1966 Madras Music Academy - M Balamuralikrishna - M S Gopalakrishnan - Tanjore Upendran - Part 1/2
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- I believe that I have discovered some of my deepest convictions about divine music reflected in this vintage concert. It has created a milestone in my listening experience and inspired me to share some reflections about the concert.
I am aware that music like poetry, does not influence all alike, for each one evolves in a different measure. The essence of this concert, as I perceived in those moments of experiencing the stillness of mind when listening, is the merit and scholarship of rendition of an individual. It is an integral part of the merit and scholarship of rendition of other great masters. That is, the overall experience is cumulative and cannot be separated as due to one master or the other. This aspect can be easily observed and experienced while listening to both maestros, that is BMK and MSG, together.
I suppose, BMK and MSG together might have shared the concert dais in over 6000 concerts, but today we have very few recordings of the them available. From the few available concerts alone it may not be possible to grasp the complete dimension of their mutual power of co-creating fine music together, especially with such an order of anticipation in rendition. But I truly believe that this concert certainly mirrors that dimension, a rare facet of both BMK and MSG together.
Here is an offering of a restored and remastered vintage live concert of Dr. Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (BMK) held in Madras Music Academy in the year 1966. BMK is accompanied on the violin by Sri. M S Gopalakrishnan (MSG) and on the Mridangam by Sri. Tanjore Upendran (TU).
To facilitate an exclusive listening session, the concert is presented in two parts. It is hoped that this approach would help you enjoy listening to the entire concert at your convenience. This is based on the feedback and suggestion of quite many among you esteemed listeners, and for now this is experimental. That is, we will offer in this mode (of presenting in parts) for a while and see the overall impact on one’s listening experience.
Before diving into the listening mode, it helps to see what is in the album that can enhance our understanding and thus get into the realm of a wholesome listening experience.
00:00 🌹 Welcome to the Part 1 of the Album
00:00:06 1️⃣ Varnam -AbAla-gOpAlamu -amrita-varshini -Adi -BMK
00:06:18 2️⃣ manasulOni -hindOLa -Adi -Tyagaraja
00:27:40 3️⃣ kshIra-sAgara - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - Tyagaraja
00:40:51 4️⃣ EdAri-sanchrinturA - shruturanjani - Adi -Tyagaraja
00:45:57 5️⃣ sundari-nI-divya-rUpamu - kalyANi - Adi - Tyagaraja
Come, let’s savour the music in this offering, learn something new and discuss our reflections with others to facilitate the process of music for posterity by sharing and listening with the younger generation.
Acknowledgements: My sincere thanks and appreciation to Sri. T K Ramkumar for his support and help in bringing out this album.
Sri Purnachander garu (violin maestro) has informed me that he attended this concert (a pass given to him by his then guru, Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman) and was sitting around the dais in the Madras Music Academy (MMA) and he vividly recalled that the year was 1966.
Enormous service
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Murtygaru. Many thanks
Sri Murthy bringing out great occasions to all music lovers. We feel we sat in d audience.of yore. Wish such more justures on Choudaiah'
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I'm 75 and I hear this Varnam in Amrjthavarshini for the first time!! Blessings to all for those who sent this Amrithavideo!!! Thanks! 5.40 am.
Respected Murthy Sir
We rasigas are thankful to you for this gem of a concert
My thanks to Sri. Sreenivasa Murthy for the work he is doing in bringing out old recordings of MBK. As usual, no words I am finding to express the experience about the concert except using the word "GENIUS or specially gifted man" who only can sing like this........
Each time I listen to the same concert, I discover a new beauty and creative spark. He has no paralell and has given so much that I can barely soak up 1% to get my high of the day, each day . Blessed. thank you Sir!!
Thank you for sharing your reflections. I do feel the same way. Every time I listen to the music, I see a new visage that has not been seen earlier.
I am yet to see a musician ( man or woman) who can sing the brigas with the speed and clarity of BMK!! It's that God given voice that makes it possible. And, it's only MSG, another genius, who could match him note for note in every briga with clarity and speed. Lalgudi Jayaraman came a close second in accompanying BMK. It's not easy to follow BMK because most of his stage singing was extempore and the accompanying artists had no way of knowing what and how BMK would sing!! BMK himself has said that very often he decided what to sing only after reaching the venue!!! As for mridamgam the one artist who did full justice to BMK's singing was TVG. Upendran has done a good job here. 1966 BMK was just 36, at the peak of his career.. So, must MSG have been.
