Concert at Srigeri Sharadhambal Temple - 14th Sep'08

It was indeed a great oppurtunity for Sathya to perform in front of the His Holiness Acharya of Sankara Math, Sringeri during his puja on the 14th Sep'08 morning. With Vittalarangan on Violin Sathya performed two krithis, Guruleka Yetuvanti in Gowri Manohari - as dedication to the Gurus followed by Nammam Sharadhey - Hamsadwani dedicating to the Goddess Sharadhambal. After replying in negative when one of the sadhus asked if Sathya knew to play a bhajan on Sringeri Math, Sathya learnt it on the spot from the Sadhu and Sri Prabhakar Rao and performed it too! The Sadhu was taken by surprise and praised Sathya for this great attempt which came out very well. Both the children were blessed by Acharya personally and it was one of the great moments for the artists, thanks to Sri Prabhakar Rao, Sharadha Sasthriya Sangetha Sabha who had organised a concert same evening at the Temple premises in the Pravachana Mandira the same evening.

The concert started with a Mallari in GambeeraNattai set to Adi thalam with kalpanaswaram. This was followed by raga alapana on Hamsadwani for the krithi Vathapi. The kalpanaswaram was performed on the veechu i.e. Hamsadwani poojithey he-rambam- a first time attempt by Sathya and presented well by the team of Vittalarangan on Violin on Violin and Sri. M. R. Srikrishnan on the Mrudhangam. Hariharasubramaniam who had a long journey of almost 20 hours from Palani to Sringeri reached and just got on to the stage and was as brisk as the others through out the concert! A perfect endurance test which he came out with flying colors. The large audience were present all throughout and appreciated the efforts of all the artists for their excellent performance inspite of the fact that they were jamming together for the first time.The raga alapanas and kalpanaswarams were matched with great rendition by both Sathya and Vittalarangan & Srikrishnan and Hariharasubramaniam excelled in their thani. It was one of the best concerts presented by Sathya and his team.

The audio link recorded [from the speaker] of the concert is http://sangeethamshare.org/sathya/020_Sringeri_Concert_14Sep2008/

Yopu can log on to: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=649E704D4CE78BDB for video clippings

The list of songs performed are as under:
01.Mallari_Gambeeranatai - Adi [Swaram]
02.VathapiGanapathim - Hamsadwani_Adi [R & S]
03.SaraswathiNamosthuthey - Saraswathi_Rupakam [OR & S]
04.Yarerangana - Hindolam - Adi [R][Audience request]
05.Ramarama - Vasantha - Adi-Thisranadai [S]
06.KrishnaneBegane - YamanKalyan - Misrachapu
07.Santhanamanjari - Santhanamanjari - Adi [R & S]
08.Raghuvamsasudha - Kathanakudhukalam - Adi
09.Swarajathi-Kamakshi - Bhairavi - Misrachapu
10.Marugelara - Jayanthasri - Adi[Audience request]
11.KamakshiNatho - Begada - Adi [R & S with thani]
12.Thirupugazh - Shanmugapriya - Misrachapu[Audience request]
13.Kum.A.Kanyakumari's - Thillana - Sindhubhairavi - Adi
14.Bhajan - followed by Mangalam

Looking forward to concerts like this and more from Sathya & team always.