This concert happened some 3 weeks back and as I am now getting ready to leave for Sanjay’s concert in another half an hour, I remembered that I didn’t post about this concert at all.

Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Guruvayoor Dorai – Mridangam
E.M.Subramaniam – Ghatam

Where & When? – Narada Gana Sabha (Papanasam Sivan Rasigar Manram) on 8th October

Concert Duration: 2 hrs

Songs List:
1. gAnarasamuDan nin – Begada – Swarams at gAnarasamuDan & manam kuLira
2. polla puliyinum – Mayamalavagowlai
3. kAntimati annai nee – Kanada – Alapana, Swarams at kAntimati, annai nee gati & nee gati
4. ADum deivam – Kambhoji – neraval at piri prapancham muzhudhum aaTTum thiru padam thanjam ena unai aDaindEn
5. Sri Valli Devasenapate – Natabhairavi – Alapana, Swarams at Sri valli – Tani Avartanam
6. thEril Erinaan – Kalyani
7. thookkatthile unadhu – Kharaharapriya
8. chittam irangadha – Sahana
9. KalpakAmbikai – Behag – Alapana
10. engum niraindhirukkum – Kurunji
11. manamE kaNamum – Bhimplas
12. Karpagame – Madhyamavati

Just that morning, I was telling a friend that I wished Sanjay sings chittham irangaadha since it had been a really long time since I last heard him sing it in a concert and guess what? Sanjay did sing it! Wouldn’t you feel so happy and elated if the singer sings the song that you wished he would sing in that day’s concert? 🙂

To me, the best part of the concert was the swarams in Kanada. 3 minutes of pure bliss it was!! Alapanas are what I look forward to in Sanjay’s concerts these days and needless to say, Kanada, Natabhairavi & Behag alapanas in this concert were absolutely brilliant.

Can’t wait to hear Sanjay sing today! 🙂