Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Mannargudi Easwaran – Mridangam
Gopalakrishnan – Khanjira

Where & When? – Narada Gana Sabha on 5th Feb

Concert Duration – 2 hrs 35 minutes

Songs List:
1. Viriboni (Varnam) - Bhairavi
2. Ninnada – Kannada – Raaga outline, Swarams
3. Shobillu – Jaganmohini - Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Dharariksa
4. Ranjani niranjani - Elaborate Ranjani Alapana
5. Annai Janaki – Saveri
6. Shankaracharyam – Sankarabharanam – Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Parama (Main piece)
7. Shritvaguna (Sloka) – Raagamalika (Hindolam, Madhuvanti, Bhageshri, Mohanam)
Bansiwaale - Mohanam
8. Mukti aLikkum – Navaroj?
9. Tillana – Sindhubhairavi – Raaga outline
10. Mangalam – Sowrashtram

Unlike during the Season, there was complete silence in the whole auditorium during the entire concert. There was not much of a crowd either at the balcony. All these made for a perfect ambience to listen to the Ranjani, which according to me, was the best part of the concert. Listening to the Ranjani alapana that was a sheer beauty and the rendition of the line kanchdaLa lOchanI kAmAkshI in ranjani niranjani, bringing out the beauty of the raaga and the lyrics, was bliss!