Venue : St. George's Ground, Poonamalee Had the good fortune to be a part of this concert .. Right after the Sharjah concert and the rehearsals happened on 19th night, when everyone had driven down to rehearse straight from the airport. Except for those who were in Chennai, everyone was super tired and sleep deprived. I was originally slated to sing Sahana, Tere Bina, Uppu karuvaadhu with Shankar ji and the Tamil version of In Lamhon ke.. Since Madhushree ji was already there, Karthik and Javed Ali sang both versions and Madhushree ji sang her lines. Sahana was also dropped later.
The concert had Shivamani, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Blaaze, Nithyashree, Sadhna Sargam, Madhushree, Neeti Mohan, Javed Ali, Naresh Iyer, Benny Dayal, Karthik, Darshana (who sang her Maduraikku pogadhedee for the first time on stage), Rayhana, Ishrath, Tanvi, Sayonara, Aslam Khan, Aslam Mohammad, Dr. Narayan and yours truly. The crowds were one of the best we had seen in recent times and almost about 50,000 strong. Super charged. Only yesterday must have been one of the sultriest in recorded history and the facial tissue business boomed thanks to us. My first song in the show was Munbe Va, there was a lot of trepidation as long as singing this was concerned, but it turned out OK. Thank God. It was one of those times that I saw Srinivasamurthy uncle give me a wide smile right after I sang. Some of the songs that were performed: Jaage Hain, New York Nagaram, Varaha nadhikkarai oram, Dil Se, Pray for me brother, Athiradee, Vaji Vaji, Jashn - E - Bahaara, Girlfriend, Mayya Mayya, Rubaroo, Khwaja mere, Endrendrum Punnagai, In Lamhon Ke, Style, Ellapugazhum, Chaiyya Chaiyya, Barso Re, Madhuraikku Pogadhedee to name a few. Kannodu Kaanbadhellam, in a very special presentation with Nithyashree, Valayapatti sir on the Thavil, a Nadaswaram and a mridangam vidwan as well. She presented a short classical intro before going on to Kannodu. Sadhana ji sand Main Vaari Vaari and Udhaya Udhaya as well. Later Sivamani ji and Valayapatti sir gave a thaniavarthanam. Steve on the guitars had a solo performance as well which lead to Girlfriend. I was also supposed to sing Uppu Karuvaadu with Shankar ji but that and some 8 songs were scrapped due to paucity of time. He says sa, then ri, traverses the octave, goes into bundles of four notes and then goes extempore which has the audience screaming every time. ---- I am adding to this post every once in a while between doing other things; the post is not complete yet ---- I absolutely love the way Shankar ji performs. And Hari ji makes sure that he teaches the audience the basic notes. On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://chinmayisripada.blogspot.com/2008/04/changing-notes-concert.html > > > -- regards, Vithur Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no one can give. Be happy always
