Vidushi . Prema Rangarajan sang in the December 2007 season concerts of Naada Inbam on 10th January at the Raga Sudha Hall.
The song list :
Era Napai –Varnam Todi Adi Patnam Subramania Iyer
Sri Mahaganapathe Abohi Kandachapu N.S. Ramachandran
Undethi Ramudu Harikambodhi Rupakam Tyagaraja
Samajavaragamana Hindolam Adi Tyagaraja
Kamakshi Begada Adi Syama Sastri
Upacharamu jese varu Bhairavi Rupakam Tyagaraja
Devadi Deva Sinduramakriya Adi Tyagaraja
Sri Sundararajam Kasiramakriya Adi Muttuswami Dikshitar
Entha Balavanto Sahana Adi-Tisranadai Purandaradasar
Tillana Vasantha Adi Ammachathram
Kannusami
You can always rely on Vid. Prema to present quite a few rarely heard krithis in her concert.. This time they were in Begada and Kasiramakriya . The neraval for Undethi Ramudu was also at the not often heard but evocative point Kshemakarudu. The neravals for Upacharamu was ar Vagidane Badhilamukha and at Soma Surya Nethram for Sri Sundararajam. A scholarly presentation all through, reminding one of M L V at many places.
Padma Shankar's elaborations of Bhairavi, Harikambodhi and Kasiramakriya bore the stamp of her aesthetic sensibilities. Her answers to the swara sallies in Sundararajam were a delight.
Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar simply sang on the mridungam. His embellishments contributed very greatly to the success of the concert.