December Season 2007

December Season 2007 is a live Carnatic music album by veena exponent Jayanthi Kumaresh. The recording captures a performance from the annual December music season in Chennai, a prominent festival for Indian classical arts. Kumaresh released the album in 2007 under an unspecified label, with the primary format likely being a physical or digital audio release. The context does not specify the exact venue or recording date beyond the 2007 season.

The album features six tracks that showcase Kumaresh’s veena renditions in the Carnatic tradition. The repertoire includes Meru Samana, a composition often associated with rhythmic complexity, and Palintuvo, a kriti in the raga Madhyamavati. The tracklist also contains Santana Gopalam, a devotional piece in praise of Krishna, and Narayana, another composition of unspecified raga or composer. A centerpiece of the album is the Ragam Tanam Pallavi in raga Dharmavati, set to Adi tala and concluding with the mangalam Guruvarulam Tiruvarur, a traditional invocatory verse linked to the composer Tyagaraja. The album closes with a tillana, a lively rhythmic composition typical in concert finales.

The release aligns with Kumaresh’s reputation for blending technical precision with expressive phrasing on the veena. While the album’s production details remain partially undocumented, its inclusion in the December Season series reflects the festival’s role in preserving and disseminating Carnatic music. No additional information is available regarding accompanying artists, reissues, or alternate editions.