Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Rahul Narayan. The concert was organized by Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy as a part of their December music season series. The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Rahul Narayan
Violin: Tirumarugal Dinesh Kumar
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Venue: K.R.S. Auditorium, Meenakshi College for Women, Kodambakkam, Chennai
List of songs:
1) sarasamu (varNam) – shanmukhapriyA – tisra dhruvam – muDikoNDAn venkaTrAma iyer (O)
2) svAminAtha – nATTai – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (OS)
3) ninnaruL iyambalAgumA – pantuvarALi – rUpakam – pApanAsam sivan (ANS)
4) ADamODi galadE – cArukEsi – Adi – tyAgarAja (O)
5) vara nArada – vijayashrI – Adi – tyAgarAja
6) satatam tAvaka – kharaharapriyA – Adi – svAti tiruNAL (ANST)
7) tunbam nErgayil – dEsh – Adi – bhAratidAsan
8 ) ArA amudE arasE – rAgamAlikA – Adi – tAyumAnavar
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)
Ramkumar R 