Played mrudangam for the vocal concert of Aishwarya Shankar. The concert was organized by The Music Academy, Chennai as a part of the HCL Concert Series.
The song list was as follows:
Vocal: Aishwarya Shankar
Violin: Sriram Sridhar
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
List of songs:
1) gnAnAnanda mayam (slOkam) – sArangA – vEdAnta dEsikan
2) inta mODi (varNam) – sArangA – Adi – tiruvaTriyUr tyAgayyar
3) vallabha nAyakasya – bEgaDa – rUpakam – muthuswAmi dIkSitar (OS)
4) brOva samayamidE – gaurimanOhari – Adi – garbhapurivAsar (ONS)
5) karuNajUDavammA – varALi – mishra cApu – shyAma sAstri (A)
6) tuNai purindaruL – suddha hindOLam (varamu) – Adi – pApanAsam sivan
7) O ranga sAyi – kAmbOji – Adi – tyAgarAja (ANST)
8 ) konDal vaNNanai (viruttam) – rAgamAlikA – tiruppaNNAzhwAr
muraLIdharA gOpAlA – mAND – Adi – periyasAmI tUran
9) dhIm dhIm ta na (tillAnA) – rEvati – mishra cApu – lAlguDi g. jayarAman
10) 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 