I have to agree with everything you have said including that he would often decide what to sing when he got to the venue. When he sang in South Africa he was very unhappy when the host wanted to decide for him what should be sung and he said to me that he normally judged the audience when he got to the venue and decided at that point what he would sing although that was not hard and fast ofcourse. He did sing two of my requests! I am a student of his and sat on stage behind him at this concert and drove him around exclusively for the 8 or so days he was in South Africa. I consider myself very fortunate indeed and especially the 3 years I studied under him in Chennai. I saw a side to his personality that very few people were priviledged to see. My gratitude for those 3 years cannot be described.
All music lovers love the services of Sri Murthy and really indebted to him for ever.
One of the greatest maestros of all times of Karnatic Music, Guru Garu at his best of classicism presenting all Thyagaraja's compositions and all in Adi tala, except his own varnam composition. This concert dispels the wrong belief that maestro does not deliver introspective and meditative qualities. This concert also proves that his music is not BMK music (his own false claim, unfortunately) but very much pure and pristine Karnatic Music. I am truly sad to note only 1,892 views and all the rasikas of Karnatic Music must listen to this great offering by Sri Sreenivasa Murthy Garu. Heartfelt gratitude to you Sir.
Endaromahanubhavulu andariki vandanalu. Beautiful concert. Thanks to Bmk MSG 🙏
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THANK U VERY MUCH MURTHY GARU
Balamurali ganapriyulandaru Mee runam teerchukoleru Murthy garu.Dhanyavadalu meeku.
I am recalling memories from Dooradarshan Spirit of India program _ TVK Sastry on Sunday
Though dr bmk is not with us srinivasamurthy has made a very very good service to carnatic classical music field God bless him
Surya moorthi Carnatic music is very sweet and energitc thanks
Marvelous work. Thanks a lot
Thanks for uploading
Let me share the ecstasy of narration by the
Famous Tamil writer Sri Manian during late sixties :-
(I try to translate his Tamil write up)
If we see a beehive movements of Rasikas , women rasikas in particular, and a tightly parked cars in Music Academy premises, it means there is a concert of Sri Balamuralikrishna inside !
So far I have seen such a crowd , only for Pt Ravishanjarji and now for Balamurali !!
I used to wonder what is there for such a crazy followership .
To check the same, I attended one concert of Balamuralikrishna.
From that day, I have become one amongst that ‘crazy’ crowd of BMK followers.
Original Tamil version :-
மெட்ராஸ் ம்யூசிக் அகாடமி வாசலில் தேனீக்கள் போன்ற ரசிகர் கூட்டம் , குறிப்பாக பெண் ரசிகைகள், மற்றும் கார்கள் நிறைந்த பார்க்கிங்கும் காணப்பட்டால் அன்று பாலமுரளிக்ருஷ்ணா கச்சேரி என்று புரிந்து கொள்ளலாம்.
எனக்குத் தெரிந்து பண்டிட் ரவிசங்கருக்குத்தான் இப்படி ஒரு ஆர்வம் மிகுந்த கூட்டத்தைப் பார்த்திருக்கிறேன்.
இப்போது பாலமுரளிக்கும் அதேபோன்ற ரசிகர் பட்டாளத்தைப் பார்க்கிறேன்.
அப்படி என்னதான் அவரது இசையில் இருக்கிறது என்று தெரிந்து கொள்ள அவரது கச்சேரிக்குச் சென்றேன்.
அன்று முதல் நானும் அந்தக் கூட்டத்தில் ஒருவனாகிவிட்டேன்
(என் ஞாபகக் குறைவு காரணமாக வார்த்தைகள் மாறுபட்டிருந்தால் மன்னிக்கவும்)
Nice recording. Appreciate the announcement of each kriti, like old AIR live program. 🙏 To the dedication of Sri Murthy to share MBK's music with us.
Audio quality is really good. Thanks for sharing 🙏
MSG sir use to say you have to Pooja aradhana to each and every swaram you play. Thats what he is exactly doing in kalyani alapana. He does aradhana through his sadhana
I feel that the in between announcements break the continuity of the concert. I find the information related to the concert very informative and thought provoking. My request is to not add announcements in between the krithis.
Thanks for your feedback. Appreciate it. We will do accordingly.
Was searching for the amrithivarshini varnam since ages.. thanks for uploading this😍😍
What a concert I have no words to say about this concert how beautiful hindola swarakalpana and kalyani ragam this type of concerts should be uploaded more and popularized more thank you sir for uploading this type of concerts🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊
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Inimayana gambiramana kural
Amritavarshini Varnam:Na bhooto-Na bhavishyatihi