tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82583210477482372812024-03-23T11:54:01.201-07:00A home called "Parvathi"This Blog is a tribute to all the eminent musicians who performed over 6 decades in a heritage house called 'Parvathi' in Mysore, Karnataka.
[NOTE: The audio, video and photographic materials posted in this blog are from the personal archives of Advocate K. Srikantiah and are being posted for the enjoyment of blog visitors- and shall not be downloaded, copied or distributed without the express written permission of Mr. K. Srikantiah]Nirvanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03619976125209862555noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-24425773419547209202024-03-23T11:52:00.000-07:002024-03-23T11:52:58.360-07:00The music that settles the mind and cheers the soul<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Gaana Gandharvan K. J. Yesudas </u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u> 2013 K. Puttu Rao Memorial Concert</u></b></span></div><div style="color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">By R.Sachi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Lg4bpH2hEINnkYwZ8TTQKMAKZjl5iXPoUd7UsBRQm_r66aW2LZsNKrULZ8erK-Yy3qRNLMv26FsM-FILd6gBvyLNNiuKmpYuPhJE7Bme5mbCLsobnDdAzRbpGJwrgnPW0rDcs1zdwLFMQnDmVTn-XVAnUPVotWU8rKoRyuAGaERs1CfN-K1jGGeyqPM/s4029/GAN_4064%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2178" data-original-width="4029" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Lg4bpH2hEINnkYwZ8TTQKMAKZjl5iXPoUd7UsBRQm_r66aW2LZsNKrULZ8erK-Yy3qRNLMv26FsM-FILd6gBvyLNNiuKmpYuPhJE7Bme5mbCLsobnDdAzRbpGJwrgnPW0rDcs1zdwLFMQnDmVTn-XVAnUPVotWU8rKoRyuAGaERs1CfN-K1jGGeyqPM/w400-h216/GAN_4064%20copy.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">Come the summer of 2024 and we have disputes, debates, controversies and campaigns for all kinds of reasons in all spheres. Even a jolly Darshini type of cafe named after Rameshwaram is not spared from attacks. How peaceful, then, to enjoy a full-fledged concert by the evergreen hero of Parvathi, Vid. K.J. Yesudas!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">This is being shared now as a part of the Parvathi Finale. Look at the impressive song list! There are many sound bites from the master singer about the values and styles to be pursued in classical music.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"></p><ol><li>Vajajakshi - Kalyani - Ramnad Srinivasa Iyengar</li><li>Sri Gananatham - Kanakangi - Thyagaraja</li><li>Speech clarifying the rare Kanakangi song</li><li>Pavanaguru-Hamsanandi-Lalithadasa</li><li>Speech dedicating the concert to Sri. Puttu Rao and family</li><li>Mokshamu Galada - Saramathi - Thygaraja</li><li>Seethamma Mayamma - Vasantha - Thyagaraja</li><li>Lavanya Rama - Poornashadja - Thyagaraja</li><li>Ninna Nodi Dhanyanadeno - Pantuvarali- Purandara Dasa</li><li>speech about voice range</li><li>Sri Ramam - Narayanagowla- Thyagaraja</li><li>Tani</li><li>Ranga baro- Nagaswarali? - Purandara Dasa</li><li> Speech on singing styles</li><li>Swami Saneethadidolise- Abheri </li><li>Kya karoon sajani</li><li>Oru Neram</li><li>Allah Malik</li><li>Enu Vara</li><li>Harivarasanam</li></ol><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 36pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Concert details:</span></p><div style="margin-left: 36pt;"><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.6px;">K.J.Yesudas- Vocal<br /></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>Mysore Manjunath- Violin<br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>Neyveli Venkatesh- Mridangam<br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>G.S.Ramanujam Ghatam<br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>3-9-2013 K.Puttu Rao Memorial concert at Jaganmohan Palace Auditorium.</b></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;">
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tjgi6Eo4mt4?si=HIgI8sf10KboUjMc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-38143792938395534422023-11-22T01:06:00.000-08:002023-11-26T07:37:16.594-08:00Memories of a Bygone Era<br><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><u>Vid. Lalgudi Jayaraman - Sri Ramanavami 1984 - Violin Solo</u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">By R. Sachi </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzt5q8hI-uROOqMrjowwoqsoupNsfB9T7lyiOhjORVrH9tglcVf7hmyriqiOch1gXesgCsX9BFAXV1-1ZKzhM1wWwQv2uekhlKmzVwTqmmb5ownUbQBR2Izqv2MTYAKlV5iD7CJNWp8g3mAV9cuAT4AVZRKyj8Ozls7_FFGIcuHgllb0aucmcwY4QVGBU/s700/thenewsminute_import_sites_default_files_Lalgudi_Jayaraman_lead_pic_(1)_750x500%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="700" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzt5q8hI-uROOqMrjowwoqsoupNsfB9T7lyiOhjORVrH9tglcVf7hmyriqiOch1gXesgCsX9BFAXV1-1ZKzhM1wWwQv2uekhlKmzVwTqmmb5ownUbQBR2Izqv2MTYAKlV5iD7CJNWp8g3mAV9cuAT4AVZRKyj8Ozls7_FFGIcuHgllb0aucmcwY4QVGBU/w351-h233/thenewsminute_import_sites_default_files_Lalgudi_Jayaraman_lead_pic_(1)_750x500%20copy.jpg" width="351"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;">The Parvathi Finale is bringing up the December Season of Carnatic deluge with this upload of a vintage Lalgudi Solo concert from 1984 (~40 years ago!).</span><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; letter-spacing: 0.2px; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">If you are a silver-haired veteran rasika, try explaining to the current generation of Carnatic consumers who are steadily fed on the Zomato/Swiggy fare of Youtube airbrushed videos, FB, Instagram reels and so on that once upon a time, one indeed went to great lengths to go and sit in a classical Carnatic concert featuring just a violin, with mridangam and ghatam, that went on for 3 hours. It would be impossible for them to relate to. Indeed, silver-haired veterans too are indeed feeding on such "clips" nowadays instead of the long-braided concerts on stage! What a quarantine from real Carnatic music!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">The Lalgudi-Parvathi connection has been well documented in this blog. There are over 40 posts mentioning the maestro and his great achievements as well as his emotional bond with the family of Parvathi. In our lives, many such associations are divinely ordained. This is our way of celebrating the Bharatiya culture with no barriers of language or region.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">This concert features a solo violin rendition, unlike many other Parvathi concerts where the doyen was featured along with his children. Here, he is accompanied on the mridangam by Vid. Vellore Ramabhadran and on the khanjira by Vid. Ramachar. </span>The mridangam follows the violin like a musical shadow. You can notice this in every song in this concert, especially in Vasantha, where the maestro presents a majestic rupaka-driven swara array.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">The master of manodharma often conjures up a dialogue between the two personas inhabiting his single four-stringed violin with such juicy content that you marvel at his multidimensional musical imagination- especially with his multi-string bowing which is simply awesome.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">The Shankarabharana suite is a violin ensemble serenading you on an oceanliner deck matching the majesty, silvery glitter and high waves of the mighty ocean. It is a tribute to Shankarabharana with the famous composition Enduku Peddalavale of Saint Thyagaraja. The welcome inclusion of the Tani in this recording is befitting the title of the "Parvathi Finale" upload.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Come, let us celebrate a bygone era of concerts!</p><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US"><u>Concert Details<br></u></span><span lang="EN-US">Held at the home of Parvathi, Sri Ramanavami, 13 April 1984.<br></span><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">Lalgudi G. Jayaraman - Violin<br></span><span lang="EN-US">Vellore Ramabhadran - Mridangam<br></span><span lang="EN-US">H. P. Ramachar - Khanjira</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span><span lang="EN-US"><u>Song List<br></u></span><span lang="EN-US">1. Varnam - Bowli - Lalgudi Jayaraman<br></span><span lang="EN-US">2. Sri Narada - Kanada - Thyagaraja<br></span><span lang="EN-US">3. Makelara Vicharamu - Ravichandrika - Thyagaraja<br></span><span lang="EN-US">4. Smarane Sukhamu - Janaranjani - Thyagaraja<br></span><span lang="EN-US">5. Ramachandram Bhavayami - Vasantha - Muthuswami Dikshitar</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">6. Raghuveera Ranadheera - Huseni - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">7. Endukupeddalavale - Shankarabharana - Thyagaraja (>60 minutes incl. Tani!)</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">8. Tani</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">9. Bagayanayya - Chandrajyothi - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">10. Bhairavi Ragam Tanam Pallavi - Raga changes in swaras - Yadukula Kambhodi, Bhavapriya, Anandabhairavi, Ranjani, Behag (pyrotechnics!)</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">11. Bgeshri Bhajan</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">12. Misrashivaranjani Thillana _ Lalgudi Jayaraman</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">***</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">Long before cricket pundits understood this, the doyens of Carnatic music sensed it and created a concert format where tempo rules supreme. Indeed, in a Carnatic concert worth its name, there is never a dull moment. Some score at such a breeze that they garner applause like boundaries at will, thrills filled to the gills.
