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On 22nd December, 2010 at Balamandir German Hall (The Indian Fine Arts Society)

Accompanists:
V.Sanjeev - Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam

Concert Duration: 2 hrs 15 min

List of Songs:
1. siva lOka - mAyAmaLavagowLai - rUpakam – rAgA outline; swarams at siva lOka
2. evarikai - dEvamanOhari – misra cApu
3. kAru bAru – mukhAri - Adi – AlApana
4. tiruvaDi saraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - neraval at aDuttu vanda ennai
5. nAgagAndhAri - nAgagAndhAri - Adi – brief AlApana
6. RTP - bhahudhAri
Pallavi: kandanaDi avar enakku sondamaDi vaLLi manALanaDi - Adi 2 kaLai
swarams in varALi, yAgapriyA, hamsAnandi
tani Avartanam
7. pAyum oLi (viruttam followed by the song) - miSra khamAj - Eka
8. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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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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Wishing A.R.Rahman a very happy birthday!

Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert on 2nd January, 2011 at Jaigopal Garodia School, West Mambalam (Rasika Fine Arts)

Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan - Violin
Thanjavur Ramdas - Mridangam
Alathur Rajaganesh – Khanjira

Concert Duration: 1 hr 50 min

List of Songs:
1. valaci (varNam) – navarAgamAlikA - Adi
2. kAppaduvE - Anandabhairavi - rUpakam – rAgA outline
3. kanna tanri - nArAyaNi - Adi – AlApana; swarams at kanna tanri
4. nandagOpAla - yamun kalyANi –Adi - AlApana
5. srI valli dEvasEnApatE - naTabhairavi - Adi - AlApana; neraval and swarams at mAmava sadA
6. cittam irangAda – sahAnA – misra cApu
7. swara rAga sudhA - SankarAbharaNam – AlApana; swarams at swara rAga
Tani Avartanam
8. 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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Wishing you all a very happy new year!

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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