Musical offering by Vidwan RK Prasanna Kumar and Troupe
Thursday, November 18th, 2021
The first evening of the ongoing 96th year of the advent of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba today featured a classical music concert by Carnatic vocalist and Panchaveena artist Vidwan RK Prasanna Kumar at the Sanctum Sanctorum in the Divine OmniPresence at Prasanthi Nilayam. Hailing from the famed Rudrapatna musical lineage, RK Prasanna Kumar is the son of (late) Vainika Praveena Sri RS Keshava Murthy, and is the court singer at Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.
Beginning with a Maha Ganapathi offering, singing Siddhi Vinayakam Anisham composed by Sri Mutthuswami Dikshitar, the next piece was the famed Vasudevacharya composition, Brochevarevarura. A couple of instrumental versions followed: a Thyagaraja Kriti, Endaro Mahanubhavulu followed by Patnam Subramania Iyer’s Raghuvamsa Sudha…, both presented by the Rudrapatna Brothers, Vidwan Prasanth and Vidwan Pramod. Sai bhajan Easwaramba Priya Tanaya…, Kandena Govindana…of Saint Purandaradasa, twin instrumentals, Prema Muditha… Tumburi Meetidava…brought the curtain to a close for the musical concert.
This evening, the artist and his sons Prasanth and Pramod were accompanied by Vidushi Meena Murthy, Vidushi Revati Kamath and Vidushi Bhargavi Prasanna, Smt Poornima Prasanna Kumar on Tanpura, Sarvasree Narasimhan R on Mridangam, Ramesh R on Ghatam, Subramaniam Mohite on Kanjeera.
Bhajans next concluded with Mangala Arathi to Bhagawan.
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