<br /><br />The T.V. Sankaranarayanan brand of Carnatic music celebrates tempo better than perhaps any other brand. Endowed with a robust and sonorous voice, his music always soared relentlessly like his famous pose with raised hands. When accompaniment was good, the sustained tempo was matched by musical values and made every concert memorable. This current concert audio being uploaded for the Parvathi Finale is no exception! The excerpts capture the best of music with many stellar songs enhanced richly by teamwork, another feature of good cricket.<br /><br />Charukeshi is celebrated grandly, and Ganesh Prasad excels in the Darbari Kanada piece building up to the famous Govardhana Giridhara. The mridangam is very melodious with fine anticipation. The little bit of Tani in the excerpt is enjoyable. Unfortunately, we are unable to trace the name of the Ghatam artiste.<br /><br />
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01 Anupama Gunambudhi - Athana - Thyagaraja</b><br /><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">
02 Adamodi Galade - Charukeshi - Thyagaraja</b><br /><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">
03 Sarasamukhi - Gaud Malhar - Muthiah Bhagavatar</b><br /><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">
04 Viruttam-Darbari Kanada</b><br /><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">
05 Govardhana Giridhara - Darbari Kanada - Narayana Tirtha</b><br /><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%;">
06 Mangalam</b></span></div>
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<div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Vidwan Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer strode the Carnatic scene for about 80 years as a colossus with his hugely charismatic and energetic vocal style that earned him the Sangeetha Kalanidhi when he was just 39. He had musical lineage and shone brightly as a torch-bearer for an energetic Carnatic music style that perhaps dominated the minds of students of Carnatic music who subsequently rose to become stars. His legion of Bhaktas included great singers like Vid. MSS herself, and instrumentalists like Vid. T.N. Krishnan and Vid. Vellore Ramabhadran and so on. Vid. Semmangudi also gave us his unforgettable musical creations through tuning a major portion of King Swathi Thirunal's compositions. The music and sahitya that came together in the final body of work made Swathi Thirunal a unique composer in Carnatic music. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">The home of Parvathi played host to the doyen many times. We have managed to retrieve for the Finale excerpts from his concert in 1978. He is ably assisted by Vid. T. Rukmini and Vid. Tanjore Upendran and Vid. Ramachar. The musical value of these excerpts is immense as it celebrates the coming together of two great personalities in Carnatic music - Vid. Semmangudi and Sri. K. Srikantiah.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer – Vocal</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">T.Rukmini - Violin<br />Tanjore Upendran – Mridangam</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">H.P. Ramachar - Khanjira<br /><br />
Song List in the Excerpts<br /><br />
01. Enduku Nirdaya - Hari Kambhoji - Thyagaraja *** 02. <span> Nannu Kanna Talli - Sindhu Kannada - Thyagaraja *** 03. Ksheenamai - Mukhari - Thyagaraja *** 04. Ramachandrena Samrakshitoham - Manji - Muthuswami Dikshitar *** 05. Rama Jogi - Khamach - Bhadrachala Ramadas 06. Shloka Ragamalika - Kharaharapriya, Varali, Bilahari, Saveri, Keeravani, Kapi ***. 07. Parulannamata - Javali - Kapi *** 08. Sapashyat Kausalya - Jaunpuri - Panchapakesha Shastri</span></span></div>
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Chitti Babu - Sri Ramanavami at Parvathi - 1982 - Concert Excerpts</u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE476l0NWwm6NUPCEoW_hg76Q4o76r0Z_ZKgd691126Jl0cIGvxl0n4E4twV2qMBzONiPRLbu51gz9xi77lCfes3AgdDfTBPbxsKKAx1zGOgKAh6oh4gwM1fuMjTcd5863P0KEWO0OS_Tc1o9XO-znxPHL08hPuoFKWN92OPcQ4PVfD9cKIYhIo9kYMZ8/s279/05269b0b77f64fe9a0afe1143111b9ff.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="279" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE476l0NWwm6NUPCEoW_hg76Q4o76r0Z_ZKgd691126Jl0cIGvxl0n4E4twV2qMBzONiPRLbu51gz9xi77lCfes3AgdDfTBPbxsKKAx1zGOgKAh6oh4gwM1fuMjTcd5863P0KEWO0OS_Tc1o9XO-znxPHL08hPuoFKWN92OPcQ4PVfD9cKIYhIo9kYMZ8/s1600/05269b0b77f64fe9a0afe1143111b9ff.webp" width="279" /></a></div><br /><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">In heaven, there is said to be music always. Remember that the gods are blessed to listen to the greatest of musicians. If I imagine what music from here would hold even the gods in thrall, it would be the Veena music of Vid. Chitti Babu. Unlike the modern sounds of Veena, which mimic an electric guitar, his Veena resonated with a strange charm of pure, golden, metallic and acoustic vibrational soundscape. It was rich, melodious and invigorating. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">Yajnavalkya says,</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">वीणावादनतत्वज्ञः श्रुतिजातिविशारदः तालज्ञः अप्रयासेन मोक्षमार्गं नियच्छति</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">"The expert Vainika who knows ragas and talas well attain the path to liberation easily."</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">Vid. Chitti Babu arrived with his heavenly Veena music on the Mysore scene in the sixties. He enthralled audiences and even won the honour of getting the royal medallion. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">In this 1982 concert, he was accompanied by Vid. Palghat Raghu and Vid. Manjunath. Unfortunately, we could not retrieve the entire concert recording but only an excerpt of his Tanam and the Javali that followed. The Tanam is a bouquet of ragas which simply steal our hearts with their melody. The instrumental technique is something extraordinary by any standard. The purity of sound and the resonance of the plucking endorse the idea that Tanam was created only for the Veena!</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">The ragas are Shubhapantuvarali...</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"> Madhuvanti...</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"> Ranjani...</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"> Revati...</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"> Behag...</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"> Kanada...</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"> Kapi...</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">Followed by the delectable Javali in Kapi, "Sarasamulade" by Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">Then comes a Tillana in Tilang... </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">While listening to all these ragas pouring out, one thought of Kalidasa's Shyamaladandakam. He begins by saying how the Devi holds the Manikya Veena tenderly. He mentions how she holds the Veena called Vallaki and thoroughly enjoys its music. This comes again and again. And finally, he says she is being regaled by the celestials-</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;">श्रवणहरदक्षिणक्वीणया वीणया किन्नरैर्गीयासे "You are being praised by Kinnaras accompanied expertly on the Veena that steals ears and hearts"... Did Kalidasa hear Vid. Chitti Babu?</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><u>Concert Details</u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><div>Chitti Babu - Veena</div><div>Palghat Raghu - Mridangam</div><div>Manjunath - Ghatam</div><div>Sri Ramanavami Festival, Parvathi, Mysore held on 4 April 1982.</div></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); color: white; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Chitti Babu = Veena
Palghat Raghu - Mridangam
Manjunath - Ghatam
Date 4 April 1982</span></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">
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She hails from Mysore and comes from a family of musicians. She did research on Sri Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar krithis as well as musical instruments collected in the Mysore Palace many many years ago. She studied under maestros Vid. Ramaratnam and Vid. Gowri Kuppuswamy. She has been running her own music school as well as a publication under the name Surabhi. She is ably assisted by her daughter Dr. Sumana Vedanth in this concert. With doyens from Mysore on accompaniment - Sri.H.K. Narasimha Murthy on the violin and Sri G.S. Ramanujam on the mridangam as well as Sri Ramesh on Morsing, she presents here a consummate concert in characteristic style with palpable depth.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">What characterises great Carnatic music? This is a debatable subject. But all our esteemed composers opine that really great music leads one to inner calm. If that is missing, music could well become a circus. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here, the Vidushi espouses this idea with choice songs, all presented in a sedate style, lacking nothing in Vidwat or musical appeal. Sonorous voices of the mother and daughter take turns in alapana and swaras and give us a wholesome fare.