Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Deekshita Venkataraman. The concert was organized by Music Education Trust as a part of their December music season series. The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Deekshita Venkataraman
Violin: Sriram Sridhar
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Venue: Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai
List of songs:
1) annayE unayE (varNam) – dvijAvanti – Adi – t.r. subramaniam (O)
2) varavallabha ramaNA – hamsadhvani – Adi – g.n. bAlasubramaNiam (OS)
3) shrI hari vallabhE – sudha dhanyAsi – Adi – mysore vAsudEvacAr (A)
4) vElum mayilumE – sucharitrA – rUpakam – kOTIshvara iyer
5) ninnu vinAga mari – pUrvikalyANi – misra cApu – shyAmA sAstri (ANS)
6) shrIpatE – nAgasvarAvaLi – Adi – tyAgarAjA
7) rAgam tAnam pallavi – kharaharapriyA – Adi (2 kaLai) (T)
pallavi wordings: “dasharatha tanayuni maravaku manasA, dinamu kSaNamu”
eDuppu: 2 akSarams before samam, arudi: 16 akSarams
kalpanA swarams in kharaharapriyA, kOkilapriyA, rishabhapriyA, ratipatipriyA
8 ) rAmanai bhajithAl – mAND – Adi – pApanAsam sivan
9) rAdhA samEtA krishnA – misra yaman – Adi – ??
10) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram – Adi – tyAgarAja
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)
Ramkumar R 