Sathya was pleasantly surprised to be welcomed by the mist of Shimoga at around 6am in the morning when we reached Shimoga for his concert for Sri Vidya Ganapathi Seva Sangha - Shimoga.
The beauty of our Carnatic Sangeetham with the strong emphasis on Manodharma was brought very much in the lime light with all the artists on stage giving their 100% performing together for the first time. The concert had the best of energy levels right from the Navaragamalika Varnam till the end. Kudos to the person in-charge of PA system as he was highly attentive and kept a good balance of the audio output. The strength of the sabhas presence in this city was very much seen with a large audience and the way the officials were dealing every aspect of concert arrangements / management.
The enhancement artist namely Sri Mysore R Dayakar - Violin, Sri S.S. Ramanujam on Mrudhangam, Sri B.N. Chandramouli on Kanjeera and Sri V.S. Ramesh on Morsing were very encouraging and appreciative. All of them were very much involved and presented their skills in the best way which was vital for the richness of this concert presentation. Special mention about the audience who had been in large numbers and remained till the end of the concert to greet Sathya.
The list of songs performed included many kanada krithis and as per request of the sabha officials in the last minute Sathya performed RTP on Shanmugapriya with Ragamalika in kalpanaswara on Keeravani & Sarangatharangini.
Krithis preformed were:
01. Varnam - Navaragamalika - Adi
02. Gajavadhana - Hamsadwani - Adi - Purandaradasa (R & S)
03. Narayana - Sudha Dhanyasi - Kandachappu (R)
04. Budhamasra - Natakurinji - Misra Jampa
05. Pavanaguru - Hamsanandhi - Rupakam (R, N & S)
06. Thungatheeravirajam - Yamuna Kalyani - Adi - RajaGururajachar
07. Odibaraiya - Bhairavi - Adi - Purandaradasa (R & S)
08. Karedharebare Bahrathe - Janasamohini - Adi - Kamalesha Vitala
09. RTP - Shanmugapriya - Kandajathi Thriputa
10. Srirapthasayana - Bhajan - Dwajavanthi - Ekkam
11. Bagyadhalakshmi - Madhyamavathy - Adi
12. Thillana - Desh - Adi - Lalgudi Jayaraman
13. Mangalam.
Ps. R - Raga Alapana, N - Niraval & S - Kalpanaswara
Pallavi Sahityam : (Which was sung by Sathya after thanam)
Maal Marugani Muruganai Pani maname Ganame Dhiname Ninaidhdhidu.
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