On 20th December, 2010 at Narada Gana Sabha

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
S.Karthick – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs

List of Songs:
1. maguva (varNam) – nArayaNagowLai – aTa
2. sAmagIta – gowLai – Adi – swarams at sAmagIta
3. rAga ratna – rItigowLai – rUpakam – AlApana; neraval and swarams at pADe kIrtanamu
4. ennaDu – kalAvati – Adi
5. buddhi rAdu – SankarAbharaNam – misra cApu – AlApana; swarams at bhaktula, amrita, vAgamrita
6. RTP – hindOLam
pallavi: Ananda naTana prakASam citsabhESam AshrayAmi – Adi 2 kaLai
pallavi in Anandabhairavi, hamsAnandi, kEdAram
swarams in hindOLam alone
tani Avartanam
7. pAril uyarnda (viruttam) – kAmbhOji, danyAsi, sahAnA, paTdIp
en tAi vAzhenum – paTdIp – Adi
8. kANi nilam – rAgamAlikA (hamsadhwani, bhAgESri, sindhubhairavi) – Adi
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 19th December at Vani Mahal (Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha)

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao – Mridangam
Trichy Murali – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 3 hrs

List of Songs:
1. ErA nApai (varNam) – tODi – Adi
2. sUryamUrtE – sowrASTram – catuSra jati druva
3. enduku nirdaya – harikAmbhOji – Adi – AlApana; neraval at parama pAvana, uduta bhakti, dharalO (and other caraNams too?)
4. kandA vandaruL – AbhEri – Adi – swarams at kandA
5. ennEramum (with extra caraNams pancAkSara, sIla maruvum) – dEvagAndhAri – Adi
6. rAgam tAnam pallavi – tODi
Pallavi: nelatA marulu koTti rAni pai cala sadA?? – Adi (4 kaLai) changed to Adi (2 kaLai)
tani Avartanam
swarams in tODi, bilahari, kAnaDA, hamsAnandi, ?, sahAnA, ranjani, kApi, hindOLam, hamIr kalyANi, bEgadA, Anandabhairavi, valaji, shaNmukhapriya, sArangA, janaranjani, Arabhi, hamsadhwani, mAyAmaLavagowlai, behAg, bhAgESri, rEvati, bowLi?, calanATTai, naLinakAnti, bhahudhAri, suruTTi
(rAgam – 35 minutes, tAnam – 15 min, pallavi – 15 min, swarams in 2 kaLai – 10 min, tani – 20 min, rAgamalikA – 10 min)
7. khamAs – kaDaikkaN pArvai – Adi – rAgA outline
8. mAtaDa bAradEnO – khamAs – misra cApu
9. tillAnA – khamAs – Adi
10. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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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 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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