What an experience! Still in a trance more than an hour after the concert got over. The joy of experiencing TMK’s music in a mic-less concert at such close quarters!
Organizer: Dr. S. Balachander Trust
Venue: Sastri Hall, Mylapore, Chennai
Vocal: T.M. Krishna
Violin: Akkarai Subbulakshmi
Mrudangam: Manoj Siva
Khanjira: Anirudh Athreya
List of songs:
* mundu vENuka – darbAr (ANS)
* tAnam – mukhAri
* tAnam – sArangA
* inta mODi (varNam) – sArangA (S)
* mauLau gangA (viruttam) – gauLipantu
* kuvalayAkSirO – gauLipantu
* dinamaNi vamsha – harikAmbOji (ANST)
* mOdi jEsEvElarA – khamAs (tNS)
* shrI subramaNyAya namastE – kAmbOji (AN)
* mangaLam kOsalEndrAya – kAmbOji
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)
(Apologies for missing out the other artists in the photo below. Was literally sitting right in front of TMK and couldn’t get the entire team from that angle)
Just stumbled across your blog, wonderful to find another person writing about Carnatic music,
Best wishes,
Sairaj
I like the O, A, T, N, S key. Clever way of keeping the list more organized.
Where was the neraval for Dinamani Vamsha?
Did you record this concert?