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">The idea of inner calm is expressed beautifully by Saint Gopala Dasa in his song "</span><b style="font-size: 13.6px;">ಏನು ಸುಖವೊ ಎಂಥಾ ಸುಖವೊ ಹರಿಯಧ್ಯಾನವ ಮಾಡುವರ ಸಂಗ", sung in Brindavani here. </b></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 13.6px;"><br></b></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: 13.6px;">In this concert, there are wonderful compositions presented of famous composers in scintillating ragas. Two Kannada songs, one of them a Vachana, and a rarely heard Shanmukhapriya composition of Mysore Vasudevacharya, point to the Vidushi's expansive repertoire.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div><u style="color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Concert Details</u></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><div style="color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Sri K. Putturao Memorial Concert 2014 - jagan Mohan Palace, Mysore.</div><div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>Sukanya Prabhakar - Vocal</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>Sumana Vedanth - Vocal Support</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>H.K. Narasimhamurthy - Violin</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>G.S. Ramanujam - Violin</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>Ramesh - Morsing</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>Date 2 September 2014</b></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><br></div><div style="color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"><u>Song List</u></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Shloka (Padma Purana) & Song-Neranammiti – Kanada Varnam – Ramnad Srinivasa Iyengar</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sri Mahaganapathe – Nata – Mayuram Vishwanatha Shastry</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>3.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sabhapatiki – Abhogi – Gopalakrishna Bharathi</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>4.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sri Ranganayakam- Nayaki – Muthuswami Dikshitar</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>5.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Enu Sukhav0 – Brindavani – Gopaladasa</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>6.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Manamuto – Shanmukhapriya – Vasudevachar</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>7.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Enage Bhoga Bhagya Beda – Durga –Muppina Shadakshari</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>8.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Tam Tam Tam - Khamach Thillana - Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #009900; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b>9.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mangalam - Saint Thyagaraja</b></span></span></div></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">The season of Ramanavami concerts is here. Also hot weather, mangoes and nowadays, IPL. In the midst of all this, come and savour some delectable music from three superstars of Carnatic Music together - Maharajapuram, Lalgudi and Vellore. For those born after 1950, and who developed a taste for Carnatic music by their good fortune in the 60s-80s, these three names mean Vid. Santhanam, Vid. Jayaraman, and Vid. Ramabhadran!</span></div>
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<br /><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">What do we look for in a good Carnatic concert? Melody. Great songs. A team dynamic that makes each artiste build on others' music. A mood once born that lingers in our minds and hearts for long. Happy moments. A sense of devotion. All that is in plenty here. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Lalgudi offers very creative responses to the tuneful vocal phrases, eliciting much appreciation. They both build up wonderful alapanas, niravals and swara exchanges. The audience response is vigorous. The mridangam strokes of Vellore Ramabhadran, as always, are like the cornerstones of an edifice - beautiful, sharp, strong and well-laid.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">The song of Swathi Thirunal in Huseni needs special mention. Rarely heard, it showcases the composer-king's penchant for well-worded Sanskrit prayers to the Lord. <br /><br />रागः हुसेनी तालः आदि<br /><br />
</span><div><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">पल्लवी</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><b>श्रीरामचन्द्र! परिलस मम हृदि पारावारगम्भीर! </b></span><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;">श्रीराम !</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>- Dear Sri Rama! Please come and sport in my heart, Oh Lord as deep as the ocean!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">अनुपल्लवी</span></div><div><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>करशोभितखरभेदनकरकार्मुक करुणारसराजितनयन!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><b>-Your hand is adorned by the mighty bow that vanquished Khara, your eyes are shining with compassion!</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">चरणम्</span></div><div><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">जानकीहृदयमॊहनविलसित! अम्बुजनाभ विभॊ! </span></b></div><div><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- You are charmingly adorning Devi Sita's heart! Oh Lord of the lotus navel!</span></b></div><div><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">भानुकुलज! दशवदननिशूदन! वानरादिपरिवॆष्टित! पावन!</span></b></div><div><b style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- Oh, Scion of the Solar Dynasty! The destroyer of the ten-headed Ravana! Oh, Lord surrounded by Vanaras and others in your army! Oh, Lord who purifies and saves devotees!</span></b></div>
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</b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span><b>Sri Ramanavami Festival, Parvathi, Mysore</b></span></span><br /><br /></span><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Maharajapuram Santhanam - Vocal (accompanied by son)</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Lalgudi Jayaraman - Violin</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Vellore Ramabhadran - Mridangam</b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.6px;"><b><u>Date 6 April 1982</u></b></span></span></div><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><b>
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01. Dudukugala - Gaula Pancharatna - Thyagaraja</b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">02. Seethamma Mayamma - vasantha - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">03. Toli Janma - Bilahari - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">04. Ardhanareeshwaram - Kumudakriya - Dikshitar</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">05. Samajavaragama - Hindola - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">06. Sri Rama Parllasa mama Hridi - Huseni - Swathi Thirunal</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">07. Etavunnara - Kalyani - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">08. Govinda - Janasammodini - Purandaradasa</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">09. Shloka - Ragamalika (Brindavansaranga, Mohana, Basant Bahar)</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">10. Basant Bahar Thillana - Maharajapuram Santhanam</span></b></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br />
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Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-54217633082098228002023-03-10T09:56:00.000-08:002023-03-11T06:15:26.183-08:00His music is eternal<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvna_NwVqZ5Lj49hKIUQbTI3hZtyFuqTeWIlcEAgjOSt9ddLR-MdWtvDtfgrBQ4nARMh8PQ8FuUrvWsUEvoZpTIta6GBJ3lG_5yBkAFERQopgpHRL_5v6WVMaoE0PhAW31WxvAmFt666s/s400/Dreswamy+Iyengar+chairs+the+silver+jubilee+function.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>Mandolin Shrinivas (</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><b>(28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014)</b></span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFtd9D4ertLQmHI-wXe9zA9o7buUjMkrCH4pf-lQqpHROSkubUdC2ptMBsLi1OXZA-ihr04BeOO0KhUrxKNuRP7fNX0087sEHymXjNoLTXIpZ3g2dhMI88B2_uSqXFlHR9r8yGMltne16MvF6REo_udHpGhlkOsMSXptgos5mH_b9f-DWeKZyCVf7Ow/s1200/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-03-10%20at%2021.45.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1200" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFtd9D4ertLQmHI-wXe9zA9o7buUjMkrCH4pf-lQqpHROSkubUdC2ptMBsLi1OXZA-ihr04BeOO0KhUrxKNuRP7fNX0087sEHymXjNoLTXIpZ3g2dhMI88B2_uSqXFlHR9r8yGMltne16MvF6REo_udHpGhlkOsMSXptgos5mH_b9f-DWeKZyCVf7Ow/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-03-10%20at%2021.45.10.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIF5TD-0h8EQSwNpU-uy3fx3RiFrzg2Go-utJzIJN3YcQf1JZF0FZEu9TFqRxsbvU5vOjhu8YmutDkf_41WPzWSKA89DEILMEv-oQRaAHuXCA-kpJdfeBRLsDDGsxHqbIFGKelPlj4GcjVpXgKS77sgkbVVnUCVfvVDahNMbzuThuFtNdk38705sAFA/s887/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-03-10%20at%2021.45.13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="847" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIF5TD-0h8EQSwNpU-uy3fx3RiFrzg2Go-utJzIJN3YcQf1JZF0FZEu9TFqRxsbvU5vOjhu8YmutDkf_41WPzWSKA89DEILMEv-oQRaAHuXCA-kpJdfeBRLsDDGsxHqbIFGKelPlj4GcjVpXgKS77sgkbVVnUCVfvVDahNMbzuThuFtNdk38705sAFA/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-03-10%20at%2021.45.13.jpg" width="306"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>The one and only Mandolin phenomenon, U.Shrinivas, was given the honour to perform at the Parvathi Silver Jubilee in 1994. Famous music personalities as well as cinestars Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh graced the occasion. The details are seen below.