Beautiful is an understatement on the Mandolin Sreenivas concert, I had the privilege to attend yesterday. 40 years of sadhana on the mandolin has given him such ease with that small instrument, he can create magic with it and enthrall an audience which included the Kanchi Kama Koti Peethadhipati Sri Jayendra Saraswati yesterday.Not for a second I felt his fingers should stop, as he started with, "Tatvamariya tarama" in the raga Reethigoula followed by "Panchashath peetha roopini (muttuswamy dikshithar)", "mokshamu galada(tyagaraja) ". He announced this song was very dear to Sri Jayendra Saraswati and I could see that as the sage sang along with the mandolin in a mode of bhakti that is rarely seen.
I particularly liked the song "Venkatachala Nilayam" (PurandarDas) in the Sindhu Bhairavi raaga. I enjoyed it as much as U.Sreenivas enjoyed playing it.
There are a few moments in life when you feel refreshed, free, spiritual, humbled, all at the same time. And if you don't have to pay for it, its bliss!