December 27, 2012 - Brahma Gana Sabha

violin - delhi sunder rajan
mrudangam - neyveli venkatesh

4-7pm

1. varnam - saveri - adi - kothavaasal venkatrama iyer
2. bhajana seyave - kalyani - rupakam - thyagaraja (s)
3. nannu vidachi - reethigowla - misra chapu - thyagaraja (r)
4. palaya sadha - nalinakanthi - adi - swath thirunal (s)
5. aaro ivar aaro - bairavi - adi - arunachala kavi (r,n,s,t)
6. edayya gathi - chalanattai - adi - koteeshwara iyer
7. nagagandhari - nagagandhari - adi - muthuswami dikshitar
8. rtp - dvijavanthi - khanda triputa - 'oru dharam shiva chidambaram enru || uraithaal podhume'
• tanam ragamalika: sumanesa ranjani, begada, kaanada
• swaram ragamalika:  surya, surutti, sindhubhairavi
9. aarumo aaval - mand - adi - kannan iyengar
10. thillana - basanth - adi - tn seshagopalan
11. pavamana - saurashtram - adi - thyagaraja

Pictures by Prasanna Viswanathan

Last night I sang a 3 hour concert in Chennai after a very long time. Originally the time slot was 2.5 hours but due to some delays in the 7pm's dance, I was requested to sing an additional 15-30min. It felt good to sing a 'full' concert in Mylapore, as we don't often get that chance in the junior and sub-senior slots. Having Venkatesh anna accompanying this concert reminded me of our tour earlier this year where we regularly performed 3 hour concerts two to three times a week. I've known Sunder Rajan Sir since I was a little kid, and have known him especially well the last several years that we have been crossing paths both in Chennai and in Los Angeles (he visits regularly as he has many students on the west coast). Although I have asked him before, he was never free. But in the last two months I have been fortunate to have him accompany me twice. He is another very senior artist who I now have the privilege of singing with.

Pictures by Prasanna Viswanathan

Just when I think a concert is over and I can relax, I seem to have another big one just around the corner! Tomorrow (December 29th) I'm singing at Krishna Gana Sabha at 2pm with Nagai Sri Sriram, Umayalpuram Sri Sivaraman, and Sri S. Karthick.