It was a nice cozy AC auditorium and Sathya's team was feeling great on stage right from the beginning. An audience turn out of almost 60-65% encouraged them as well. As Sri Rajagopalan paid tributes to Late Sri Ramachandran - Hamsadwani, Sathya dedicated this concert to him by starting the concert with Hamsadwani varnam followed by Sri Maha Ganapathim on Abogi - composed by his name sake. Both were performed in perfect kalapramanam and the audience response was encouraging for the team of Sathya, Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan - Mrudhangam and Harihara Subramaniam- Ghatam & this ensured the concert had high energy level.
Sathya then went on to perform Thyagaraja's Dhayaleni in Nayaki set to Jampa Thalam, which krithi he just decided and learnt it this morning, on seeing the notation book compiled by Sri T K Govind Rao, with the help of his mother. As one of the rasikas mentioned it was indeed a great effort and at times every one thought that artist would march into ragam Dharbar as it was indeed a slim line separating them. Sathya and team came out successful.
Thyagaraja's Kandajutumi on Vachaspathi had a detailed alapana and during the kalapana swaras it was noticed that both Sathya and Ananthakrishnan along with Suri and Hari were enjoying themselves with great co-ordination. It is indeed a great blessing for the artists to get a good AC auditorium filled with rasikas and this really added confidence levels in the artists. Dikshidar's Divakaram on Yathukulakambodhi (navagraha krithi based on Lord Saneeswara) was rendered with many of the audience also singing along with in themselves.
The high light was the RTP on Keeravani set to adi thalam with Sahithyam - Dasaratha Tanauni moravakuledha Dinamu Kshanamu was very much appreciated by everyone particularly for the placement (i.e. Moonu thalli on the last veechu). Considering that Sathya had just 90 mts he wanted to present the best possible and thought of performing this RTP even though it was with shortened alapana, Thanam, Niraval, Kalpanaswaram and a brief thani. H/ever as we say small is beautiful and also the saying - Oru panai sotrukku ore soru padam, it was just a concert every one attended will remember for a long time to come. Sathya completed the concert with a Sai bhajan - Eshwaramba thinking of Sri Ganesh Srinivasan - Doha as he love this number.
The success is that at the end of the concert Sri Rajagoplan nararted the achievements of Sathya and also informed that the forum - Nayaki would support and encourage Sathya with full length concerts in near future. Smt Devaki Muthaih, President of the Sabha, who had seen Sathya's performance in a wedding reception, presented Rs 500/- in cash as her token of love to Sathya which was handed over by Sri Rajagoplan as she could not attend this concert being out of station.
