1966 Madras Music Academy - M Balamuralikrishna - M S Gopalakrishnan - Tanjore Upendran - Part 2/2
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- 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).
In Part 2, BMK has presented an exclusive Ragam Tanam and Pallavi and I would like to share an excerpt from a book “Splendour of Swaras - An Authorised Biagraphy by Kala Bharati B N Sundaram.”
“Generally, Balamurali never repeated any pallavi (RTP), for a second time, unless he was requested to do so. He is capable of composing any number of pallavis or kritis, in a moment’s time, studded with novelty in them.
“I want to mention here about one of his ‘brain-teasing’ pallavis. That concert in Music Academy, Madras raised the eyebrows of many.
“He rendered a pallavi, ‘nagasvarAvaLi hitE - parama hamsa dhwani virAjitE’ in two ragas, namely Nagasvaravali and Hamsadhwani. But the technique he adopted to sing these two ragas was unprecedented. Nagaswaravali has ‘ s g m p d s - s d p m g s’ as the arohana and avarohana, while Hamsadhwani has ‘s r g p n s - s n p g r s’, both pentatonic. If the madhyamam of Nagasvaravali is taken as shadja, by the method of modal shift of Tonic, the result would be Hamsadhwani. Balamuralikrishna employed this and rendered it.
The Poorvanga (first section) - nagasvarAvaLi hitE - was in Nagasvaravali raga, while the Uttaranga (latter section) - parama hamsa dhwani virAjitE - was also rendered in the same Nagasvaravali raga, but taking its madhyamam as shadja, there by sounding it as Hamsadhwani. The tala was Trishra Jhampa in khanda gati.
“This rare feat, he executed in three speeds of tempo, effortlessly. To pass comments, even appreciatively, on witnessing one’s acrobatics on trapeze would be easy for anyone, but the difficulty and risk involved are known only to the acrobat. Music is abstract and cannot be explained in mere words.
“Victor Hugo wrote, ‘Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which, it is impossible to be silent’. Many musicians in the audience, that day, were awe-struck. In the beginning, it was not easy for them to perceive what was being done on the stage. It took time for them to recover from the stupor.
“Soon after the concert, many went on the dais and appreciated Balamuralikrishna’s tantalising pallavi and the novel manner of execution that could never be imagined by anyone else.
“Some of his close friends asked him, why he ventured to demonstrate such an intricacy. He smilingly said, ‘if not in Music Academy, where else? …’
00:00 🌹 Welcome to the Part 2 of the Album
00:00:30 1️⃣ enda-nEramO - bhairavi - rUpaka - BMK
00:05:40 2️⃣ shara-shara - kuntala-varALi - Adi -Tyagaraja
00:11:39 3️⃣ RTP in nAga-svarAvaLi_& hamsa-dhwani - trishra-jhampE khanDa-gati
00:46:40 4️⃣ bruhadhIshwara -kAnaDa - rUpakam -BMK
00:53:00 5️⃣ pravisha-radhE - kOsala - Adi - Jayadeva
00:59:26 6️⃣ Tillana - chakravAka -Adi - BMK
01:04:25 7️⃣ Mangalam - saurAshTram - Adi - Tyagaraja
Reference and Acknowledgement:
1. M Balamuralikrishna - Splendour of Swaras - An Authorised Biagraphy by Kala Bharati B N Sundaram. First Edition 1996, ISBN 81-7020-716-9
2. My sincere thanks and appreciation to Sri. T K Ramkumar for his support and help in bringing out this album.
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.
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.
Very melodious
He literally flooded the academy with his genius and us, his fans with bliss! What a ragam tanam pallavi?! Just flowed out from the strings of Saraswati Devi's Veena! What penance his parents have done?! They have blessed the entire world with their bala!
Thanks a lot Murthy sir for this wonderful offering. What a seamless merging of Nagasvaravali & Hamsdwani !! Only BMK the great can do & handle such complicated presentations. God Bless all.
Really an excellent collection
Wonderful vintage concert.each item was beautifully rendered by Balamurali Garu.pallavi in two ragas is nabhuto nabhavishyathi.only BMK sir can do it.only Murali can mesmerize the audience and can take them to the unknown World of joy.who else can do that feat. Thank you so much Murthygaru, for the wonderful upload with a beautiful exciting write up.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
_“Some of his close friends asked him, why he ventured to demonstrate such an intricacy. He smilingly said, ‘if not in Music Academy, where else? …’_
Darned right! Thanks to this kind of innovative singing, the ossification of the Academy has been delayed by that much. Also, the Academy's audience very likely had "stalwarts" listening and they needed to hear such innovations. Let us not forget that, for a long time, many were the naysayers about rāga creation by BMK. Even after he presented full-fledged compositions in these new rāgas. So, 100% right; if not at the Academy, then where?
THANK YOU MURTHY GAARU - AS USUAL YOUR "REMASTERING TECH" HELPED TO ENJOY THE YOUNG TENDER VOICE OF BMK SANS THE MIKE NOISE
Thank you sir for this gem 🙏
thank you regards
It is indeed a rare vintage.
Hats off to Srinivasa Murthy. Beautiful rendering by balamurali Krishna and equally able support by m.s. gopalakrishnan and tanjore upendran.-a.naga bhushana
Utter bliss
I fervently hope, from the bottom of my heart, that BMK garu's compositions like the Bhairavi one here or others (Chakravaka, Kaanada) have been learnt by one of his sishyas and are being taught to others. Compositions are alive only if people sing them and gems like those of BMK should not be allowed to disappear silently. They should also be noted (lyrics), notated (melody and rhythm), performed and taught 🙏🏽
Mind blowing vintage concert. Lovely co-artists to support BMK. Thanks sreenivasagaru and all those who assisted you in remastering and reproducing this masterpiece. 🙏
Super Nagaswaravali....pallavi...
Ragam yadukulakambhoji.
Tishra jhampa or Chaturasra jhanpa ???
Sreenivasa Murthy garu,one more request please. Sir,can you find the tyagaraja Kriti- srirama, jayarama sringararama.... Sung by the great maestro? thank you sir.
This has been uploaded sometime back. Not sure if you had a chance to see this album.
Tyagaraja's Divya nāma & Utasava sampradāya sankīrtana - A Six Pack Concert - M Balamuralikrishna ua-cam.com/video/5dKUSUdwPJY/v-deo.html
dear murthy garu
sir - is it possible to get the lyrics of enda nEramO (bhairavi), is it in telugu ?
Hello sir!
I am not sure about Telugu version and do not have the lyrics with me.
@@SreenivasaMurthy sir
Is this Kriti rendered in Tamil now in the present upload? Because I am unable to understand the language (unfortunately I don't know Tamil)
The kriti is in Tamil for sure, it is enda nEramum (meaning: at all times) not enda nEramO