A good performance for Karpagam Gardens Sath Sangam, Adyar, Chennai 29th Mar'07

Review of the concert of Sathya on the 29th Mar'07 for Karpagam Garden Sath Sang written by Sri Sethuraman Ph: 24914880 & Sri Ganapathy Raman Ph. 24914221:

A scintilating performance on the keyboard was given by Master K Sathyanarayanan on Thursday 29th Mar'07 at Sri Karpaga Vinayagar Temple, Karpagam Gardens, Adyar, Chennai - 20 on the occasion of the temple's Sri Rama Navami Celebrations. Sathya was accompanied on the violin by Sri L. Ramakrishnan, on the Mrudhangam by Sri Arjun Ganesh and on Ghatam by Sri Harihara Subramaniam.

Right from Vasantha Varnam till the end with the bhajan Raghupathy Raghava Rajaram, Sathyanarayanan enlightened the knowledgeable audience throughout particularly in Sri Raga PancharathnaKrithi of Thyagaraja, Ragasudharasa in Andolika, Buntureethikolu in Hamsanatham and the main item 'Koluvamaragatha' in Thodi. Sathyanarayanan's manodharma in rendering the raga alapana and kalpana swaras was indeed superb. Ithinyama in malavi was presented in the right tempo and time just after the pancharathnam. Sathya played the audience request of a krithi in Sindhubhairavi.

Violinist Ramakrishnan's vidwath is remarkable. So also were Arjun Ganesh on the mrudhangam and Hariharasubramaniam on ghatam and the percussion team carried special applause for the excellent thani rendered. The audience only grew in number from the start to the finish and were very knowledgeable & appreciative.

The list of songs performed are:

01. Varnam - Vasantha - Adi

02. Vinayakaninnu - Hamsadwani - Adi (raga outline, krithi & Kalpanaswaram)

03. Ramanannu Brovare - Harikambodhi - Rupakam

04. Entharomahanubhavulu - Sri - Adi

05. Ithinyayama - Malavi - Adi

06. Ragasudharasa - Andolika - Adi (Ragam & Kalpanaswaram)

07. Krishnanee Begane - Yaman Kalyan - Misra Chaapu

08. Buntureethikolu - Hamsanadam - Adi (Krithi & kalpanaswaram)

09. Koluvamaragatha - Thodi - Adi (Ragam & Kalpanaswaram)

10. Vandhanamu - Sahana - Adi

11. Sai Bhajan - Revathy - Ekkam

12. Venkatachalanilayam - Sindhubhairavi - Adi

13. Lalgudi Sir's thillana - Desh - Adi

14. Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram

Concert on the 7th Mar'07

This was a concert very near to Sathya's residence and infact for the first time he travelled by hisbike to perform a full fledged solo concert. The team of Sri Ananthapadmanabha on violi, Sri Kumbakonam Saravanan on mrudhangam and Papanasam Sethuraman on Kanjeera did a wonderful enhancement to make this concert a great success.

Sathya performed a medley of old tamil songs which included lines from the songs

1. Mannavan vandhanadi 2. Masilanilave nam 3. Maraindhirundhu parkum marmam enna 4. Mullai malar mele and 5. Manamagale manamagale va va and the audeince cheered the team with a great applause after this medley. Sathya also performed a audience request of Nadha dhanu manusum on Chitharanjani which was very much appreciated.

Log on to http://keyboardsathya.blogspot.com for the concert dtls on 10th & 11 th mar'07

Private Concert on 6th Mar'03

It was indeed a hectic time last week with back to back concerts from 5-7th and also on 10th and 11th. This concert which was a for a family settled in Bangalore was performed with Sri Ananthakrishnan on the violin, Sri Trivandrum Balaji on mrudhangam and Sri EM Subramaniam on the ghatam.

It was also interesting to note that the bridegroom's family was related to a leading artist and it was indeed a honour for Sathya to ahve performed this concert. The highlight of the concert was the utsava smabradhayakrithis learnt from his thaatha that evening and the medley he performed which were much appreciated by the audience.

Sathya's grandfather Sri Embar S Sadagopan was also present and this made the concert more a memorable one for Sathya.

Sathya at - Govt. Music College. A different home coming for Sathya's mother

It was indeed a great in the life of Sathya's mother as she was witnessing her own son perform as a lead artist in the college she studied for their music festival on the 5th Mar'07. The concert was well attended and the Govt. Music College had given a great oppurtunity for Sathya to team up with Sri Melakaveri Thyagarajan on Violin (first time with Sathya), Sri Melakaveri Balaji on Mrudhangam, Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan on Kanjeera and Sri Madipakkam A Murali on the Ghatam (first time with Sathya).

Sri Pakirisamy, Principal of the college spoke very high of Sathya's ability and praised his efforts to bring in the nuances of our traditional form of music & his layam. He also spoke well of teh team members in particular Sri Melakaveri Thyagarajan and Sri Balaji for theri great presentation. Sri Gopalakrishnan and Sri Murali were pointed out to have the true enhancement part for the success of the concert.

The lsit of songs rendered during the day is as follows:

01. Anname - Varanam - Arabi - Adi

02. Varanamuka - Hamsadwani - Rupakam

03. Thaye thrupurasundari - Suddha Saveri - Kanda chaappu

04. Samana rahithe - Sarangatharangini - Rupakam

05. Krishnanee Begane - Yaman Kalyan - Misra Chaappu

06. Devi neeye thunai - Keerawani - Adi

07. Katrinile varum geetham - A MSS favourate

08. Chinanchirukiliye - Ragamalika

09. Sri Lalgudi's thillana - Desh - Adi

GNB Krithis performed by Sathya on Keyboard

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