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A concert after a sternuous journey from Vijawada to Machilipatnam for almost 3 hrs was indeed a great show by Sathya. It was a great success mainly because of a great team effort by Smt Durga Bavani - Violin, Sri B V S Prasad - Mrudhangam and Sri Tenali Ramakrishnan - Ghatam along with a good PA System.
As has been the norm while visiting a new venue Sathya was already given a request to perform Abogi Varnam, Sadimchane, a krithi on Amrudhavarshini and Sheerasagara by the ghatam artist ( inspired while performing). Mr Suryaprasad Chief Secretary Yuva Geetika Music Academy - Machilipatnam had informed of the expectation by the audience and Sathya effectively delivered to their satisfaction as the following incident explains.
After the main krithi of Marubalka - Sriranjani Brahmasri Sintu Prabhakara Krishnamurthy Sastry - a renowned carnatic guru in Machilipatnam took over the mike and praised Sathya for his ability to perform Marivere - Anandha bhairavi and Sheerasagara - Devaganthari with the perfect nuances and the laya gnan. He also raised doubts of performing alapana with the required nuances for ragas like Thodi on the keyboard. . He then went on to sing few phrases and when Sathya reproduced the same on the keyboard (which he did not expect) he was spell bound and admitted that it was equally perfect and blessed Sathya to become a synonym for carnatic music on keyboard.
Special mention has to be made for the enhancement done by Sri B V Prasad who is a leading mrudhangist of AP and he enjoyed every moment as this was his first concert with Sathya. He also emphasised Sathya and gave tips on performing korvais. Smt Durga Bavani on violin and Tenali Ramakrishan on ghatam excelled and it was all the more reason for the sucess of the concert.
The list of songs rendered were as follows:
01) Varnam - Abogi - Adi
02) Vinayaka - Hamsadwani - Adi (R & S)
03) Ninuvina - Navarasa Kaanada - Rupakam
04) Sadhimchane - Arabi - Adi (AR)
05) Manavyalakim - Nalinakanthi - Adi (R & S)
06) Marivere - Anandhan Bhairavi - M'chaappu
07) Ragasudharasa - Andholika - Adi (R)
08) Sudhamayi - Amrudhavarshini (S) AR
09) Ksheera Saagara - Devaganthari - Adi
10) Marugelara - Jayanthashri - Adi
11) Marubalka - Sriranjani - Adi (R & S)
12) Sai bhajan - Darbari Kaanada - Ekam
13) Mangalam
PS: R - Ragam, N - Niraval, S - Kalpana swaram & AR - Audience request.
