Gayathri Girish’s Concert
At Margazhi Mahotsavam on 4th December

Accompanists:
V.V.S.Murari – Violin
R.Sankaranarayanan – Mridangam

Concert Duration: 1.5 hrs? (I missed the first 40 minutes of the concert)

List of Songs: (Incomplete)
1. mInAkshI mEmudam – pUrvi kalyANi – AlApana; neraval & swarams at madurApuri nilayE
2. irakkam varAmal – bEhAg – rAgA outline
3. ya gOpi? (viruttam); praviSa rAdhE (Jayadeva ashTapadi) – misra sivaranjani
4. tillAnA – sindhu bhairavi

I didn’t find anything impressive in this concert.

Carnatica Brothers’ Concert
At Margazhi Mahotsavam on 5th December

Accompanists:
H.N.Bhaskar – Violin
Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan – Mridangam
Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan – Ghatam

Concert Duration: 1.5 hrs (I missed the first 20 minutes of the concert)

List of Songs: (Incomplete)
1. innum enna vENum sollaDi – paras
2. viLaiyADa idu nEramA – SaNmukhapriyA – Adi – T.M.Bala – AlApana; neraval & swarams at pudirO
A short tani Avartanam
3. kandA kadirvElA (viruttam), ninaikkAda nEramillai – rAgESrI – Adi
4. venkaTAcalanilayam – sindhu bhairavi – Adi
5. tillAnA – hamsAnandi

The concert was good. I am listening to the Carnatica brothers’ after almost 3 years and this time, I liked their singing better than last time. The rAgESrI song was nice.