Venue: TTK Auditorium, The Music Academy, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 23 Dec 2006 Organizer: The Music Academy Flute Trio: Sri N. Ramani, Sri R. Thyagarajan & Sri Atul Kumar Violin: Sri H.K.Venkatram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) karuNimpa (varnam) - sahAnA - Adi - tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA(O) 2) gam gaNapatE - hamsadwani - Adi (tisra gati) - harikEsanallUr muthiAh bhAgavatar (OS) 3) tyAgarAja yOga vaibhavam - Anandabhairavi - tisra Eka - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (AS) 4) nannu brOvu - lalitA - misra chApu - syAma sAstri (AS) 5) nenarunchinAnu - mALavi - Adi - thyAgarAja 6) nE pOgaDa kunTE - varALi - kanDa chApu - thyAgarAja (AS) 7) O ranga sAyi - kAmbOji - Adi - thyAgarAja (AST) 8 ) rAgam tAnam pallavi - kIravANi - kanDa tripuTa (2 kaLai) kalpana swarams in kIravANi, brindAvana sArangA & kAnaDA 9 ) venkaTAchala nilayam - sindhubhairavi - Adi - purandaradAsa 10) bhAgyada lakshmi - srI - Adi - purandaradAsa (Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam) A melodious recital from the very old and fragile-looking but still in form Sri Ramani. To me the best part of the concert was when Sri Ramani beautifully delineated the raga kIravANi. It was a totally unhurried approach. It would have been good if at least some kind of announcement had been made by the artists regarding the compositions they were playing. It would have helped the audience at large enjoy the concert better.