Sattur Sisters @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore

Date: 05 Nov 2006

Organizer: SAFE

Vocal: Sattur Sisters – Smt. Bhuvana Rajagopal & Smt. Lalita Santanam

Violin: Smt. Neela Jayakumar

Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar

List of songs:

1) annamE (varnam) – Arabhi – Adi – tiger varadAchAriAr

2) thudi sei manamE – kIravANi – Adi – mangaLam gaNapati

3) samayamidE – kEdAram – rUpakam – patnam subramaNya iyer

4) chalamElarA – mArgahindOLam – Adi – thyAgarAja (S)

5) kalayAmi raghurAmam – bEgaDa – misra chApu – swAti tiruNAL (AS)

6) enta muddO – bindumAlini – Adi – thyAgarAja

7) EkAmrEsa – shanmukhapriyA – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (ANST)

8 ) mOmu jUparA – behAg – rUpakam – annamAchAryA

9) Ayiram Ayiram – chArukEsi – Adi – nIlA rAmamUrthi

10) mandAro (?) krishnagE mangaLa (mangaLam) – suruTTi – Adi – purandaradAsa

(Key: A= raga alapana, N=neraval, S= kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

The sisters presented a decent concert and kept it very simple. The renditions of the songs were very good. The shanmukhapriya raga alapana by Smt. Neela Jayakumar was really good. She started off by almost playing “sidhi vinAyakam anisham” and went on to give a very good delineation of the raga.