Abhishek Raghuram gave the inaugural concert for madhuradhwani, 2015 a 3 day festival organized in Singapore.
List was as follows:
1. Ninnu Kori - Mohanam - Adi
2. Mapala Velasi - asaveri - Adi - T
3. Sri Varalakshmi - Sree - Rupakam - MD (R,S)
4. Ninnada Nela - Kannada - Adi - T (R,S)
5. Karthikeya - Todi - Adi - P. Sivan (Adi)
6. Sri Ramachandra - Yamuna Kalyani - Misra chapu - Tulasidas bhajan
7. Mangalam
It was a usual Abhishek concert with great manodharmam on display. The kannada raga had some sangathis that were out of the world. His todi alapanai was again studded with not often explored sangathis and to telling effect. the swara patterns in mal-maruga were as usual brilliant in the korappu with a fair sprinkling of second speed tisram.
Overall a great concert. Abhishek seems to have a mellowed a bit with a leisure, or "athall" in his music now. That can be only good for music lovers. His voiced seem to be in a lots of strain as he tried to reach higher octaves. He is a brilliant lad and wish him all the best wishes for him to become one of the foremost of artists from this generation.
A word of appreciation for the organizers, i believe its a lady i dont know her name, for making this such a wonderful experience for the audiences. the auditorium was decorated in the chennai theme, audio was good, the concert started sharp at 6:15 on a weekday which is exceptional. This festival also features some other artists that i have been looking to hear since i missed the December season last year.
Thanks to the organisers to have put this together. kudos....