Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai
Organizer: Nada Inbam
Date: 2nd Oct 2006
Theme: Devi kritis
Vocal: Amritha Murali
Violin: Akkarai Subhalakshmi
Mridangam: B. Ganapatiraman
List of songs:
1) dayAnidhE mAmava (varnam) – bEgada – Adi – syAma sAstri
2) sarasIruhAsana priyE – nAttai – Adi – puLiyUr doraiswAmy iyer (S)
3) nannu kanna thalli – kEsari – Adi – thyAgarAja
4) sundari nI divya – kalyANi – Adi – thyAgarAja (ANS)
5) ambA paradEvathE – rudrapriyA – kanda chApu – tirunelvEli krishnaswAmy iyer
6) srI kamalAmbikAyAm – sahAnA – tisra triputa – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (A)
7) vINAbhEri – AbhEri – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar
8) bhArati mAmava – tOdi – Adi – swAti tiruNAL (ANS – main)
9) nI thAn thuNai – rAgamAlikA – misra chApu – n.s. chidambaram
10) viruttam – rAgamAlika followed by shAradE karuNAnidhE – hamIr kalyANi – misra chApu – ?
11) mangaLam – surutti – misra chApu – ?
The organizer of this concert was head over heals in praise of Amritha Murali and one could not but agree with him after hearing the concert. She sang amazingly. The way she handled kritis like srI kamalAmbikAyAm and bhArati mAmava was commendable. The accompanying artists also played beautifully and more importantly, followed the compositions very well on their own instruments so as to embellish Amritha’s rendition of the songs.
Ramkumar R 