Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Sandeep Narayan. The concert was organized by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), Chennai on the occasion of Garuda Sevai at the TTD Temple.
Sandeep sang beautifully. The atmosphere was electric with huge crowds thronging the temple.
The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Sandeep Narayan
Violin: Tirumarugal Dinesh Kumar
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
List of songs:
1) telisi rAma – pUrNacandrikA – Adi – tyAgarAja (O)
2) tEril ErinAn – kalyANi – rUpakam – pApanAsam sivan (N)
3) eppadi manam – husEni – misra cApu – aruNAcala kavirAyar
4) garuDa gamana – nAgasvarAvaLi – rUpakam – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer (AS)
5) kalyANa rAmA – hamsanAdam – Adi – UthukADu venkaTakavi
6) O rangasAyi – kAmbOji – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)
7) shrInivAsa – hamsAnandi – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (O)
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)
Ramkumar R 