Ranjani Gayathri 25/12/2008

Venue: Sri Parthasarathy Swmai Sabha, Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam,Mylapore.

This is the first time I am hearing the sisters sing, LIVE. It was mesmerizing. The choice of songs and ragas to maintain the tempo throughout the concert was amazing. Singing as a pair has it advantages, taking a break from singing while the other takes over, providing variety through two voices and different modulations, blending voices to create a much deeper audio etc. Think of a mono vs stereo recording :)

Here's the list of songs

1. Chinta thirchuda- Sourashtram
2. Nayaganai (Thiruppavai) - Darbar
3. Pari thaana meechithe = Bilahari
4. Sri Sathyanarayanam - Subha Pantuvarali - (The same raga as Vaigarayail from Payanangal mudivathillai, for the uniniated).
5. Sarasa saamadhana - Kaapi Narayani
6. Rama Katha Sudha - Madhyamavathi
7. Viruttam in Simmendra Madhyamam and Sindhu Bhairavi followed by Adum Chidambaramo - Behaag
8. Raghuvara tuma ko (Tulsidas) - Ahir Bhairavi
9. Abhang - Jhinjoti (similar to Senchurutti)
10. Abhang Pandaricha - Chandrakauns - Spl request from audience
11. Mangalam (Bhavamana).

Madras Music Season 2008

As with all my other blogs, this has gone into a lull as well. So planning to revive it with posts about concerts that I attend this season. I will try to post links to songs as much as possible. Mostly it will only be a list of songs sung by the artist, as I don't feel I am qualified enough to critique!!