Venue: Sivagami Pettachi Auditorium, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai

Date: 31 Dec 2006

Organizer: Brahma Gana Sabha

Vocal: Vid. Amritha Murali

Violin: Sri A.G. Venkatasubramaniam

Mridangam: Sri R. Sankaranarayanan

List of songs:

1) sAmI daya (varnam) – kEdAragowLa – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA

2) sarasIruhAnanA – mukhAri – Adi – thyAgarAja (OS)

3) sEshAchala nAyakam – varALi – rUpakam – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (ANS)

4) venkaTashaila – hamIrkalyANi – Adi – subbarAya sAstri

5) pakkala – kharaharapriyA – misra chApu – thyAgarAja (AST)

6) nInyAkO ninna – rAgamAlikA – Adi – purandaradAsa

7) nADi thEdi (tiruppugazh) – bAgEswari – rUpakam (actually she put two tisra chApUs and one rUpakam) – aruNagirinAthar

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

Vid. Amritha Murali is one of the singers who is making waves in the pre-main slots. She presented a very good concert within the 1hr 15 min time given to her with some good accompaniment from the violin and mridangam artists. Sri R. Sankaranarayanan on the mridangam was impressive and could play complex lessons fairly easily.