Music lovers of Vijayawada were mesmerised by an extraordinary musical evening aptly named Yendaro Mahanubhavulu , organised by The Hindu Friday Review in association with Manyam's Property and Wealth Management Systems Limited and Swara Jhari, a cultural organisation, to pay fitting tribute to some of the famous ‘Vaggeyakaras' (authors and composers of classical music) on the occasion of World Music Day on June 21.
The Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao Government College of Music and Dance proved to be a perfect venue for the event, which was lit up with a captivating and enchanting performance by Modumudi Sudhakar and his troupe. He was joined by Anjana Sudhakar, Ivaturi Sravanthi, Kasturi Lavanya and M. Sruthi Ranjani in the rendition of a total of 13 krithis of some of the greater composers. The group was assisted by P. Nageswara Rao on violin, S. Kumar Babu on flute, M. Lakshminarayana Raju on mridangam, and Uma on talam.
The audience held their seats as Sudhakar, a renowned musician who has given more than 5000 performances across the country, sang some of the rare compositions of noted musicians. Be it Anamayya's Yenthamaatramuna yevaru talachina , Jayadeva's Nijagadasa yadunandane or Kshetrayya's Aligithe vaadaligithe , the rendition was perfect and the audience gave thunderous applause to all.
The other compositions rendered included Kaliyugadalli by Purandaradasar, Paahi Rama Prabho by Ramadasu, Govindaghtaya by Narayana Teertha, Namassivayathey , an Aadhyathma Ramayana keerthana, Smaravaram by Sadasiva Brahmendra, Mariverygathi by Shyamasastry, Yendaro Mahanubhavulu by Thyagaraja, Aanandamrutha by Karshini Muthhuswamy Deekshitar, Mamavasadajanani by Swathi Thirunal, and a thillana of Patnam Subrahmanya Ayyar.
The highlight of the day was the felicitation of violin maestro K.V. Reddy, who had served as a lecturer in the same college where the function was held. K.S. Subramanyam, chairman of the Manyam group, T.S. Ramachandra Rao, president of Swara Jhari, K. Chandrasekaran, regional general manager of The Hindu, Vijayawada, and Sudhakar were among those who felicitated him.
The entire occasion brought back the mood of age old good music, which often gets lost in the cacophony of modern day high-decibel music. It was a very soothing experience to the ears and eyes after a long time for the music lovers of the city.
