Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Sangeetha Ayyar. The concert was organized by Ambalam & Rasayana. The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Sangeetha Ayyar
Violin: V.L. Kumar
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Venue: Ambalam, Yamuna Street, Besant Nagar, Chennai
Sabha: Ambalam & Rasayana
List of songs:
1) mAtru dEvO bhava (varNam) – nAgasvarAvaLi – Adi – mOhan ayyar
2) shrI mahAgaNapatE – AbhOgi – kanDa cApu – n.s. rAmacandran (OS)
3) aTukArAdani – manOranjani – Adi – tyAgarAjA
4) vishAlAkshIm – kAshirAmakriyA – misra chApu – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANS)
5) vipancyA gAyanti (viruttam) – sahAnA
shrI kamalAmbikAyAm – sahAnA – tisra tripuTa – muthusvAmi dIkSitar
6) nI pAdamE gati – naLinakAnti – rUpakam – g.n. bAlasubramaNiam
7) rAgam tAnam pallavi – kIravANi – kanDa tripuTa (2 kaLai) (T)
pallavi wordings: “gOvindA gOpAlA jagannAthA, harE krishnA hari”
eDuppu: 4 akSaram after samam, arudi: 14 akSaram
8 ) yA kundEndu (viruttam) – bhImpLAs
veLLai tAmarai – bhImpLAs – Adi – subramaNya bhArati
9) jAgO bansivAlE – lalit – Adi – mIrAbAi (O)
10) dhIm tadaratAni (tillAnA) – rAkEshrI – Adi – lAlguDi g. jayarAman
11) 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 