Having got the acceptance in a forum - Hamsavinodhini during the concert held at Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple, West Mabalam on August 15, 2010, this report in Mambalam Talk dated August 29, 2010 gives us a satisfaction of taking a step forward of our new thought of Sathya on keyboard to perform with a nadaswaram artist. Hope to repeat this concept in many more forums and to get wide acceptability from general public.
It was a short but a divine atmosphere which enhanced this concert as Sri. B. Ananthakrishnan on Violin and Sri S. Sridharan on Mrudhangam did for Sathya. Thanks to Smt Janaki, devotee on seeing Sathya & his other team perform at Matha Amruthanandamayee Ashram, Chennai wanted this to happen here during the 156th Sree Narayana Gurudev Jayanthi celebrations and accepted at once by the Swamji and the committee.
Starting with Mahaganapathim in Naatai Sathya dedicated PavanaGuru in
Subhapanthuvarali - a composition of Sree Narayana Guru himself and later performed Dasar Krithi Narayana followed by Krishnanee Begane. SAthya made a sketch of anlinakanthi and performed brisk krithi in Tyagaraja's Manavyalakimchara for which kalpanaswaram exchange had both Ananthakrishnan and Sathya doing some nice turns. Sri Sridharan rounded off with a short thani avarthanam in this piece. The concert ended with Gurudev's own words Siva Shankara sharva. A divine feeling of having the blessings of the Gurudev in person!
You tube link: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=42F5E13C3237ABAD
It was one of the best presentations Sathya has been involved in heArtbeat ensemble presented at the Music Academy on August 24, 2010, as part of YACM's 25th Anniversary celebrations from 21 - 29th August, 2010. It is a fact the Audio system and the acoustics & ambiance present at Music Academy added great enhancement to teh high quality performance from the team led by Dr. Ghatam Karthick, Embar Kannan, Poongulam Subramanian, Bangalore Arunkumar, B. Sundarkumar and Sathya was also part of this group.
Kudos to YACM for having made this concert and all others too, to be available live on the internet in www.yacm.in and it was viewed all over the world.
The team of Sathya with Karaikal Venkatasubramanian on Violin and R. Sankaranarayanan on mrudhangam with Krishnababu on thalam traveled to Tirupur for a concert under "Eppadi Padinaro" organised jointly by Tirupur Shanmugananda Sabha and Sri krishna Seets. The concert was held at the famous Lord Easwaran Temple, Tirupur, premises. A good ambience indeed and the audio was also of good nature. However due to shortage of time proper sound check was not done due to some power fluctuations. Still the presentation came out very well and audience stayed back for full length of the concert and that showed really the acceptance level for the instrumental music among knowledgeable audience.
Special mention to be made on Sri G.Sengottaiyan , a rare Rasika who has the passion of recording all the concerts held - with permission from artists- and uploads same in his YouTube channel! It is indeed not a easy job to sink the camera frames to that of the audio recording as he mixes them both before uploading. A needs not only dedication but also commitment and Passion to got through this process! Thanks to him one of the songs performed - "Sabapathikku" in Aboghi was already uploaded in his you tube channel http://www.youtube.com/sengottaiyang Here is the link for the same:
The details of the krithis performed performed by Sathya on keyboard, Karaiklal Venkatasubramanian on violin and R. Sankaranarayanan on mrudhangam are:
01. Varnam - Charukesi - Adi - Lalgudi Jayaraman
02. VathapiGanapathim-Hamsadwani-Adi-Dikshidar- [S]
03. MarivereDikevvaru-Lathangi-Kandachapu
PatnamSubramanyaIyer [R, N & S]
04. SabapathikuVeruDeivam-Aboghi-Rupakam
GopalakrishnaBharathi [Or & S]
05. Mariyadagadayya - Bhairavam - Adi - Tyagaraja
06. Karunajoodu - Sri - Adi - Syama Sastri
07. MahadevaSivaSambo - Revathy - Adi
Thanjavur Sankara Iyer [R, S & T0]
08. Parvaionre Podhume - Suruti - Adi - Oothukadu Venkata Kavi
09. Thillana - Brindavani - Adi - Dr. Balamuralikrishna
R - Raga aalapana, Or - Outline Raga Aalapana
S - Kalpanaswaram, N - Niraval, T - Thani Avarthanam
It was indeed a trend setter concert for Sathya teaming up with a Nadaswaram artiste for a full length classical concert! It was clear from the thought of this combo that he will be walking on tight rope in terms of presenting the nuances of Carnatic music for the fact he was playing alongside an instrument which is accepted as the Raja Vadhyam to produce the best of the nuances in our music tradition. Es both past and present great vidwans and vidhushis has mentioned and accepted this fact and it was a litmus test indeed for both the instrument – Keyboard and Sathya to produce their best.
