Concert for Nungambakkam Cultural Academy – Chennai Music Season

Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Shri. B.V. Ganesh. The concert was organized by Nungambakkam Cultural Academy as a part of their music season concert series.

The song list was as follows:

Vocal:  Shri B.V. Ganesh

Violin: Shri Nagarkoil A. Anand

Mrudangam:  R. Ramkumar

Venue:  Ramarao Kala Mantap, Karnataka Sangha, Habibullah Road, T.Nagar

List of songs:

1) nI daya rAdA (varNam) – AndOlikA – Adi – g.n. bAlasubramaNiam

2) shrI mahAgaNapatim bhajEham – aTANA – Adi – jayacAmarAja wodeyAr

3) dEva dEva – mAyAmALavagauLa – rUpakam – svAti tiruNAL (ONS)

4) pAdamE tuNai – valaji – Adi – pApanAsam sivan

5) parAtparA paramEshvarA – vAcaspati – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (ANS)

6) pakkala nilabaDi – kharaharapriyA – misra cApu – tyAgarAja (ANST)

7) vacanamiga (tiruppugazh) – ranjani – chanda tALam (1.5 + 2.5 + 3 beats) – aruNagirinAthar

8 ) karpagamE – madhyamAvati – Adi – pApanAsam sivan

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