Manjeri Concert

The concert at Manjeri (near Kozhikkode) went off pretty well.

There was an advance request for kambhoji which I sang as main.

On the violin was Sri Palakkad Swaminathan, on the mridangam was one of the most senior artists from Kerala Sri Parassala Ravi and Sri Shantaram accompanied me on the khanjira.

The list:

1. pranamamyaham - gowla - adi - mysore vasudevacharya (S)
2. sri mathrubhutam - kannada - misra chapu - muthuswami dikshitar (S)
3. marivere dikkevarayya - shanmugapriya - adi - patnam subramanya iyer (R,N,S)
4. enraikku siva kripai - mukhari - misra chapu - neelakanta sivan
5. bhogindra shayinam - kuntala varali - khanda chapu - swati tirunal
6. evari mata - kambhoji - adi - thyagaraja (R,N,S)
7. sapashyath kausalya vishnum - jonpuri - adi
8. manasa sancharare - sama - adi - sadasiva brahmendra
9. mangala shloka in sama

The concert was scheduled to begin at 5:30 and hence the organisers had booked me on a return bus at 8:40pm - but due to some delays, we could start only at 6:30 pm and hence it was a photo finish to the bus stand!!!