How do you pay homage to someone who's almost equivalent to God? Ok, so you pray to him and ask him for a promotion. But ultimately, whatever one does is not enough. The case with Sri Thyagaraja, who is simply the reason music is music.
Sri Thyagaraja Gana Sabha, every year, pays a week's tribute to the works of this great man. This is how the schedule for the celebrations this year looks like:
Day 1
Professional whistling programme by 'Galamurali' K. S. Siva Prasad
Concert by 'Keerthana Ratnakarta' Aakella Prasad
Dance performance by Challa Sneha
Day 2
Traditional concert by P. V. Subba Rao
Dance performance by Lalitha Anand
Traditional concert by 'Sangeet Vidhvan' K. S. R. Balakrishna Shastry
Day 3
Concert by Koti Prapoorla
Flute music by 'Venu Gana Praveena' Jayaprada Rammurthy
Concert by G. V. Prabhakar
Day 4
Concert by Devulapalli Sirisha
Clarinet music by Koti Acchibabu
Veena performance by Malladi Shatamoorthy
Concert by Dr. S. K. Venkatachari
Day 5
Concert by V. Venkata Ramana
Veena music by Achala Shankarnath
Flute music by Manda Ananth Krishna
Concert by Padmasree Shobha Naidu
Day 6
Concert by Rama Prabha Srivatsa group
Concert by "Gaayaka Siromani' Dr. Kalluri Murali Krishna
Veena music by 'Panchasata Veenagaana Ratna' Poopuri Srinivas Sharma and group
Day 7
Galagaanarchana by Lakshmi Mulakaloori and 157 students
Concert by Students of Sri Thyagaraja School of music
Concert by Varanasui Sri Soumya
Concert by 'Sangeet Vidhvaan' Puraanam Purushotham Shastri
Come in for a week full of class and calibre.
Please contact 2763-8241 for further details.