) gurulEka - gOwrimanOhari - kanda chApu - thyAgarAja (aNS) 2) entarANI - harikAmbOji - Adi - thyAgarAja (aNS) 3) anurAgamulE - saraswati - rUpakam - thyAgarAja 4) cherarAvadE - rItigowLa - Adi - thyAgarAja (AS) 5) Eti janma - varALi - misra chApu - thyAgarAja (NS) 6) nannu kanna - kEsari - Adi - thyAgarAja 7) AragimpavE - tOdi - rUpakam - thyAgarAja (AS - main) 8) lAli yUgavE - nIlAmbari - rUpakam - thyAgarAja 9) vinAyakuni - madhyamAvati - Adi - thyAgarAja 10) pavamAna (mangalam) - sOwrAshtram - Adi - thyAgarAja If there is one thing that would make me remember this concert at least for some time to come, it would be the beautiful rItigowla rAga Alapana. Detailed Alapana was also done for tOdi. The places in the rAga Alapana where OST held his breath to sing a set of notes continuously, as he usually does, were especially enjoyable. Sri S. Karthick on the ghatam was simply awesome and was the perfect match for mridangam maestro Sri Raja Rao.