Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 01 Jan 2007 Organizer: Narada Gana Sabha Vocal: Vid. Amritha Murali Violin: Vid. Trichy R. Govindarajan Mridangam: Vid. Rajna Swaminathan List of songs: 1) suguNamulE - chakravAkam - rUpakam - thyAgarAja (S) 2) kathaya kathaya - kalyANi - misra chApu - nArAyaNa tIrtar (AS) 3) srI rAmam - nArAyaNagowLa - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar 4) sari evarammA - bhairavi - kanDa jampa - syAma sAstri (ANST) 5) mandagamanE - khamAs - Adi - purandaradAsa (O) (Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam) A wonderful concert to start the new year with !! Vid. Amritha Murali never ceases to amaze me with her song selection. She seems to have a good repertoire of kritis. Kalyani and bhairavi alapanas were spot on. Vid. Rajna Swaminathan, the young mridangist from USA was very impressive.