Its kind of home ground for Sathya and this Villiwakkam Rajaji Nagar playground is one special venue which will be remembered by Sathya for ever! It was here before 5 years Sathya got an oppurtunity to perform instead of the days performers Mr & Mrs Raju on Mandolin could not turn up that day due to unavoidable circumstances in April 2005.
Sathya decided to perform with his newly received keyboard Korg - Trinity Pro which did not work due to low voltage. Surprisingly Akylesh - Sathya's well wisher and fan had bought a new Yamaha PSR 740 model keyboard and had brought it to perform on the same stage as he wanted it to be inaugurated by Sathya. As destiny was for Sathya to play on this new instrument, Akylesh readily agreed for Sathya to perform on this instrument and it was a fact that it was just opened from the case. As Sathya was using Yamaha PSR 640 earlier he could handle the isntrument right from finding the required tones and gave an excellent presentation.
It was at this same very ground this year on the April 21st Sathya performed for a concert organised by Sathguru Sath Sangam, Villiwakkam and Welfare Association of Rajaji Nagar, Villiwakkam as part of Ramanavami celebrations. SAthya had decided to perform krithis on Lord Rama of various composers and also rendered Arunachala Kavi's kanden Kanden in Baghyashree apart from Raghupathy Raghava RAjaram as finale.
Sathya took up Bhairavam as the main with Tyagaraja krithi Mariyadhaga, elobrating raga aalapana and kalpanaswaram. He also attempted Dikshidar's Manirangu krithi "Mamava Pattabi Rama" fand another Jewl of Tyagaraja's Geetharthamu in ragam Suruti for the first time. It was indeed a good presentation and audience did encourage him with great applause. It will be nice if people who see this article log on to www.sangeethamshare.org and listen to the tracks of this concert already uploaded under 'Member folders link Sathya (keyboard)' vide serial number 032. Your views and comments will be highly appreciated and will go a long way in doing best.
Villiwakkam Raghuraman on violin, Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan on Mrudhangam and Valangaiman Hariharasubramanian on Ghatam & Morsing performed to their best and enhanced the concert to the best satisfaction of the audience. While the percusion team was great in accompanying the krithis they also gave a reverbarating thani avarthanam which was well appreciated by all.
It will be unfair if the warmth and encouragement given by Villiwakkam audience and Sri Sambamoorthy in particular which was overwhelming with Sathya's cd posters seen not only at the exit gate of the Railway Station but also at the venue. Mr Sambamoorthy also brought out the best aspects of Sathya's last year achievements with a question answer session just before the concert and was indeed a good idea.
The krithis rendered were as follows:
01. Jaya Jaya - Naatai - Kandachapu - Purandharadasa (N, S)
02. Mamava Pattabi Rama - Manirangu - Misrachapu - Dikshidar
03. Rama Rama - Vasantha - Adi - Tisranadai (S)
05. Deva Devam - Hindolam - Kandachapu - Annamaya
06. Mariyadhaga - Bhairavam - Adi - Tyagaraja (R, Tm, S, T)
07. Kanden Kanden - Baghyashree - Adi Tisranadai - Arunachala kavi
08. Geetharthamu - Suruti - Adi - Tyagaraja
09. Raghupathy Raghava Rajaram - Rama Namavali
