Nadopasana Concert - June 2012

1 - 450 - 905!

These are not part of any series but the concert numbers of Sathya performing at NADOPASANA! Yes, starting his performing career on the December 09, 2001 under the aegis of NADOPASANA he got his next oppurtunity to perform his 450th concert in March 2008 and now his 905th concert on the June 30, 2012. All credits Nadopasan for giving this artist and more importantly the instrument KEYBOARD a facelift in the Carnatic music circle!

Teamed up with Sherthalai Shivkumar on violin and Layapriya Sri. Papanasam kumar on Mrudhangam, Sathya started the concert with Prof. Sambamurthy's Asta ragamalika Varnam which was appreciated by both the enhancement artists as this is one of the rare to be performed on stage. Then he took up Siddhivinayakam in Mohanakalyani with the right speed and travelled through his journey in the raga with kalapanaswarams. On to Saveri, he performed a good sketch of alapana and took up Syama Sastri's Sankari Sanguru which is probably one of the trademark for this raga. Taking up Narayana Theerthar's Charanam Bhava in Hamsavinodhini preferred to kalpanaswaram after showing up a outline of the raga sketch. Achuthadaasan's Bahudhari krithi Sadananda Thandavam was the next and the was presented in the apt kaalam. 

Taking up Tyagarajar's Sasivadana Chandrajyoti as the main krithi for the day, Sathya presented a good raga elobarated the alaapana which was well presented also by Sri. Shivkumar on his turn on violin. The krithi  was taken in the right speed and Sathya presented kalpanaswaram in keezhkalam and then on melkalam. It was indeed a delight to listen to this team's performance which was very well noticed in the audience's reaction with a loud applause! Layapriyan - perfect to this title Sri. Papanasam was enjoying the entire concert with different prayogams for Sathya and Sri. Shivkumar and ensured that the absence of upa pakkavadhyam was not felt. He presented an excellent thani avarthanam and Sathya continued to present Gopalakrishna Bharathi's ragamalika krithi "Aiye Methakadinam". Lalgudi's Pahadi raga Thillana in Misrachapu was taken up the penultimate  piece for the concert before the Mangalam and the team had presented a concert not only to their satisfaction but also enthralled the audience with good coordination among them. 


The details of the krithis performed are as under:


1. Varnam - Asta Ragamalika - Adi - Prof. Sambamurthy
2. Sidhi Vinayaham Seveham - Mohanakalyani - Adi - Muthaih Bagavadhar (S)
3. Sankari Sanguru - Saveri - Tisra nadai Adi (R)
4. Charanam Bhava - Bahudhari - Rupakam - Hamsavinodhini - Narayanatheerthar (S)
5. Sadananda Thandavam - Bagudhari - Adi - Achuthadaasan
6. Sasivadana - Chandrajyothi - Adi - Tyagarajar - (R, S, T)
7. Aiye Methakadinam - Ragamalika - Adi - Gopalakrishna Bharathi
8. Thillana - Pahadi - Misracahpu - Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
9. Mangalam

Ps - R - Raga alapana, S- Kalapanaswaram T - Thaniavarthanam 


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