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvna_NwVqZ5Lj49hKIUQbTI3hZtyFuqTeWIlcEAgjOSt9ddLR-MdWtvDtfgrBQ4nARMh8PQ8FuUrvWsUEvoZpTIta6GBJ3lG_5yBkAFERQopgpHRL_5v6WVMaoE0PhAW31WxvAmFt666s/s400/Dreswamy+Iyengar+chairs+the+silver+jubilee+function.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvna_NwVqZ5Lj49hKIUQbTI3hZtyFuqTeWIlcEAgjOSt9ddLR-MdWtvDtfgrBQ4nARMh8PQ8FuUrvWsUEvoZpTIta6GBJ3lG_5yBkAFERQopgpHRL_5v6WVMaoE0PhAW31WxvAmFt666s/s320/Dreswamy+Iyengar+chairs+the+silver+jubilee+function.jpg" width="320"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZOEg8c5cY07P047jNPEw17tIYLRLlqn-3PTK_DdLrb3p-6gNH57kf81RMP7BOpB1WXJnZaRx6CrkSqmRz36FkjFfyKC3aA8cM_kT1ilBJJfOxqr_OzD_HpIwK5MTikf-uX2jGT6WbaZl3IDtB9kpzctXTWBZvPTTLXIBQ6jvit8fFX7MSlNE0DwMNw/s1477/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-03-10%20at%2021.45.14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1477" data-original-width="1040" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZOEg8c5cY07P047jNPEw17tIYLRLlqn-3PTK_DdLrb3p-6gNH57kf81RMP7BOpB1WXJnZaRx6CrkSqmRz36FkjFfyKC3aA8cM_kT1ilBJJfOxqr_OzD_HpIwK5MTikf-uX2jGT6WbaZl3IDtB9kpzctXTWBZvPTTLXIBQ6jvit8fFX7MSlNE0DwMNw/w281-h400/WhatsApp%20Image%202023-03-10%20at%2021.45.14.jpg" width="281"></a></div><br><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><b>When Shrinivas left us suddenly in 2014, the home of Parvathi was plunged into grief. A tribute was posted at that time, which is reproduced below.</b></span></span><br><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>***</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>A Tribute by Mysore Prabha</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>“U. Srinivas passed away” was the breaking news on TV. It was heart-breaking news for us.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>Though Lalgudi Krishnan had already given us the shocking news, my mind just refused to accept the fact. How could this happen? Though we knew that he was ailing, we never doubted his recovery. But fate snatched U. Srinivas away from amidst us. To put it in renowned novelist and writer R. K. Narayan’s words, “He jumped the queue”. U. Srinivas has moved on to another world, leaving behind his prodigious, melodious, soul-stirring music for us to enjoy.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>There is probably no other musician from India who attained national and international acclaim at such young age as U. Srinivas did. He was recognized as a child-prodigy when he started performing at a very young age of 8-10 years. He continued to be a prodigy even in his 40s, because, no other musician produced such wonderful music on the mandolin (the supposedly ill-suited instrument for carnatic classical music) like Srinivas did. It is to Srinivas’ credit that he has greatly popularized Indian music in western countries. He was always a crowd puller whenever and wherever he performed-in India or abroad. His music always pleased the connoisseur and the layman alike.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>My family’s association with U. Srinivas dates back to 1984. It was on 10.4.84 that Srinivas first visited our home,”Parvathi”, in Mysore, to perform during the annual Ramanavami music festival conducted by my father, K. Srikantiah. He was a small-built lad and I remember the shy boy sitting on the carpet with his mandolin next to him, gazing and touching his mandolin continuously, as if afraid someone would snatch it away from him. He had no eyes for anything or anyone else and spoke only in monosyllables. The pandal next to our house and the roads surrounding it were jam-packed with music lovers waiting to listen to the highly acclaimed child prodigy. The little boy timidly got onto the stage – and then! The audience was transported to a heavenly world of music emanating from his magical fingers! Starting then, he gave about 8 to 10 concerts for us spread over two and a half decades. Surprisingly, despite all his name, fame and glory, he was still the same, child-like, humble Srinivas when he performed for our K. Puttu Rao music festival (Inaugural concert) in 2011. Little did we know that it would be his last concert for us, and also in Mysore. It was our privilege to honour Srinivas during our Silver Jubilee year Ramanavami festival in 1994. It warmed our hearts when Srinivas said in his speech that he considered himself one in our family.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>U. Srinivas has left us after leading a highly worthy life in his short life span. He has achieved in about three decades what probably would take three births for others to achieve. The country and the Carnatic music world have lost one of its rarest gems. The Indian music world will forever be proud of its prodigious son- Mandolin Srinivas. There cannot be another Mandolin Srinivas.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>My family and I pray that Lord Rama blesses Srinivas’ soul with eternal peace.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>***</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b>We are glad to share that Silver Jubilee concert recording here with rasikas.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"><b><br></b></span></span></div></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C6jR0N3ZbKI" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Concert Details</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>U. Shrinivas - Mandolin</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mysore Nagaraj - Violin</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>T.K. Murthy - Mridangam</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>M.A. Krishnamurthy - Ghatam</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Date: 20 April 1994</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Song List</u></b></span></div><div><ol><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Varnam - Todi -</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Vatapiganapathim - Hamsadhwani - Dikshitar</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Endaro mahanubhavulu - SriRaga Pancharatna - Thyagaraja</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Natajana Paripalana - Simhendramadhyamam - Thyagaraja</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sadamadini - Gambhiravani - Thyagaraja</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mohana Rama - Mohanam - Thyagaraja</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tani - T.K. Murthy, M.A. krishnamurthy</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tunga Teera - Yamuna Kalyani - Kamalesha Vitthala</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Venkatachalanilayam - Sindhu Bhairavi - Purandaradasa</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Karpagame - Madhyamavati - Papanasam Sivan</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Brindavani Thillana - Lalgudi Jayaraman</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mangalam</b></span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>***</b></span></div></div>Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-49224043877268468122023-02-08T14:33:00.000-08:002023-02-08T14:33:05.370-08:00Amara - Madhura - Sundara : Timeless Gems from Somu<br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><u> Vid. Madurai Somasundaram - Gems from many Parvathi Concerts</u></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYkSv0R22Dkf94Pm0HJBSKnNgOMTzg8EcoPITFHcePCWPqFM-bPTttli_z7ES6UyE1DfhMChjddgcTYLjDJvZtpFOOMKd6t4W1hnR8nuhM3pA8R1u1P_A8KwRqrdVEpbPqVV4a4lfU0gTvG9YAtn0tH4wngf4g10wDZ3i9qPNjjfY8bH3W_MyyKcX/s480/somu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinYkSv0R22Dkf94Pm0HJBSKnNgOMTzg8EcoPITFHcePCWPqFM-bPTttli_z7ES6UyE1DfhMChjddgcTYLjDJvZtpFOOMKd6t4W1hnR8nuhM3pA8R1u1P_A8KwRqrdVEpbPqVV4a4lfU0gTvG9YAtn0tH4wngf4g10wDZ3i9qPNjjfY8bH3W_MyyKcX/s320/somu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><u><br /></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"> Spring is in the air. The Parvathi Ramanavami Pandal is all set up. The deities are shining in their full glory surrounded by garlands and a shower of Parijata flowers. The hall is full of eager rasikas. And who is going to sing today? Of course, Vid. Madurai Somu!<br /><br />
Imagine this scene which was repeated year after year in the heritage home. Students came for the April concerts unmindful of their exam schedules. The Mysore Police were happy to regulate the traffic and allow the concert to go on far into the night. The best of accompanists exerted themselves to match the maestro in his energetic Manodharma, on-the-spot improvisations, audience-regaling antics, endless repertoire, niravals and swaras that took your breath away, and the constant spirit of "let's sing better, let's actualize Rama, Devi, Shanmukha or whichever deity we want right here, right now!"
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This timeless experience is being presented in our Finale with selections from many concerts spread over many years. Lalgudi, Chalakudi, MC and... on the violin. Raghu, Dorai,... on the mridangam. The best of ghatam and khanjira accompaniment too. What more can you ask for?
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The major ragas in this upload? A Kalyani to bring Devi dancing. A Kharaharapriya to make Sri Rama smile from his Mandapa. A series of songs that will make Shanmukha's peacock dance!
