On 17th December at Bharat Kalachar

Accompanists:
M.R.Gopinath – Violin
Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam
N.Govindarajan – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 3 hrs

List of Songs:
1. viribhOni (varNam) – bhairavi – aTa
2. maravAdiru – kEdAram – Adi – swarams at maravAdiru
3. sadAcalESwaram – bhUpAlam – Adi – AlApana
4. maravakavE – sAmA – rUpakam – Alapana; neraval & swarams at parahamsa jana mAnasa pankaja prabhAkaruDE
5. mAnamulEdA – hamir kalyANi – AlApana; swarams at mAnamulEdA
tani
6. hindOlam brief AlAp – vanjamilla talaivarukke – Adi
7. RTP – Anandabhairavi – tAnam in hamsanandi, sahAnA, kApi, behAg
Pallavi: murugaiyyanE pannirukaiyyanE vaLLi deivAnai maNALane – Adi (2 kaLai)
8. karpUram nArumo – khamAs – kaNDa cApu
9. sonnadai seidiDa – rAgamAlikA (saraswati, jayantaSri, dEvamanOhari, mAnD) – saraswati rAgA outline – Adi
10. UrilEn (viruttam) – kAnaDA
kulam tarum – kOmaLAngi – nArAyaNanai – Adi
11. kANa vENDAmO – Sriranjani – Eka
12. tillAnA – darbAri kAnaDA – misra cApu
13. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 15th December at Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium (Brahma Gana Sabha)

Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy – Mridangam
Alathur T.Rajaganesh – Khanjira

Concert Duration: 3 hrs 15 min

List of Songs:
1. ninne kOri (varNam) – kAnaDA – Adi
2. budamASrayAmi – nATTakurunji – jampa – swarams at budamASrayAmi
3. dayApayOnidE – jaganmOhini – Adi – AlApana
4. ramA nI samAnamevaru – kharaharapriyA – rUpakam – AlApana; neraval and swarams at paluku paluku
5. kapAli – mOhanam – Adi – AlApana; swarams at kapAli
tani Avartanam
6. enna rakSiso – SubhapantuvarALi – rupakam – rAgA outline
7. RTP – mArga hindOLam
pallavi: kandanai vandanai sei manamE tandaiyAi tAyAi vandaruLum – Adi (2kaLai)
swarams in sahAnA, sArangA, calanATTai, sindhubhairavi
8. manadirkkugandadu – sindhubhairavi
9. veTTaveLitanil – husEni
10. samayamide – behAg – rUpakam – rAgA outline
11. karu uRRa nAL (viruttam) – pUrvi kalyANi,
peRRa tAi (viruttam) – Sri ranjani
kANa vENDAmO – Sri ranjani – Eka
12. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 11th December at Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram (Margazhi Mahotsavam)

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
Tripunithura Radhakrishnan – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 2 hrs 15 min

List of Songs:
1. siddhi vinAyakanE – kalAvati – Adi – Kavikunjara Bharati
2. poo mEl vaLarum – Anandabhairavi – Adi – Mazhavai Chidambara Bharati – rAgA outline; swarams at poo mEl
3. uLLam urugi – kanakAngi – rUpakam – AlApana – Suddhananda Bharati
(Suddhananda has composed in all 72 mela karthAs. kanakAngi is the 1st melakarthA)
4. karuNai tandennai – bEgaDA – misra cApu – Mazhavai Chidambara Bharati – AlApana; neraval & swarams at anbarkkaruL kaTAkSi akhila bhuvana sakSi
5. deivam undenRu nambu manamE – kalyANi – Adi – Kavikunjara Bharati – AlApana; swarams at deivam
tani Avartanam
6. ivan yArO – kAmbhOji – misra cApu – Kavikunjara Bharati (part of his Azhagar Kuravanji) – rAgA outline
7. pAril uyarnda nilam (viruttam) – Suddhananda Bharati – kharaharapriyA, yadukula kAmbhOji, sindhu bhairavi, mOhanam, paTdIp
en tAi vAzh enum mandiram – paTdIp – Suddhananda Bharati
8. suruTTi – rAgA outline
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On 9th December at Narada Gana Sabha (Kartik Fine Arts)

Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam
Srirangam Kannan – Morsing

Concert Duration: 2 hrs 15 min

List of Songs:
1. SaraNAgata (varNam) – katanakutUhalam – Adi
2. rE rE mAnasa – nATTai – rUpakam – swarams at rE rE
3. mundu vEnuka – darbAr – Adi – AlApana
4. murugA – sAvEri – misra cApu – AlApana; neraval at un perumai pugazhum
5. ozhukkam – kuntala varALi – AlApana
6. rAgam tAnam pallavi – cArukEsi
pallavi: cArukEsa jatAdhAra SambhO candraSekhara hE tvambhO – misra cApu
tani Avartanam
7. ADum mayilAi (viruttam) followed by kalpakAmbikai – behAg – rUpakam
8. tillAna – dwijAvanti – Adi – rAgA outline
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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Ok I didn’t write the customary ‘Season is here’ post this year and I know I have been doing grave injustice to the blissful music in which I have been drowning in all through this best month of the year for any Carnatic music lover, by not writing about it here. So at least before this month (and the year itself!) ends, I thought I will do short write-ups on all the December Season concerts of Sanjay (and others too, if possible) so far. Posts coming up right away!

On 27th November at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall

Accompanists:
Ananthakrishnan – Violin
B.Ganapathyraman – Mrudangam
Venkitaramanan – Khanjira

Concert Duration: 2 hrs

List of Songs:
1. varnam – sAvEri – swarams at dani
2. brOcEvA – khamAs – AlApana; neraval and swarams at Aturamukha
3. eppaDi manam – husEni
4. Sankari – bEgaDA – AlApana; swarams at ciTTa swarams
5. pArvati nAyakanE – SaNmukhapriyA – AlApana; neraval & swarams ay nI maravAdenaiyAL jagadIsA
tani Avartanam
6. rInA madanuta – behAg – rAgA outline
7. tillAnA – nirOSTA – 1 min AlApana
8. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram

A good concert overall. I liked the entire bEgaDA piece and khamAs AlApanai the most.

On 29th November at Padma Pushkarini, Kalakshetra

This concert was held for inaugurating the new performance space in Kalakshetra called Padma Pushkarini. The ad in the newspaper on the day of the concert had a photo of a pond kind of place and I couldn’t wait to check out how a pushkarini/pond has been made as a concert venue.
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