Carnatica Brothers at South Indian Fine Arts, Raleigh,NC on

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Vocal: K.N. Sashikiran and P.Ganesh.
Violin : Ranjani Ramakrishnan
Percussion (Mridangham):Mannargudi Easwaran
Venue:SIFA, Raleigh, Hindu Temple,NC.
Date: March 15th 2008.
Song List:
1. Varnam in Ranjani.
2. srI vaathaapi gaNapathiyE- (S)raagam: sahaanaa. taaLam: aadi
Composer: Paapanaasam Shivan
3. theliyalEru raama –(S)raagam: dhEnukaa .taaLam: dEshaadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
4. saadhinchenE –(S/N)raagam: aarabi. taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja.
5. thuLasi vilva -raagam: kEdaara gowLa . taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Raaga alaapanai by Ganesh.
6. nivaaDanE gaana . raagam: saaranga . taaLam: jhampa
Composer: Tyaagaraaja .
7. aanandaamrutha=raagam: amritavarshini. taaLam: aadi
Composer: Muttuswaamee Dikshitar.
Raagam, Swaram and Tanivartanam. It coincided with rains for Raleigh from the drought and also we had unsurpassed tani by Mannargudi Easwaran.
8. ksheerasaagara sayana=raagam: dEvagaandhaari. taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
9. niravadi sukada-(S)raagam: ravi candrikaa. taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
10.RTP in Ganamurthe and raagamalika.
11. gOvardana giridhaara gOvindha. raagam: darbaari kaanaDa. taaLam: tripuTa
Composer: NaaraayaNa Teertar.
12. kaNNan varuginra nEram
Composer: OotukkaaDu VeNkaTasubbaiyyar
13. Vellai tamarai- -Subramania Bharati

14.English note.
15.Mangalam.
The entire concert from start to finish was per audience/organizer requests.The organizer spoke in the end that he agreed the entire performance was filled with high energy. He believed with what Shashikiran had told him prior to the concert that he was a high energy person. He felt the energy was highest probably with Mannargudi Eashwaran and was transferred to all the musicians on stage and audience too. The violinist Ranjani also lent excellent support to the brothers through out the entire concert which lasted about 4 hrs.

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It was Listeners' Requests through and through? That was very generous of the brothers. No wonder the concert was enjoyable. Mannargudi Easwaran of course inspired the brothers. So good to hear that he is fit and is playing as expertly as he always does...