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Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-54455999567802088462023-01-17T04:35:00.002-08:002024-01-21T04:05:15.386-08:00A Free Spirit called MLV - 1979 Parvathi Concert<b><u><span style="font-family: arial;">A free spirit called MLV - 1979 Sri Ramanavami at Parvathi</span></u></b><div><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUraEue0TqjTfzsP74czRbVXtyVgZhyphenhyphenjACCAoS22tU-DCayd8g0RciasWeu3bi8IwG8VSGCkNMKdrZmUqKUq1ZzMLPf4YVKd2vI7cxN6rC3Hmrnh6VZskctttTLBXUAGrvH3-LFibkHRVsKg7YOQyAD_xq8jdk0twqvtRALzxE4nH2yuiStkR7skTbLs/s562/images.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUraEue0TqjTfzsP74czRbVXtyVgZhyphenhyphenjACCAoS22tU-DCayd8g0RciasWeu3bi8IwG8VSGCkNMKdrZmUqKUq1ZzMLPf4YVKd2vI7cxN6rC3Hmrnh6VZskctttTLBXUAGrvH3-LFibkHRVsKg7YOQyAD_xq8jdk0twqvtRALzxE4nH2yuiStkR7skTbLs/w389-h400/images.jpeg" width="389" /></a></div><br /><u><br /></u></span></b><div><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The heritage home of Parvathi is happy to share this concert recording from the Sri Ramanavami festival held in 1979.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">M.L. Vasanthakumari - Vocal</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A. Kanyakumari - Violin</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Tanjore Krishnamurthy Rao - Mridangam</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">? - Khanjira</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Date 15 April 1979</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Song List</span></b></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Namami Vighna Vinayaka - Hamsadhwani - Krishnaswamiayya</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Jaya Jaya Janakikantha - Nata - Purandaradasa</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Enthara Neethana - Hari Kambhoji - Thyagaraja'</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Enta Nivina Vintura - Urmika - Pallavi Sesha Iyer</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rama Ninne Nammi Nanu - Mohana - Thyagaraja</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Sridhara Pahi Dayakara- Jayantasri- Vasudevacharya</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Bhairavi RTP (Tanam Pancha Ghana Ragas) </span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Yamanelli - Shivaranjani - Purandaradasa</span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Ashtapadi - Mohana, Janasammodini, Sindhu Bhairavi</span></b></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sharanu Ninage - Durga - Purandaradasa (Charanam = Sindhubhairavi)</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mohanakalyani Thillana - Lalgudi Jayaraman</b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mangalam</b></span></li></ol></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><div>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DGPEtP22w9M?si=hQVEsVXX-JoN47jy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></li></ol></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></u></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-87816557811787094772022-12-23T21:53:00.000-08:002022-12-30T10:07:12.234-08:00The Excellence of Flute in Carnatic Music - Vid. N. Ramani<div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIdCANSumrc9W3Y4JL6DpM3CnsSdnB-uFs0E1QnLOUD1k_dJ-nGfp9-ZeML5XyWLrgneUnhGzMQBGWMvMQ50iccsSfUTE8kuRIUedYlxV4WB_bcrELRTaaogHwBLjn9Jn1pdUMtpf0lY8yBSvJtIou2y4oVh2OFqzAIdoAdfkGle6vnDl5H-5a2VC/s486/Ramani.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="486" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIdCANSumrc9W3Y4JL6DpM3CnsSdnB-uFs0E1QnLOUD1k_dJ-nGfp9-ZeML5XyWLrgneUnhGzMQBGWMvMQ50iccsSfUTE8kuRIUedYlxV4WB_bcrELRTaaogHwBLjn9Jn1pdUMtpf0lY8yBSvJtIou2y4oVh2OFqzAIdoAdfkGle6vnDl5H-5a2VC/w400-h336/Ramani.jpg" width="400"></a></div><br><u><br></u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><u><br></u></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;">
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<div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">The world of Carnatic music is best described in two words - Sangeeta and Sahitya. The compositions of the great vaggeyakaras are like mantras that invoke the Nada Brahmam in us as we listen to a chaste rendition of their songs.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">But as सङ्गीतरत्नाकर declares, गीतं वाद्यं तथा नृत्यं त्रयं सङ्गीतमुच्यते - the trinity of Song, Instrument and Dance is Sangeeta.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">The Srimad Bhagavatam declares that as soon as Sage Narada received spiritual instruction from his father, Lord Brahma, he began travelling the three worlds, singing the glory of Sri Hari, accompanying himself on the Veena!</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">But what about pure instrumental music? The instrumental soloists have etched a permanent place for themselves in Carnatic music. Notable among them, and the favourites of the home of Parvathi, were Vid. Lalgudi Jayaraman, Vid. Chitti Babu, Vid. Mandolin Shrinivas, and, last but not the least, Vid. N. Ramani.</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">The Wikipedia informs us that Vid. Ramani was born into a musician family in Tiruvarur. He learnt the art of the flute from his maternal uncle and legend Vid. Mali, and carved a significant place for himself with the best of the gayaki style of Carnatic music combining his instrumental virtuosity with adherence to the Pathantara of songs rendered by the best vocalists of the time.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">In this concert, Vid. Ramani is accompanied by the maestro Vid. M. Chandrasekharan on the violin, Vid. Vellore Ramabhadran on the mridangam and Vid. M.A. Krishnaswamy on the ghatam. The repeated exclamations of "Bhale", 'Bhesh", and "Kya Baat Hai" can be heard peppering the wonderful flow of music. Notable renditions are Hindolam, with wonderful essays by the flute and violin, and also Kharaharapriya, an eternal favourite of Sri. K. Srikantiah.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><u>Concert Details</u></b></span></div>
<div><br></div><div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Ramanavami 1980</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">N. Ramani - Flute</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">M. Chandrasekharan - Violin</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Vellore Ramabhadran - Mridangam</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">M.A. Krishnamurthy - Ghatam</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Date 26 March 1980</span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Song List</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">1. Chani Todi Teve - Harikambhoji - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">2. Sri Narada Nada - Kanada - Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">3. Enta Muddo - Bindumalini- Thyagaraja</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">4. Manasulo Ni Marmamu - Hindolam - Thyagaraja</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">5. Palintuvo - Kantamani - Thyagaraja</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">6. Rama Nee Samanamevaru - Kharaharapriya - Thyagaraja</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">7. Ni Dayache Rama? - Yadukula Kambhoji - Thyagaraja</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">8. Bhajan- Shivaranjani</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">9. Bhajan - Sindu Bhairavi</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">10. Arumugam Arumugam - Kuntalavarali- Arunagirinathar (Thiruppugazh)</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">(The recording is 42 years old and any shortcomings may be kindly excused.)</div><div style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div><br></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><u>Padma Bhushan Vid. Sudha Raghunathan - Sri Ramanavami 2005</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">The mantle of the MLV bani sits lightly on the most successful lady musician on the Carnatic scene of the past 30 years. Vid. Sudha Ragunathan has performed at the Madras Music Season every year since 1990, the very year in which her Guru Dr. ML Vasanthakumari breathed her last. </span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">In 2013 she was awarded the Sangita Kalanidhi of the Madras Music Academy. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third-highest civilian honour, in January 2015. </span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Her charities are very well known, carried out by her trust. Her musical collaborations, from performing with Dr. Balamuralikrishna to joining groups that created world music, are prolific and fascinating.<br /><br />
Vid. Sudha’s energy, charm and creativity were on full display during the Covid lockdown. She conducted a number of exciting sessions with musicians and other personalities of all ages in a warm tête-à-tête style. She even had live cooking sessions on her YouTube channel, where she sang and cooked at the same time! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">We have featured several concerts of Vid. Sudha Raghunathan in the Parvathi blog already. She has been a regular in our festivals and a much acclaimed star for the Parvathi audiences.
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<br /><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">In this 2005 concert, Vid. Sudha presents a rich bouquet of songs from many composers. Her easy style of reaching top octave notes is on display early in the concert. . All the accompanists are established names from Karnataka. Her essay of Todi and the song Chesinadella are captivating. Behind her ease in negotiating the high notes and an easy fluidity characteristic of her music lies hidden her lifelong Sadhana in a successful journey prophesied by none other than Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba.
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<br /><br /> Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin </span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> C. Cheluvaraj - Mridangam </span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> M.A. Krishnamurthy - Ghatam </span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> Date 21 April 2005 </span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> Sri Ramanavami Festival conducted at the home of "Parvathi"</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br />
Song List
<br /><br /><ol><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Viriboni – Bhairavi Atatala Varnam – Pachimiriyam Adiyappayya</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Gajavadana Beduve – Hamsadhvani – Purandara Dasa </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Ramanatham Bhajeyam – Pantuvarali – Muthuswami Dikshitar </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Mokshamu Galada – Saramathi – Thyagaraja </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Bhavayami Raghuramam – Ragamalika – Swathi Thirunal </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Dayarani – Mohana – Thyagaraja </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Akhilandeshwari – Dwijavanthi – Muthuswami Dikshitar </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Vidajaladura – Janaranjani – Thyagaraja</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Jesinadella Marachitivo – Todi – Thyagaraja </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Kurai Onrum Illai – Ragamalika – C. Rajagopalachari </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Maneyinda Santhosha – Ugabhoga – Yamuna Kalyani – Sripadaraja </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Hari Smarane Mado –Yamuna Kalyani – Purandara Dasa </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Brahmam Okate – Bowli - Annamacharya </span></li><li><span style="font-size: 85%;">Mangalam</span></li></ol><span style="font-size: 85%;">ಉಗಾಭೋಗದ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ: </span></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">ಮನೆಯಿಂದ ಸಂತೋಷ ಕೆಲವರಿಗೆ ಲೋಕದಲಿ </span></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">ಧನದಿಂದ ಸಂತೋಷ ಕೆಲವರಿಗೆ ಲೋಕದಲಿ </span></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">ವನಿತೆಯಿಂದ ಸಂತೋಷ ಕೆಲವರಿಗೆ ಲೋಕದಲಿ </span></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">ತನಯನಿಂದ ಸಂತೋಷ ಕೆಲವರಿಗೆ ಲೋಕದಲಿ </span></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">ಇನಿತು ಸಂತೋಷ ಅವರವರಿಗಾಗಲಿ
ನಿನ್ನ ನೆನೆವೋ ಸಂತೋಷ ಎನಗಾಗಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ರಂಗವಿಠ್ಠಲ ॥</span></span></div>
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Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-67560976684903953042022-11-18T09:30:00.012-08:002022-11-18T19:19:28.678-08:00The Singer for all Seasons – Vid. K. J. Yesudas <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>The Singer for all Seasons – Gaana Gandharvan K. J. Yesudas </u></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u> 1977 Sri Ramanavami Concert at Parvathi</u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"> By R.Sachi</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBQse0i-2FptpJW5_dzB6kkrwt0sfCZ7mtD9AnflAkQZz7za4ZLZ4Taj042yoiRZOk7py95TOUg3rk6aozzkcBQbr8eNJNJnJwdNhc0aTqYrU8elszfg1dLahgAq6vlHXACeV_aPxfM_3I1j7pvGj603dKxKfNwEO543jbufu9hqtqur01dDSVbLl/s720/KJY1977.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXBQse0i-2FptpJW5_dzB6kkrwt0sfCZ7mtD9AnflAkQZz7za4ZLZ4Taj042yoiRZOk7py95TOUg3rk6aozzkcBQbr8eNJNJnJwdNhc0aTqYrU8elszfg1dLahgAq6vlHXACeV_aPxfM_3I1j7pvGj603dKxKfNwEO543jbufu9hqtqur01dDSVbLl/s320/KJY1977.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="color: #009900; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"></span></div>
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<div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If we know
of a man for all seasons, and a man of many parts, then we can also begin to
appreciate India's singer for all seasons, Padma Vibhushan K.J. Yesudas.
