Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Nivedita Narayanan. The concert was organized by TTD, Chennai.
The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Nivedita Narayanan
Violin: M. Vijay
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
List of songs:
1) sarasUDa (varNam) – sAvEri – Adi – kothavAsal venkaTrAma iyer
2) brindAvana nilayE – rItigauLa – Adi – UthukADu venkaTakavi (O)
3) dEva dEva – mAyAmALavagauLa – rUpakam – svAti tiruNAL (ANS)
4) brOcEvArevarurA – khamAs – Adi – mysUr vAsudEvAcAr
5) gandhamu puyyarugA – punnAgavarALi – Adi – tyAgarAja
6) dayarAni dayarAni – mOhanam – kanDa cApu – tyAgarAja (AS)
7) ETi janma – varALi – misra cApu – tyAgarAja
8 ) kSaNamEva gaNyamanyE – bauLi – Adi – UthukADu venkaTakavi
9) kaligiyunTE – kIravANi – Adi – tyAgarAja (AST)
10) vaira kirIDam aNindu (viruttam) – sAvitrI
vEnkaTaramaNan – sAvitrI – Adi – brazil subramaNiam
11) ashTalakSmI namOstutE – rAgamAlikA – Adi – citravINA ravikiraN
12) muddugArE yashOdA – kurinji – Adi – annamAcAryA
13) makuTakE mangaLam (mangaLam) – madhyamAvati – Adi – purandaradAsa
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)
Ramkumar R 