Magic of the Cauvery Live concert at Melbourne, Australia. Mysore Nagaraj Mysore Manjunath Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman

The confluence of Umayalpuram and Mysore has been a treat to the connoisseurs of music over many decades. The concert underscores the pedigree where, like the holy river Cauvery, there is a perennial flow of soulful music in this live concert held at Melbourne, Australia. The violin duo by the immensely talented renowned violinists, Mysore M Nagaraj Mysore Dr M Manjunath in the company of the mrudangam legend Padma Vibhushan Awardee Umayalpuram Dr K. Sivaraman gives a rich fare of enchanting carnatic music. What adds colour to the performance is the unique way in which the mrudangam maestro accompanies the violin duo, demonstrating superlative mrudangam artistry covering the entire gamut of mrudangam wizardry. The chosen compositions provide a sumptuous performance with the rendering style focused on variety, energy and the culmination of different musical elements to provide the ultimate satisfaction to the discerning listener. The electrifying thani avarthanam and all the compositions rendered by the duo elicit instantaneous applause from the audience throughout the concert. A fine concert that is to be heard to be believed. disc - 1 1. Varnam - Nattakurunji - Adi - Moolaiveedu Rangaswamy Nattuvanar 2. Vandenishamaham - Hamsadhvani - Adi - Mysore Vasudevachar 3. Annapoorne - Sama - Adi - Muthuswamy Dikshithar 4. Sudhamayi - Amruthavarshini - Rupakam - Muthayya Bhagavathar disc - 2 5. Upacharamu - Bhairavi - Adi - Thyagaraja 6. Thaniavarthanam 7. Enna Tavam - Kapi - Adi - Papanasam Sivan 8. Tillana - Dhanasri - Adi - Swathi Tirunal