To give a perspective of his achievements, let us see Wikipedia:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January
1940) is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical,
devotional and film songs. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest
singers in the history of Indian Music and also as a cultural icon. Yesudas is
estimated to have recorded more than 50,000 songs in various Indian languages,
including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Odia, Bengali, Marathi as
well as Arabic, English, Latin, and Russian, in a career spanning six decades. He
is often referred to as Gaana Gandharvan (transl. The Celestial Singer).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Yesudas won the National Award for the Best
Male Playback Singer a record eight times, the Filmfare Awards South five times,
and the State Award for the Best Playback Singer forty-three times, including
awards given by the state governments of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, and West Bengal. He received the Padma Vibhushan (the second-highest civilian
award) in 2017 from the Government of India for his contributions to the
arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Yesudas started his academic music training at
R. L. V. Music Academy, Thrippunithura, and completed the Ganabooshanam course.
Later he studied at Swathi Thirunal College of Music, Thiruvananthapuram under
the tutelage of the Carnatic music maestro K. R. Kumaraswamy Iyer and the doyen
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer but could not complete his studies due to financial
constraints. For a brief period, he also studied music under Vechoor Harihara
Subramania Iyer, after which he took advanced training from Chembai Vaidyanatha
Bhagavatar.<o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div>
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<div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">This author witnessed an event when the doyen Chembai was honoured with a statue of Goddess Saraswathi during his concert for some organisation at the Madras Music Academy hall. He, in turn, promptly conferred it on his disciple Yesudas who was accompanying him on the stage, saying that Gaana Saraswathi would like it to be given to him!</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CTtPt6xNRMxFBxwHRk4jDCxHdYgAgLqrDz3jFS3w2t5QJunxHA_bda8t_I7FlZRuNOLHxkrzzzFinLgB56cmyg8bf_H2Wnfx3aOoz-Cr1er_JLSxUFsM-YQCUTHYeCVQMDPGhyig4gHQ0Y3Wx6o0nIRpDVetZ8QK8Z7ERiNBXPDWh4I1mvohJLit/s400/Yes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="400" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CTtPt6xNRMxFBxwHRk4jDCxHdYgAgLqrDz3jFS3w2t5QJunxHA_bda8t_I7FlZRuNOLHxkrzzzFinLgB56cmyg8bf_H2Wnfx3aOoz-Cr1er_JLSxUFsM-YQCUTHYeCVQMDPGhyig4gHQ0Y3Wx6o0nIRpDVetZ8QK8Z7ERiNBXPDWh4I1mvohJLit/s320/Yes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We have
featured several concerts performed at the home of Parvathi over 5 decades by
Vid. Yesudas. He shares a unique chemistry with Sri. K. Srikantiah, and has come more readily to perform in Parvathi than even at the Mysore Palace Dasara.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In this
concert, Sri. Yesudas is accompanied by two Sangeetha Kalanidhis who have made
and continue to make our lives richer through their music – Vid. M.
Chandrasekharan on the violin and Vid. T. V. Gopalakrishnan on the mridangam.
There is also ghatam accompaniment by Vid. T.V. Vasan and khanjira accompaniment
by Vid. H.P. Ramachar. Sri. Yesudas sings in three octaves with ease, and
negotiates a plethora of rich ragas and famous compositions of the great
Vaggeyakaras, and gives nearly an hour of his popular film songs that draws huge applause. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hindolam is
very well presented. Then, there is a consummate presentation of Kharaharapriya
and the famous Thyagaraja song Pakkala Nilabadi. </span></p></span></div>
<div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 85%;">As the
Vidwan begins the alapana of Shankarabharanam, an idea strikes me. The most common scale in the world of music is this raga, also called C Major or the Ionian mode. In fact, this raga is the most natural scale offering a harmonic relationship between any two notes. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 85%;">True to its name- which
means Lord Shiva’s ornament, Shankarabharanam accommodates many different
interpretations, just as Lord Shiva has three ornaments - the crescent moon in his crest, the cascading Ganga down his matted locks, and snakes all over. Shankarabharanam has Carnatic gems of Krithis like Akshayalingavibho and Swara Raga Sudha, as also the currently hugely popular, child-friendly, Nottuswarams. These are like the splendid moon on Shiva’s crest. Then the raga allows for expansive, fluid, and evocative alapanas and Tanams (listen to Vid. Yesudas here!). They are like the Ganga cascading down Shiva’s matted locks! Finally, Western/ Jazz/ Rock/Heavy metal interpretations are also hugely popular. They are a bit like the fascinating snakes that coil
and slither all over the Lord's body! What a gift of music is Shankarabharanam from Lord Shiva to us all,
irrespective of our tastes!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The reason
for featuring this concert in the Parvathi finale is simple – the December
Music Season may come and go, but Gaana Gandharvan Vid. Yesudas will thrill any
listener in any season, and this concert is precious proof of that!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;">Concert Details
<br /><br /><div>K. J. Yesudas - Vocal</div><div>M. Chandrasekharan - Violin</div><div>T.V. Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam</div><div>T.V. Vasan - Ghatam</div><div>H.P. Ramachar - Khanjira</div><div>Date 4 April 1977</div><br />
during Ramanavami Festival, "Parvathi", Mysore, April 1977.<br /><br />
Song list:
<br /><br /><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Evari Bodha – Abhogi varnam – Patnam
Subrahmanya Iyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Siddhi Vinayakam – Chamaram
(Shanmukhapriya) – Muthuswami Dikshitar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">Pavanaguru-Pavanapuraadheesham
Aashraye – Hamsanandi – Swathi Thirunal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Govardhana Girisham – Hindolam –
Muthuswami Dikshitar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Pakkala Nilabadi – Kharaharapriya –Thyagaraja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Nalinakanthi- Thyagaraja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Adhiye Paranjyothiye –
Narayanagowla? – Vedanayagam Pillai<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Shankarabharanam alapana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Tanam with mridangam accompaniment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">10.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Enduku Peddala Vale – Shankarabharanam –
Thyagaraja<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">11.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Thirupar Kadalil Pallikondaye –
Bhairavi - Vayalar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">12.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Harivarasanam – Madhyamavati –
Dakshinamurthy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">18.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Shloka – Bhimplas, Anandabhairavi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US">19.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Mangala Darshana Dayike – Ananda
Bhairavi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sindhubhairavi) – Narayaneeyam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-65781518120716601532022-11-04T03:12:00.001-07:002022-11-12T06:27:58.995-08:00The Lalgudi Express - Celebrating the Maestro's Bani<br>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><u>Vid. Lalgudi Jayaraman - Sri Ramanavami 1987 Concert</u></span></div>
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<div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">By R. Sachi </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-R-M4RX_P4TnGMd7_dcdX5JyBvYhXZapBUXTTmtRXQm241j_2rXFGgoNoX1P2zQbfwReB9EQoMsWZJPrp5-ZrpK6fu6bDgutZsZklrv0-e4eq4sPCarLSytr6POCq9ez40K1trTR_m1lJcBhFTqtHchLDAGntfA2Yx-Pws8B-uSrJMyHrQe9hxbrv/s1000/C1sl-7bSjCS._SL1000_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-R-M4RX_P4TnGMd7_dcdX5JyBvYhXZapBUXTTmtRXQm241j_2rXFGgoNoX1P2zQbfwReB9EQoMsWZJPrp5-ZrpK6fu6bDgutZsZklrv0-e4eq4sPCarLSytr6POCq9ez40K1trTR_m1lJcBhFTqtHchLDAGntfA2Yx-Pws8B-uSrJMyHrQe9hxbrv/s320/C1sl-7bSjCS._SL1000_.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div>
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<div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The idyllic
city of Mysore boasts of a heritage railway station through which many of who’s
who have passed to experience the
wonderful city over long years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Among the
many musicians who arrived by train in Mysore to perform at the home of
Parvathi, the legend Vid. Lalgudi Jayaraman was a special one, who came
countless times.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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1987 Sri Ramanavami concert with
accompaniment by his son Vid. GJR Krishnan, Vid. Vellore Ramabhadran, and Vid.
