A Pleasant presentation on 12th Apr'08 at Venkateswara Samajam

It was indeed a pleasant and sowkkia presentation of a concert by the team of Sathya with Ananthakrishnan on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Chandrasekarasharma on the Ghatam at the Sri Venkateswara Samajam, Perumbur on the 12th Apri'08. The entire concert was of apt tempo and also the ambience was so good the artists felt at easy and think the best came out from every body.

Starting off with Lalgudi sir's Varnam on Charukesi - Innum manam, a request made by Suri on the 7th to Sathya on their return trip form Coimbatore, Sathya listened to Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam track and played it to the best satisfaction of Suri. Infact this set the mood for the entire concert and the rest was indeed a treat to hear. The violin tonal quality was of very high standard and so was Ananthakrishnan's alapanas and kalpanaswaras during the concert. The fact that he realised the change of srtuthi from 2 [D]1 to one and half [C sharp] in the last minute [due to a miscommunication] and adopting to the changed sruthi and performing was indeed a great effort.

Sathya elaborated shanmugapriya and Hindolam for the day and also presented Dikshidhar's krithi Diwakaradhanujam - Yathuklulakombthi, being a Saturday and this was appreciated very much by the entire knowledgeable audience present.The apt krithi Ramanee Samanamevaru in karaharapriya with a good alapana was indeed a highlight from Sathya & Ananthakrishnan. The krithi Ramanukku Mannamudi which had a elaborate alapana and in the kalpanaswaram Sathya played Hamsadwani and Abogi. During the aruthi his presentation of same in three different ragas won the hearts of many. Akilandeswari in Dwajavanthi was presented as per a request of a rasika from Orkut and Sathya summed up the concert with Raghupathy Ragava Rajaram which made every one join during the namavali. A concert which will linger in the minds a long time also for the fact that we could not record it thru line in but only a mic recording which we are presenting it in the following link: www.sangeethamshare.org/sathya and is listed under serial no. 011

Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal and hope to see many on the 14th April'08 - Ramnavami day at the Sringari Saradhambal Temple - a home ground for Sathya as he started playing when he was a resident of the street & his first public presentation started for the Independence day celebrations of the street association way back in 1999!