Nisha Rajagopal @ Kartik Fine Arts, Chennai

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai

Date: 10 Dec 2006

Organizer: Kartik Fine Arts

Vocal: Kum. Nisha Rajagopal

Violin: Sri R. Satishkumar

Mridangam: Sri Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar

Khanjira: Sri Papanasam Sethuraman

Here is the partial list of songs as I reached the concert about 15 min late:

* mA pAla – asAvEri – Adi  – thyAgarAja (A)

* manavyALakim – naLinakAnti – Adi – thyAgarAja

* gowri manOharA – gowrimanOhari – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (AS)

* sArasamukhi – gowDamalhAr – rUpakam – harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavatar

* bhajarE rEchita – kalyANi – misra chApu – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (ANST)

* tungA tIra – rAgamAlikA – Adi – kamalEsa viTTala dAsa

* chalO man gangA – jOnpuri – Adi – mIrAbAi

* thillAnA – bAgEswari – Adi – lAlguDi g. jayarAman

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

A decent concert powered by a good voice. Special mention must be made of Sri Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar who played very well for the songs.

2 thoughts on “Nisha Rajagopal @ Kartik Fine Arts, Chennai

  1. Yup .. she rendered tungA tIra virAjam in two ragas. The first portion was sALagabhairavi and the second one if I remember correctly was Ahir bhairav.

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