If it were not for the likes of the womanizing Mangalapalli I would have no reason to return to India, specifically Vijayawada.
Some favorites from his repetoire:
Jagananda Karaka
Endharo Mahana Bhavuli
Mr Mangallpali, who is know touring the USA (2007) - kicking off a concert at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center along with AR Rehman (who sang "Jana Gana Mana") - could lift rockets into the cosmos with his Gifted talents....
Hence, along with MS his female protege (who I had the privilege of encountering after a concert in the 1970s here in the States) - he is a defacto standard for carnatic music lovers.
When will we see another Annamacharaya or Thyagaraj rendition sung with so much artistry or precision of ragam, thalam - pallavi....it will be a while!
As a note one can drift into a trance on the opening SA note of his concerts - and if you’re really nice, introduce yourself to him after the concert and take him out for a couple of shots of Glenlevit - I think he’d appreciate that!