Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Smt. Vidya Subramanian. The concert was organized by The Music Academy, Chennai. The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Smt. Vidya Subramanian
Violin: Shri R. Raghul
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Sabha: The Music Academy, Chennai (HCL Concert Series)
List of songs:
1) vakratunDa mahAkAya (shLOkam) – hamsadhvani, sAvEri
sarasUDa (varNam) – sAvEri – Adi – kothavAsal venkaTrAma iyer
2) mAmava raghurAmA – sArangA – rUpakam – tyAgarAjA (S)
3) himAcala tanaya – Anandabhairavi – Adi – shyAmA shAstri (A)
4) navaratnamAlinIm – gamakakriyA – kanDa Ekam – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (AS)
5) EdayyA gati – calanATTai – Adi – kOTIshvara iyer
6) pakkala nilabaDi – kharaharapriyA – misra cApu – tyAgarAja (ANST)
7) rAgam tAnam pallavi – cArukEsi – kanDa tripuTa (2 kaLai)
pallavi wordings: “nI padamulE gatiyani yuNTi, shrI rAmA sadA”
eDuppu: 4 akSaram after samam, arudi: 10 akSaram
8 ) sakhi prANa – cencuruTTi – Adi – dharmapuri subbarAyar
9) tOm tru dru dAni (tillAnA) – darbArikAnaDA – Adi – lAlguDi jayarAman
10) eruvAi karuvAi (tiruppugazh) – behAg – Adi – aruNagirinAthar
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 