Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Shri Adoor P. Sudarsanam. The concert was organized by Veenavadhini (run by vainikas Smt. Jaysri and Shri Jeyaraaj Krishnan). Personally, it was a very satisfying concert.

Shri Sudarsanam is singing tomorrow at Sastri Hall, Chennai at 6 PM with Dr. Hemalatha on the violin, Patri Shri Satish Kumar on the mrudangam and Dr. S. Karthick on the ghatam.

The song list in today’s concert was as follows:

Vocal:  Adoor Shri P. Sudarsanam

Violin: Shri V.V. Ravi

Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar

Tambura: Adoor Shri S. Ganamurthi

Venue:  Veenavadhini, 12, Shanti Enclave, Venkatakrishna Road, Mandaveli, Chennai

List of songs:

1) ninnu kOriyunnAnura (varnam) – mOhanam – Adi – rAmanAthapuram shrInivAsa iyengAr (O)

2) praNamAmyaham shrI – gauLai – Adi – mysore vAsudEvAcAr (OS)

3) pakkala nilabAdi – kharaharapriyA – misra cApu – tyAgarAja (ANS)

4) shObillu saptasvara – jaganmOhini – rUpakam – tyAgarAja

5) rAgam tAnam pallavi – kalyANi – Adi (2 kaLai) (T)

pallavi wordings: “bhajarE rE mAnasa, shrI raghuvIram”

eDuppu: 4 akSaram (1 beat) after samam

arudi: 14 akSaram (3.5 beat)

6) vandE shambhO umApatim (viruttam) – sindhubhairavi (A)

vishvEshvar darshan – sindhubhairavi – rUpakam – swAti tirunAL

7) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram – Adi – tyAgarAja

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