Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Karthik Narayanan. The concert was organized by Ashok Nagar Satsangam as a part of their Navaratri concerts series. The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Karthik Narayanan
Violin: Jayanthi Keshav
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Venue: Sri Sarva Shakti Vinayakar Temple, Ashok Nagar, Chennai
List of songs:
1) gaNapati tALai – nATTai – Adi – subramaNya bhArati (OS)
2) kaDaikkaN vaittennai – bEgaDA – misra cApu – rAmasvAmi sivan
3) banTurIti – hamsanAdam – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANS)
4) santAna gOpAla krishnam – khamAs – rUpakam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (O)
5) mInAkSi mE mudam – gamakakriyA – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANST)
6) kaliyugadali – cencuruTTi – Adi – purandaradAsa
7) bhAvayAmi gOpAlabAlam – rAgamAlikA – kanDa cApu – annamAcAryA
8 ) Om namO nArAyaNA – karNaranjani – kanDa cApu – ambujam krishnA (O)
9) mahAdEva shiva shambhO – rEvati – Adi – tanjAvUr shankara iyer
10) peTra tAi tanai (viruttam) – sahAnA, hamsAnandi, sindhubhairavi – rAmalinga aDigaL
tEn ena inikkum – sindhubhairavi – Adi – rAmalinga aDigaL
11) puLLi kaLAba mayil (kAvaDi cindu) – Adi – aNNAmalai reDDiAr
12) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – Adi – saurAshTram – tyAgarAja
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)
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