Bangalore Venkatram, Sri. Lalgudi gives us a ride on the Lalgudi Express train.
There is a brisk tempo throughout, with never a dull moment. Vid. Ramabhadran’s
sarvalaghu style of playing the mridangam is like the steady beat of the train wheels
on a well-laid broad gauge track! This concert augurs for the Vande Bharat
Express being launched to garner many accolades.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sri K.
Srikantiah is quite fond of recollecting his long association with Vid. Lalgudi
since circa 1948. Both were very young then and a thick friendship grew. The
family of Parvathi celebrated every achievement and award bestowed on the great
vidwan including the first Chowdiah National Award in 1982 and an International Award for the best of world music. Readers
can discover the family connection with the Chowdah Hall too in this blog. We have
also shared many brilliant concerts of Vid. Lalgudi Jayaraman – both solo and playing as an accompanist, already.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It is now a happy occasion in our Finale to share
this concert recording from 1987, especially since Vid. GJR Krishnan has been
named as the awardee of the Sangeeta Kalanidhi title for 2022 by the Madras
Music Academy which will be conferred on him along with his sister Vid.
Vijayalakshmi.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Lalgudi musical lineage traces back to Saint Thyagaraja himself, as has been well narrated in the
biography of the Vidwan titled “An Incurable Romantic.” Being a truly
multidimensional musician and composer, Vid. Lalgudi Jayaraman won worldwide
acclaim for his many accomplishments as a soloist, accompanist, composer,
teacher, and the creator of the Lalgudi Bani.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This
concert begins with his own composition, a Varnam in Sama. The next song in
Dhanyasi is short and sweet with these words:<o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div>
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is summarising the entire personality of Sri Rama: Rama the beautiful one, the
powerful one, the giver of delight, the punisher of the evil, and the indweller
in the heart of the devotee. The same sentiment is expressed also in the Huseni
song so evocatively played by the maestro after a dynamic Shanmukhapriya.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The
rendition of Sakalagrahabala Neene in Athana is excellent.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="color: #000099;">Concert Details
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Lalgudi Jayaraman --------- Violin</span><br><span style="color: #000099;">
GJR Krishnan ---- Violin
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Vellore Ramabhadran ------- Mridangam
</span><br><span style="color: #000099;">Bangalore Venkatram ------ Ghatam
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on 11-4-1987at 'Parvathi' Sri Ramanavami Festival.
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Song List
</span><br><br><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color: #000099; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 85%; text-indent: -18pt;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 85%; text-indent: -18pt;">Tarunam en Thaye – Sama Varnam –
Lalgudi Jayaraman</span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Shyama Sundaranga – Dhanyasi –
Thyagaraja<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Paramatmudu – Vagadheeshwari –
Thyagaraja<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Sakalagrahabala Neene – Athana –
Purandaradasa<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Ramachandram Bhavayami – Vasantha –
Muthuswami Dikshitar<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Marivere Dikkevaraiyya Rama –
Shanmukhapriya – Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Raghuveera Ranadheera – Huseni –
Thyagaraja<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Bhavanuta – Mohana – Thyagaraja<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US">9.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Kharaharapriya alapana<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #000099;"><span lang="EN-US">This is
only Part A of the concert recording. Unfortunately, we are unable to locate in
the heap of tapes the second part of the recording. So, as the maestro builds
up the alapana of Kharaharapriya, the recording ends. It is as if Mahaveera
Hanuman has brought an invitation to the ensemble to move and to continue the
concert in front of Lord Sri Rama
himself in his Ayodhya Durbar. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #000099;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #000099;">We extend
our felicitations to Vid. GJR Krishnan and Vid. Vijayalakshmi on the Sangeetha
Kalanidhi award. We earnestly wish continued glory to the Lalgudi Bani in the
future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color: #000099; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><div><br></div><!--[if !supportLists]--><p></p>
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<br>Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-91864603230613593612022-10-21T21:13:00.005-07:002022-10-22T20:05:53.283-07:00When music is in the air... A Tribute to Vid. T. V. Sankaranarayanan<br>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><u>Vid. T.V. Sankaranarayanan 1998 Sri Ramanavami</u></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><u><br></u></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEbmGOgD3D6OZjZ5YGn80iTgHwXWYM2giw88TbpB9zuhnACm5A3sk80d1kTiVfzu_qod8lSPcoBxWKRJGgR1aA_Mmf2zFGvc3tdTJUxe2wQ_qEKpsmlOoos4ffbaS-gkqDZeARUUMSbU/s1600/1666332077473115-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEbmGOgD3D6OZjZ5YGn80iTgHwXWYM2giw88TbpB9zuhnACm5A3sk80d1kTiVfzu_qod8lSPcoBxWKRJGgR1aA_Mmf2zFGvc3tdTJUxe2wQ_qEKpsmlOoos4ffbaS-gkqDZeARUUMSbU/s1600/1666332077473115-0.png" width="400"></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"> Reflections by R. Sachi </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">The goal of human life, according to Sanatana Dharma, is to see divinity in everything. But where to make a start? The best place is where there is great music. When good music is in the air, divinity descends instantly.<br><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">यच्च किञ्चित् जगत्सर्वं दृश्यते श्रूयतेऽपि वा।<div>अन्तर्बहिश्च तत्सर्वं व्याप्य नारायणः स्थितः॥</div><div><br></div></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">The Upanishad declares that Lord Sriman Narayana is present in all that we see and hear around, inside and outside. To experience this, music is a great way.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">This experience is palpable for everyone who ever attended a Parvathi concert in person or virtually through this blog. This is the opinion of rasikas that we hear all the time. </span></div><div><br>
<div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 100%;">We start the Parvathi grand finale with a tribute to the late legend, Sangita Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan (1945-2022). In his six-decade-long active career, he has come and performed many times in Parvathi, with stellar accompaniments too. His most recent appearance was in 2011. Here, we feature an excellent, full-length concert from the 1998 Sri Ramanavami festival at Parvathi. The accompanists viz. Vidwans Mysore Nagaraj, Arjun Kumar and Ramanujam have enlivened his mercurial delivery. </span></div><div><br> <div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: 100%;">When one listens Sri. TVS, one visualises the sacred horse Ucchaishravas rising from the milky ocean, and flying into the skies. An unmatched beauty with adornments and bells, the horse sets our hearts racing. It is the same effect in Sri. TVS's music.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 100%;">Sri. TVS filled every moment of his music with vibrancy, energy, melody and pace. He batted like a T20 titan. His song choice was easy on the listener, not taxing the brain but satisfying the soul. His trademark sarvalaghu swaras were never boring. Inheriting that ability from the one and only Sri. Madurai Mani Iyer, his uncle, Sri. TVS added verve, resonance and raciness to his music.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">In this concert, we get a wholesome treatment of Purvi Kalyani, Charukeshi and Darbari Kanada, and realise that this vidwan is no less than any Hindustani doyen in extracting the Bhava in these ragas. Mysore Nagaraj matches him in melody and verve. The tani is sparkling.</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">The song in Purvikalyani is composed by Smt.Ambujam Krishna of the TVS family who received the sahityam in divine visitations. It has been tuned by Vid. Musiri Subrahmanya Iyer. We feel that the song is so evocative that we want to share the words here:</span></div></div></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span><span> </span>***</span><br></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>iniyAghilum ninai maname</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>raagam: pUrvikalyANi</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>taaLam: rUpaka</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>Composer: Ambujam Krishna</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>Language: Tamil</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div><br></div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>pallavi</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div><br></div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>iniyAghilum ninai manamE inakula tilakanai rAghavanai</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div><br></div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>anupallavi</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div><br></div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>punita tyAga brahmam magizhak-kanindu kATSi tanda kaNyanai</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div><br></div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>caraNam</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div><br></div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>minnal vAzhvu muDiyumunnam kanma vinaigaL kaNattil aghala</div></b></span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b><div>tannigarillA dAsharathiyai kannal nAma kAkuttanai </div></b></span></div></div></div></blockquote><p> <i> </i><i><span> </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Sahitya courtesy:Karnatik.com</span></i></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><div><b><u>Translation </u></b></div></span></div></blockquote><p> <span> </span><span> </span><span> P</span><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">allavi</b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>O Mind! At least hereafter, think of Raghava, the greatest of the Sun dynasty</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b></b></span></div></div></blockquote><p> <b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Anupallavi</b></p><p><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>The dignified one who appeared before the pure Thyagaraja and pleased him </b></p><p><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span>(O Mind)</b></p><p><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span> </span><span> </span> Charanam</b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>Before this transitory lightning life ends, </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>For the Karma of previous and present birth to vanish in an instant</b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>The </b></span><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">nonpareil </b><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">son of Dasaratha</b></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>He of the Kakuthstha dynasty with the nectarine name (think of him) </b></span></div></div></blockquote><p> <i> </i><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><i>Translation- Kind courtesy Smt.Sujatha Vijayaraghavan</i></b></p><p><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><i>***</i></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div></blockquote><div><div> <div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">We offer our heartfelt tribute to the legend Vidwan Sri. T. V. Sankaranarayanan. May his Atma be blessed by Bhagavan for all his service to Carnatic music. May rasikas continue to preserve his legacy through listening to his great music. </span></div><br><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">We also congratulate the gods who will get to listen to him live, in person, and not through an online stream or archive!</span></div><div style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br></span></div>
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T.V. Sankaranarayanan -------- Vocal
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Mysore M. Nagaraj ----- Violin
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Bangalore Arjun Kumar ------------ Mridangam
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G.S.Ramanujam ----------- Ghatam
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on 12-4- 1998 at "Parvathi" during Sri Ramanavami Music Festival.
