Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 24th Oct 2006 Theme: Dikshitar Day - Muthuswami Dikshitar Compositions Vocal: Smt. Sugandha Kalamegam Violin: Sri V. Srikanth Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri B. Purushottam List of songs: 1) rakta gaNapatim - mOhanam - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (S) 2) angArakam AshrayAmyaham - suruTTi - rUpakam - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 3) santAna rAmaswAminam - hindOLa vasantam - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 4) srI dum durgE - srIranjani - kanda Ekam - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (AS) 5) aruNAchala nAtham - sArangA - rUpakam - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 6) pAhimAm ratnAchala - mukhAri - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (A) 7) kanjadaLAyatAkshI - kamalAmanOhari - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 8 ) akshaya linga vibhO - shankarAbharaNam - misra chApu - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (ANS - main) 9)  akhilAndEshwari - jujAvanti - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 10) sOmasundarEswaram - suddhavasantA - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 11) lalitA paramEswari - suruTTi - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar Every aspect of this concert was good, be it the raga alapanas, song renditions or the percussive support. Shankarabharanam alapana was beautifully executed by both the vocalist and the violinist. Sri Arun Prakash and Sri Purushottam played a very short and simple taniavartanam in misra chApu talam. Smt. Sugandha Kalamegam treated listeners with two songs in suruTTi, one of my favorite ragas.