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On 26th December at Rani Seethai Hall (Kalarasana)

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Khanjira

Concert Duration: 3 hrs 20 min

List of Songs:
1. evvarE (varNam) - sahAnA - aTa
2. marivErE - Anandabhairavi - swarams at marivErE
3. tyAgaraja pAlayASumAm – gowLai - AlApana
4. vENugAna – kEdAragowLai – AlApana; neraval and swarams at vikasita
5. vA vElavA - tAnarUpi – khanDa cApu
6. dhArini - suddha saveri - adi - swarams at dhAriNi
tani Avartanam
7. tAyE EzhaipAl – bhairavi - Adi – rAgA outline
8. rAgam tAnam pallavi - pantuvarALi
kANAmal vITTilE kAlam kazhippOmE sEnADar pORRum tillaiyai - khaNDa jAti tripuTa 2 kaLai
swarams in mALavi, suddha danyAsi, priyadarshiNi, nAgavalli, jOg
9. kANa vENDum - suruTTi – misra cApu
10. kanduga (viruttam - verses of Thaiyumanavar) - kAmbhOji, kAnaDA, mOhanam, senchuruTTi angai koDumalar – rAgamAlikA (senchuruTTi, nAdanAmakriyA) – misra jampai
11. tillAnA - sindhu bhairavi - Adi – MDR - rAgA outline
12. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 25th December, 2010 at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam
Bangalore Rajasekar - Morsing

Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs

List of Songs:
1. varNam – hamsadhwani - Adi
2. karikaLAbha mukham – sAvEri - rAgA outline
3. sarasa sAmadana - kApinArAyaNi - Adi – AlApana; neraval and swarams at hitamu mATalentO
4. ennEramum (with extra caraNams pancAkSara, sIla maruvum) - dEvagAndhAri - brief AlApana
5. kaligiyuNTE - kIravANi - Adi – AlApana; swarams at bAguga
tani Avartanam
6. telisi rAma - pUrNacandrikA - swarams at rAma ani
7. RTP - hamsadhwani
pallavi: bagavan mudaRRe ulagu Adi - Adi
8. karpUram - khamAs – khanDa cApu
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 23rd December at The Music Academy

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam
Trichy K. Murali – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs

List of Songs:
1. sariyO nI seyyum (varNam) - bEgAdA - adi – rAgA outline
2. vinAyakA vigna nASakA - vegavAhini - rUpakam - swarams at vinAyakA
3. ninnu sEvincina – yadukula kAmbhOji – misra cApu - AlApana
4. appA nAn – pUrvi kalyANi - khaNDa cApu – AlApana; neraval at tappEdu nAn seiyinum nI poruttal vENDum
5. mahA tripurasundari - bhairavi - rUpakam – AlApana; neraval at amba kamanIya maku bangAruvamma kApADuTakipudu samayamamma; swarams at kApADuTakipudu
6. Emani - vIravasantam - Adi
7. rAgam tAnam pallavi - suruTTi
Pallavi: jAlamE seivadazhagAgumA vadivelA en mEl - Adi (2 kaLai)
pallavi in hamIr kalyANi, sahAnA, shaNmukhapriyA
tani Avartanam
8. Srtva guNAt (Slokam) followed by bansi wAlE - mOhanam – Adi
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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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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