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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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Yes my blog completes 4 years today. Happy Birthday, blog! And a very big thanks to you all for reading this blog for so long!

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Of course, of late, the blog is not updated as frequently as it once used to be. And to think that it is only in the last few months that I have been having free time in excess and I didn’t utilize it even one bit to update my blog! I seem to have given up all attempts at resurrecting the blog. Let me at least do a quick roundup of all that I missed blogging about.

It is only my blog that I have neglected. I have never been as regular in reading others’ blogs as I have been during these months. I hardly have any unread items left on my Google reader.
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Despite having gained a bit of confidence in driving a car last year itself, after I got my own car in January this year, it took me a good 5 months to start driving with full confidence! Even after that it has been only a step by step improvement. Starting with driving during daytime in non-peak hours and avoiding all flyovers and subways and the thought of the car getting stopped while releasing the clutch making an appearance every time I stopped in a signal, today I have reached a stage where I can drive at any time of the day anywhere with the music system in car playing loud music, which too I initially avoided. But I am still not comfortable with taking parking the car in reverse. It looks like it’s going to take some more time and I am not worried about that.
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