Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai
Date: 13th Oct 2006
Organizers: Balaganamrutam & Karnataka College of Percussion
Vocal: Smt. Bangalore R.A. Ramamani
Violin: Kum. Akkarai Subhalakshmi
Mridangam: Sri Tanjore Kumar
Ghatam: Sri H. Sivaramakrishnan
List of songs:
1) sAmi idi vELa (varnam) – kannada – Adi- pattaNam subramaNya iyer
2) gam gaNapatE – hamsadwani – Adi (tisra gati) – harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavatar (S)
3) sObillu – jaganmOhini – rUpakam – thyAgarAjA (S)
4) lalitE srI – bhairavi – Adi – thyAgarAjA (ANS)
5) bAlAmbikE pAhi – manOranjani – kanda chApu – muthuswAmi dIkshitar
6) kA vA vA – varALI – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (A)
7) ratna kanchuka – kAmbOji – misra chApu – harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavathar (ANS – main)
8 ) sri chakra rAja – rAgamAlikA – Adi – agastya
9) rAghavEndra daya – shubapantuvarALi – Adi – kamalEsha vittala (?)
10) pavamAna (mangaLam) – sOwrAshtram – Adi – thyAgarAjA
It took some time for Smt. Ramamani to get set but once she did, beautiful AlApanAs of bhairavi and kAmbOji followed. varALi AlApana was done for a very short time. With the passage of time, the rAga AlApanAs went on getting better and better with kAmbOji being the best.
But the star of the evening was certainly Akkarai Subhalakshmi on the violin. Her bhairavi, varALi and kAmbOji were simply out of the world. Veteran musicians in the audience like Sri T.R. Subramaniam were seen enjoying every bit of what she played.
Ramkumar R 