Concert at Udupi

Just back from Udupi where I performed for the Kanakadasa Festival.
Even though the road to Udupi from Bengaluru is awful, the concert itself went off smoothly.
Sang 'pancha maathanga mukha' for the first time in a concert and also included a few compositions of kanaka dasa as well.
The list:

1. vanajakshi - kalyani - ata tala (S)
2. pancha mathanga - malahari - rupaka - dikshitar (S) at 'virinchi hari rudra...'
3. thoredu jeevisa bahude - mukhari - khanda chapu - kanaka dasa (R,N,S) at 'praana naayakanaadha aadi kesava raaya'
4. parvati ninnu ne - kalgada - adi tisra - shyama shastry
   
5. sarasa saama daana - kapi narayani - adi - thyagaraja
6. naa moraalagimpa vemo - devagandhari - rupaka - thyagaraja (R)
7. mohana rama - mohana - adi - thyagaraja (R,S)
8. yaake neenilli - desh - adi - kanaka dasa
9. nee maaye olago - kambhoji - khanda chapu  kanaka dasa
10. mangalam

The Desh keerthana of Kanaka Dasa was tuned by one of my first Gurus - Vidushi Vasanta Ramanujam - a musician with a phenomenal voice!!!

Vidushi Charulatha Ramanujam was on the violin while Vidwan C Cheluvaraju accompanied me on the mridangam.