Venue: Vidya Bharati, Bheemasena Garden St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 30 Dec 2006 Organizer: Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Vocal: Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Sri V.V.S. Murari Mridangam: Sri J. Vaidyanathan Ghatam: Sri S. Karthick List of songs: 1) pAvanI ninnu nera (varnam) - janaranjani - Adi - a. sundarEsan 2) srIman nArAyaNa - bOwLi - Adi - annamAchArya 3) rAjuveDala - tODi - rUpakam - thyAgarAja (ONS) 4) hariharaputram - vasantA - kanDa Ekam - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (AS) 5) arumugA - sudha sAvEri - Adi - pApanAsam sivan 6) ninnu sEvinchina - yadukula kAmbOji - misra chApu - subbarAya sAstri (A) 7) ini oru kaNam - srIranjani - rUpakam - pApanAsam sivan 8 ) EtAvunarA - kalyANi - Adi - thyAgarAja (ANST) 9) sAgara shayana - bAgEswari - Adi - m.d.rAmanAthan 10) konDal vaNNanai (viruttam) - kApi - tiruppaNNAzhwAr enna tavam - kApi - Adi - pApanAsam sivan 11) namAmi nArAyanA (viruttam) - suruTTi (Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam) Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan, one of my favorite female carnatic vocalists of the present generation, started her concert with the varnam "pAvanI ninnu nera" composed by her guru Sri A. Sundaresan, who I think was sitting in the first row to hear her concert. Sri Thyagaraja's composition "rajuveDala" was sung well to some very good percussion support provided by Sri J.Vaidyanathan and Sri S. Karthick. The sangatis in the charanam of "hariharaputram" in vasanta were especially well sung. Though all the alapanas and raga outlines were good, the yadukulakAmbOji and kalyANi alapanas were especially well sung and stood out. "ninnu sEvinchina", composed by Sri Subbaraya Sastri on Sri Parthasarathy Swami upon his visit to Tiruvallikeni, was rendered with lot of involvement. It was a really moving rendition. Sri J. Vaidyanathan and Sri S. Karthick worked together as a team and played very well for all the songs. Sri J. Vaidyanthan used very good gumukis at appropriate places to enhance the quality of his accompaniment for the songs. The concert ended with a viruttam in one of my favorite ragas, suruTTi.