Tuesday, May 01, 2007

29th April'07 - Concert at Vijayawada






It was a concert to remember for ever for Sathya as this was attended by a large audience of over 600 - 700 people and also attended by many vidwans including Sri Anavarapuram Ramaswamy a renowned Violin artist who attended the entire concert.

After the main krithi Nagumomu which was a request made by Sri Gowrinath- Secretary of Sri Sath Guru Sangeetha Sabha - Vijawada, Sri Ramaswamy blessed Sathya with his valuable speach in which he said " Starting from Viruboni - Bhairavi Ata thala varnam in thrukalam I am very happy that Sathya is in a position to produce the nuances of our great Carnatic music on the western instrument Keyboard. I think Goddess Saraswathi has just got herself in Sathya and the instrument to give out this kind of an excellent music. It is not easy for any instrumentalist to perform Devaganthari - in particular keyboard and today Sathya exihibited that this can also be performed on Keyboard with necessary perfection needed for the raga bhava." It is indeed a great recognition & blessing Sathya has got from the living legend and it is sure to add up confidence in him.

Performing certain well known krithis has become routine probably for Sathya in the recent times mainly because the new rasikas and sabhas who engage him needs to hear same from his instrument. Sathya was enhanced by Smt Durga Bhavani (AIR artiste - Vijayawada ) on violin and Sri Sai Giridhar (disciple of Sri Phalgun) on mrudhagam and both of them were very supportive and as a team with Sathya made a good presentation. Sathya had a list of item requested by the Secretary and the audience in advance and performed well known krithis and the list is as follows:

01) Virubhoni Varnam - Bhairavi - Ata
02) Vathapi Ganapathim - Hamsadwani - Adi (R, N & S)AR
03) Seethama - Vasantha - Rupakam (R & krithi)- AR
04) Sadhimchane - Arabi - Adi (AR)
05) Sobillu - Jaganmohini - Rupakam (R & S)
06) Theliyaledhu Rama - Dhenuka - Adi
07) Sheerasagara - Devaganthari - Adi (request from Violin artist)
08) Krishna nee begane - Yamen Kalyan - Misra chaappu
09) Nagumomu - Aberi - Adi (R, & S) AR
10) Thirupugazh - Shanmugapriya - M'Chaappu
11) Bramamokate - Bowli - Adi
12) Sai Bhajan - Revathy - Ekam
13) Lalgudi sir's thillana - Desh - Adi
14) Mangalam

PS: R - Ragam, N - Niraval, S - Kalpana swaram & AR - Audience request.