Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Smt. Vidya Subramanian. The concert was organized by Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Smt. Vidya Subramanian
Violin: Shri S.P. Ananthapadmanabha
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Venue: Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai
Sabha: Narada Gana Sabha
List of songs:
1) taruNi ninnu (varNam) – kAmbOji – Adi – fiDDle ponnusvAmi piLLai (O)
2) shrI nArada nAda – kAnaDA – rUpakam – tyAgarAja (OS)
3) piravA varam tArum – latAngi – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (A)
4) rAmA kathA sudhA – madhyamAvati – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)
5) EdayyA gati – calanATTai – Adi – kOTIsvara iyer
6) rAgam tAnam pallavi – kAmbOji – kaNDa tripuTa (2 kaLai)
pallavi wordings: “ta ta dhi mi ta dhi mi dhi mi enrADum, kanaka sabEshanE”
eDuppu: 2 akSarams before samam, arudi: 10 akSarams
7) Adau rAma tapOvanAdi gamanam (viruttam) – rAgamAlikA
jAnakI ramaNa – kApi – Adi – vAnamAmalai jeeyar
8 ) tillAnA – cencuruTTi – Adi (tisra gati) – lAlguDi g. jayarAman (O)
9) mangaLam jaya mangaLam (mangaLam) – vasantA – Adi – ambi dIkSitar
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)
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