Being Independence day the concert started off with Aduvome Palli Paduvome bring the mood of India on the very same day in the year 1947! Pancharathna Mallari was performed with short raga alapana of the ragas involved. Bhairavi swarajathi was taken up and as the duration of the concert was reduced to 95 mts as the concert started a little late due to technical reasons the team decided to expand same with kalpanaswaram followed by short thani. Both R. Sankaranarayanan on Mrudhangam and Trichy Krishna on Ghatam enhanced the melodic instruments to present a concert to the best satisfaction of all present.
Here is the link of the audio and video clippings and I leave it to the individuals to conclude on the percentage of success achieved by Sathya. It will be nice if one can forward his / her opinion to us so that Sathya can do his best in future. Thanks to Hamsavinodhini to have accepted to make this new combo of instruments and hope this will have a wider acceptance in future. The ambience at Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple in West Mambalam was indeed good and we all can look forward to listen to more and more concerts happening in time to come.
The details of krithis performed are:
01. Aduvome Palli Paduvome - based on Misra Maandu
02. Gajananayutham – Chakravagam – Adi (R & S)
03. Pancharathna Mallari – Gambeera Naatai, Gowla, Arabhi,
Varali & Sri – MisraTriputa Thalam (SR & S)
04. Sivaloganathanaiandu – Mayamalawagowla – Rupakam
05. Amba Kamakshi – Bhairavi Swarajathi – Misrachapu (Or, S & T)
06. Sri Chakraraja Simhasaneshwari – Raagamalika – Adi
After the concert at TTD, Chennai it was the concert at TTD, Tirumala - Tirumala Headquarters for Nada Neerajanam 1st anniversary special concert.
When we got a call from Sri Embar S. Kannan asking if Sathya will be available on the 14th August, 2010 to perform at Tirumala along with Malaldi Brothers for the 1st anniversary celebrations of Nada Neerajanam concept at Tirumala, we did not imagine that this will be of this magnitude! What an oppurtunity for Sathya to be on a stage where Legendary Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthi Garu lead a galaxy of Stalwart musicians both present & to be vidwans like Sri Malladi Suri Babu, Malladi Brothers, Sri Abhisek Raghuram, Sri Pattabiram Pandit, Vidhushis Smt Nithyashree Mahadevan, Smt. M.S. Sheela, Smt Tirupathi K. Vandana, Smt. Ranjani Hebbar, Sow. Nisha Rajagopal, Sow. K. Gayathri, Violin Vidwans Sri Perri Sriramulu, Sri Embar S. Kannan, Veena vidhushi Smt. Jayalakshmi Sekar, Sri Palghat Sriram on Flute, Mrudhanga vidwans in Sri M.L.N. Raju, Sri Arun Prakash, Sri Udipi Sridhar on Ghatam, Sri Ganapathy on Tabla and Sri A.S. Krishnan on the Morsing.
The great aspect of this concert presentation was that even though musicians were from different schools of music they were presenting one concept and presented same in unison giving no value to individual brilliance. Vidwan Suribabu’s explanation about the krithis before it was rendered was well appreciated. Kudos to the PA system team which was excellent for the fact that they had very little time to play around and still presented a great quality of balance. While there is always room for doubts on the balance aspects for shows with long rehearsals and sound check this team should be complimented for their brilliant team work within a short time.
The team presented jewels of different composers and concluded with poetic lines from the thoughts of Sri Pappu Venugopal Rao who was coordinating the show which was in praise of all the composers whose numbers they had taken to sing this day. It has been tuned by Sri Malladi Suri Babu proud father of Malladi Brothers under the guidance of Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthi Garu in ragam Kalyani and it turned out to be a fitting finale. Hwever as requested by the Chairman and E.O. of TTD, the team presented “Entharo Mahanubhavullu” which was a on the spot group rendition and came out very well too!
The 8 jewels presented were:
01. Koluvaiyunnade – Devaganthari – Adi – Thyagarajar
02. RamabadraRaRa – Sankarabharanam – AdiTtisranadai - Bhadrachala Ramadas
03. Sri Venkata Gireesam – Surutti – Adi - Sri Muthuswamy Deekshithar
04. Pahi Pahimam – Jonpuri – Adi – Narayana Theerthar
05. Bhajare Gopalam – Hindolam – Adi - Sadasiva Brahmendra
06. Karuna Joodu - Sri – Adi Sri Syama Sastri
07. NavaneethaChora - Senchurutti – Adi - Tallapaka Annamacharya
08. Venkatachala Nilayam – SindhuBairavi – Adi – Purandara Dasa
These were followed by the kalyani raaga composition - Lyrics Sri Pappu Venugopala Rao and music Sri amlladi Suri babu under the guidance of Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthi Garu and Entharo Mahanubhavulu. A violin ensemble with Kum. A. Kanyakumari and 6 other violin artists was presented after this concert.
Thanks to Dinamalr - Rasigapriya - for anexcellent review covering all aspects of a concert. It is also satisfying to note that this has been reviewed on the basis of his concert performed rather than looking at him as a child trying to give performance. Also the mention of AIR recognising the instrument is indeed a great boon as general public will be more receptive!
