The annual Tyagaraja Aradhana was conducted (by Sangeetha Sanmandali Trust, Vijayawada) at the Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao Govt. Music College in the partially open air auditorium from 24th to 30th January. I attended the concerts on 29th and 30th January. There were concerts of 20 min. (for upcoming) and 30 min. (for senior) duration. The pancharatna krithis were rendered on 30th morning and this was broadcast live on AIR (all stations in Andhra Pradesh) and also on Bhakthi channel.
The TV broadcast was abruptly stopped half way through Endaro mahanubhavlu :devil: to start another program though !!
However, I was really happy to find large number of rasikas (nearly 1000 or more on 29th evening and 30th morning !!) and many outstation artists participated. On 29th evening there was veena concert by Smt. Sujana, vocal concert by Sri. Modumodi Sudhakar, Veena concert by Sri. Ayyagari Syamasundar and vocal concert by Malladi brothers. All the concerts were excellent.
The recording of veena concert of Smt. Sujana is available at
http://mme.iitm.ac.in/vsarma/personalwe ... 1-2011.mp3
The organization/planning of the event was excellent. Kudos to the organisers.
Sarma