Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of R. Shridhar in Naada Inbam’s Shri SVK Birthday Concerts series. The song list was as follows:
Vocal: R. Shridhar
Violin: Akkarai Swarnalatha
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Luz, Mylapore
Sabha: Naada Inbam, Chennai
List of songs:
1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (O)
2) sarasIruhAsanapriyE – nATTai – Adi – puLiyUr doraiswAmy iyer (OS)
3) tyAgarAjAya namastE – bEgaDA – rUpakam – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (AS)
4) anupama guNAmbudhi – aTANA – kanDa cApu – thyAgarAja
5) O ranga sAyi – kAmbOji – Adi – thyAgarAja (AST)
6) parulanna mATa (jAvaLi) – kApi -rUpakam – dharmapuri subbarAyar
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)
Ramkumar R 