Sree Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha,New Delhi-2/3/09

After a severe bout of throat infection that had lasted for more than ten days ( in fact last week I had to cancel a concert at Mysore and another here in Chennai on Shivarathri due to this) it was yesterday that I sang at Sree Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha,New Delhi as part of their annual tyAgarAja Festival.(At the concert at nAyaki three days back, I had almost recovered, but the throat had not yet become completely normal. I seldom get these bacterial and viral attacks, but when it actually attacks, it is severe:-))


















Accompanists:

V.V.S.Murari - Violin
Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam


Song List: (R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.shlokam, followed by mErusamAna-mAyAmALavagowLa-Adi-tyAgarAja (S)
2.rA rA mAyinti-asAvEri-Adi-tyAgarAja
3.sri madurApuri-bilahari-rUpakam-muthuswami dikshitar(R,S)
4.paNipathi sAyi-jhankAradhwani-Adi-tyAgarAja
5.janani ninnuvinA-reethigowla-misrachApu-subbarAya sAstri (R,S)
6.ninnu cheppa-mandAri-Adi-patnam subramanya iyer (S)
7.sarasa sAma dAna-kApinArAyaNi-Adi-tyAgarAja
8.kaligiyuntE-keeravAni-Adi-tyAgarAja (R,N,S,T)
9.sri mAdhavA-behAg-Adi-pApanAsam sivan
10.tillAnA-sindhubhairavi-Adi-uthukkAdu venkatasubbier


Chief Election Commissioner, Mr.N.Gopalaswamy, was one of the dignitaries who stayed throughout the concert and it was indeed a great honour for all of us on stage.