Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of V. Deekshita. The concert was organized by the Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha as a part of their music season concert series.
The song list was as follows:
Vocal: V. Deekshita
Violin: T.S. Dinesh Kumar
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Venue: Vidya Bharati, Bheemasena Garden St., Opp. Sanskrit College, Mylapore, Chennai
List of songs:
1) inta mODi (varNam) – sArangA – Adi – tiruvaTriyUr tyAgayyar (O)
2) shrI mahAgaNapatE – AbhOgi – kanDa cApu – n.s. rAmacandran (OS)
3) sAramEgAni – pantuvarALi – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANS)
4) shrI mAtrubhUtam – kannaDa – misra cApu – muthusvAmi dIkSitar
5) paramapurusham – lalitapancamam – kanDa cApu – svAti tiruNAL
6) EnAti nOmu – bhairavi – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)
7) rAdhA samEta – mishra yaman – Adi – ??
8 ) taka dhIm ta dhIm (tillAnA) – dEsh – Adi – lAlguDi g. jayarAman (O)
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)
The review of this concert that came in The Indian Express can be found here: http://epaper.newindpress.com/NE/NE/2011/01/06/Article//352/06_01_2011_352_019.jpg
Ram,
By any chance do you have contact with James Vasanthan? Can u pass on his email if u do so?
Sorry. Just saw your comment. Haven’t been to the blog in quite some time. Don’t have any contact with him.