A R Sundaram & Savita Narasimhan, Musiri Chambers

A.R. Sundaram (sunda mami) & Savita Narasimhan (Vocal) - Usha Rajagopalan (Violin) - T.R. Murthy (Flute) - B. Ganapathiraman (Mrudangam)

7th October 2007. 4 pm
Musiri Chambers

kamalAkshi - yadukulakAmbhOji - aTa tALam
vINApustakadhAriNIm - vEgavAhini
ekkAlatilum - nATTaikuranji
vinavE O manasA - vivardini - Adi - T
ekkAlatilum - pUrvikalyANi
vAcAma gOcaruNDani - aTANA
rAma rAma prANa sakhi - bhairavi
yArukkAgilum bayamA - bEgaDa
smara sundarAnguni - paras
bUsa dhAramu - tODi
aDiyokka - kAmbhOji
saki prANa - senjuruTTi
payyAda - nAdanAmakriyA
gnAna sammandar tEvAram - sahAnA
krishNa nI bEganE - yamuna kalyANi
tiruppugazh - hamsAnandi

I reached late, as the nATTaikuranji piece was being rendered. And i stayed on till the yamunA kalyANi piece. After which, i had to leave.]

All the pieces were rendered with absolute perfection. There were no detailed AlApanais or neraval or svarams on any of the pieces. Sri Murthy played a short sketch for all the pieces. Smt Sundaram or Sunda Mami as she is refered to, made it a memorable evening with all trademark pieces of her school rendered.

It was a blissful experience to hear the music of such high quality and with accurate precision. Each piece out did the other and i m short of words to describe the whole experience.