Sri.Ashok Ramani announced in the concert that songs will be based on "Anthaksharam" or "Anthadhi", the last letter of the last word of the song will be used to sing the next song.
The song list is
1) Navaraga malika varnam- Ended in "Pada saro"JA"
2)" JA"ya jaya padmana"BHA"-Sarasangi-adi-Swati thirunal
3)"BHA"lakrishnan Paadamala"R"-Dhanyasi-Rupakam-Papanasam sivan (R,N,S)
4)"R"anganayaka"M"-Nayaki-Adi-Muthuswami dikshithar
5)"M"aakelara vichara"MU"-Ravichandrika-Adi-Thyagarajar(swaram was very good)
6)"MU"ripemu gallike gatha ra"MA"-Mukari-Adi_Thyagaraja(Ragam was excellent)
7)"MA"name kanamu"M"-Bhimbalas-Adi-Papanasam sivan
8)"M"andhirkugandhathu muruga"N"-Sindhu bhairavi-Tanjore Sankara iyer
9)"N"arahari Vesh"AA"-Surya-Adi-Dr.Rukmini Ramani
10)"AA"dum mayilai- Virutham followed by Karpagame-Madhyamavati-ADi-papanasam sivan
A very good attempt by Sri.Ashok Ramani. Sri. Bakthavatchalam supported very well on the mridangam. Sri. Guru prasanna on the kanjira was brilliant. Sri. Vittal Ramamurthy's mukari ragam was very good.