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Song List
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01 Pranatosmi Devam Vinayakam - Nata - Tulasivanam ***
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02 Barayya Venkataramana - Saveri - Purandaradasa ***
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03 Ramabhakti Samrajya - Shuddha Bangala - Thyagaraja ***
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04 Iniyaghilum Ninai Maname - Purvikalyani - Ambujam Krishna ***
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05 Adamodi Galade Ramayya - Charukeshi - Thyagaraja ***
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06 Tani ***
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07 Sarasamukhi Sakalabhagya de - Gaudamalhar - Muthiah Bhagavatar ***
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08 Viruttam - Darbari Kanada ***
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09 Govardhana Giridhara - Darbari Kanada - Narayanatirtha ***
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10 Mangalam ***</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">***<br>
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</div><div><br></div><div><div></div><div></div></div></span></div></div>Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-53873030382890056302022-10-17T04:01:00.003-07:002022-10-17T04:48:20.029-07:00Dear Rasikas, Welcome back to the blog, with new concerts!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"> <u>A message from Mysore Prabha</u> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"> Wishing all the visitors to Parvathi Blog a very joyful, healthy and prosperous Deepavali!</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJx2XZ8QRoKUTBKQ1yxJnZMY99DIPyLNJuGlrXMdp16lYE-nyEhuBks7BDvgH1L5U4s4lIkQ8YKbgkwig0zkMFRyxiAlQtr03jjNTj-ABitBcNr1FE43PDvzv3Bc9r6xT3gFzVVCMnXOxYpjzxjU20dqBF8yPc6-0Tdc72pAKjJMfZ86kh-GmJh2T/s1280/IMG-20221017-WA0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJx2XZ8QRoKUTBKQ1yxJnZMY99DIPyLNJuGlrXMdp16lYE-nyEhuBks7BDvgH1L5U4s4lIkQ8YKbgkwig0zkMFRyxiAlQtr03jjNTj-ABitBcNr1FE43PDvzv3Bc9r6xT3gFzVVCMnXOxYpjzxjU20dqBF8yPc6-0Tdc72pAKjJMfZ86kh-GmJh2T/w300-h400/IMG-20221017-WA0008.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div>
<br /><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">There has been a long silence of almost three years now with our blog going without a posting. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">To be honest, it was as unforeseen to us as it was to you all. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">The world has gone through very difficult times these three years. So did two of our blog members, having had to face traumatic times after untimely loss of loved ones. Not to mention the pandemic wreaking havoc in all families world over. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> Looking forward, we will start the music postings once again. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">But, like they say, all things have to come to an end sometime. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">The man behind all the concerts in the blog, Sri.K.Srikantiah (my dear Father), is now 95 years old. Due to</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">circumstances and age, he is unable to organize concerts anymore. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">It was with a very happy and proud heart that we shared classic music from his personal collection with the rasikas through this blog till now. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Sadly, the collection is almost coming to an end.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">If only all the concerts at "Parvathi" were recorded and preserved! </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Grateful that we were able to retrieve, restore and share so many concerts from one single venue.
Well then, onto the "GRAND FINALE" run of the music postings from K.Srikantiah's treasure, starting this Deepavali. You can look forward to more than two dozen superb concerts by maestros, all recorded live in festival concerts organised by us.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">It is indeed a joy sharing it with you all. The music postings may come to an end, but the celestial music of legends, the creative music of upcoming artists, and the versatile, appealing music of artists who have devoted their lives to music will eternally reverberate in rasikas' ears. </span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">The blog will continue to be accessible as before with all the archived concerts intact. Please write to us with your feedback and comments.</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Yours ever,</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> MYSORE PRABHA</span></div><div style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br />
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</span></div><br />Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-57940707053288392712019-09-18T06:42:00.000-07:002019-09-18T06:42:11.924-07:00Audio stream for KVN-TNK-UKS-KSM 1972<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/1972parvathiKvn-tnk-uks-ksm&playlist=1" width="500" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The original blogpost is here:
https://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2010/03/ingeetham-should-come-before-sangeetham.htmlSachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-78060254034496553372019-05-07T05:51:00.002-07:002019-05-07T06:34:58.794-07:00T.R. Mahalingam 1964 Audio
The audio here refers to the 1964 concert with interesting music and more interesting exchanges between Mali and Chowdiah!
The original blog post is here:
<a href="http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2010/01/t-chowdiah-and-tr-mahalingam-flute-mali.html">http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2010/01/t-chowdiah-and-tr-mahalingam-flute-mali.html</a><br />
And now the music:
<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/616986999&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-43395182838210413112019-03-13T20:15:00.001-07:002019-03-13T20:15:34.074-07:00MLV 1970 CONCERT AUDIO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/1970-MLV-Parvathi-Mysore&playlist=1&list_height=150" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="500"></iframe><br />
FULL DETAILS OF THE CONCERT <a href="https://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2009/08/1970-watershed-year.html">HERE</a></div>
Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-17976257794758787842019-03-13T20:08:00.003-07:002019-03-13T20:08:52.545-07:00MLV 1971 AUDIO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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FULL DETAILS OF THE CONCERT <a href="https://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2011/02/musics-lady-virtuoso-m-l-vasanthakumari.html">HERE</a></div>
Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-25669966437108693352019-03-13T20:03:00.000-07:002019-03-13T20:03:03.519-07:00MLV 1964 CONCERT AUDIO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/1964-MLV-Parvathi&playlist=1&list_height=150" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="500"></iframe><br />
FULL DETAILS IN THIS <a href="https://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2010/10/remembering-gana-saraswati-drml.html">BLOGPOST</a></div>
Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-34699896453981666982019-03-13T19:51:00.000-07:002019-03-15T01:36:57.212-07:00MLV CONCERT APRIL 1, 1972 - AUDIO <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
AUDIO FILE FOR MLV CONCERT
PARVATHI CONCERT
April 1, 1972
Dr. M.L. Vasanthakumari --- Vocal
Smt T.M. Prabhavathi --- Pinpattu
Sri Tiruvallur Subrahmanyam --- Violin
Sri Tanjavur Krishnamurthy Rao --- Mridangam
Sri H.P.Ramachar --- Khanjira. <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="300" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://archive.org/embed/1972-MLV-Parvathi&playlist=1&list_height=150" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="500"></iframe>
CONCERT DETAILS <a href="https://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2011/11/gamanashrama-sung-by-ganavisharade-dr.html">HERE</a></div>
Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-56432020254772553782019-03-13T00:45:00.001-07:002019-03-13T19:37:24.505-07:00Vintage Violin Duo Prof. T.N. Krishnan & Vid. M. Chandrasekharan - 1972<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">The original concert blogpost is here:
It gives all details of the concert.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/2010/01/duet-of-two-violins-two-mridangams-in.html">Duet of two Violins - two Mridangams in "Parvathi", Mysore 1972</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The audio is embedded in a different format below:</span><br />
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<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/1972parvathiViolin-mridangamDuet&playlist=1" width="500" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Sachi Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03760974136191109937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8258321047748237281.post-8077192311038639632019-01-22T00:20:00.003-08:002019-01-22T00:23:46.302-08:00Flute Ramani - Audio1970 Audio:
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1973 Audio:
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1974 Audio:
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