Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Concert at Portland for Rasika - Portland on April 04, 2009






It has been a dream come true situation for Sathya as he is actually now in USA for a concert tour. Yes thanks to Smt. Bhargavi Sundararajan (who had first planned his tour in 2007), Smt. Kala Iyer and efforts of Late Coimbatore Sri. C. R. Gopinathan, this has become a reality now. Sathya is scheduled for week end concerts from the April 04th till May 31st, 2009. The team of Sathya with Sri Embar S. Kannan & Sri Poongulam Subramaniam are reached Portland on the 3rd April at 12noon and did a lec dem at "Intel" at 4:30pm which was indeed a miracle, considering the jetlag and the time difference! Yes it all was possible just because of the Almighty's grace!

The concert on the 4th April'09 was at Performing Arts Center, Portland and it was indeed well attended & well received. The success of the Sathya's efforts to play the nuances of Carnatic on keyboard was knon when Sri & Smt Jayanthi Raman were so appreciative and promised to invite Sathya to Portland as and when possible. Smt Raman went on to say that, "I don't like the presentation of Carnatic of keyboard and had accepted to host this only for the sake of good accompanying team. I was ecvcen sceptical in attending the lec-dem and having attended same ensured i attend the concert also. I can really surprised that i was only hearing Veena & Mandolin from Sathya's Keyboard and not the disturbing electronic tone. Sathya has a great future and we will surely extend our support in all ways." Well it is indeed a great statement coming from a person who herself is a seasoned Bharathanatyam exponent and a student of vocal music under Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam. The team was also trilled when they got a standing ovation after the concert was over with real appreciation

The list of krithis rendered during the evening is as follows:

01. Varnam - Aboghi - Adi
02. Sri MahaGanapathey - Gowla - Misrachapu (OR & S)
03. Entharomahanubhavulu - Sri - Adi
04. SamanaRahithey - Saranga Tharangini - Rupakam (OR)
05. Chakaniraja - Karaharapriya - Adi
06. Chinanchirukilliye - Ragamalika - Thisra nadai (R, S & T)
07. Lec-dem with Natural minor and NataBhairavi
08. Sai Bhajan - Chakravagam - Adi
09. MuralidharaGopala - Maandu - Adi
10. Bo Sambo - Revathy - Adi
11. Notes - Sankarabaranam - Tisranadai
12. Thillana - Desh - Adi
13. Medley - a chain of different krithis
14. Mangalam.

R - Raga Aalapana, OR - Outline raga alapana, S - Kalpanaswaram T - Thani avarthanam

I am just giing the song list as i would leave people to check with the organisation to have the comments on the concert. info@rasika.org

With start being so good, we look forward to a successful tour with the grace of Almighty and the wishes of all hi well-wishers.

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