Kalyana Vasanta - The Infuser of Freshness - M Balamuralikrishna - Annavarapu - Upendran - 1979
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Rāga Kalyānavasanta is known to be a rare rāga handled only by Saint Tyāgarāja for the first time. Musicians during his time and those who lived before are believed to have not made any composition in this rāga.
While the rarity of the rāga and its creation is attributed to Saint Tyāgarāja, who has composed two kritis in Kalyānavasanta, Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (BMK) has also contributed for the development of this rāga though his beautiful composition “gānamālinchi kāvavé” invoking the deities of Kanchi Kāmākshi and Madhurai Meenākshi.
The story behind this composition as narrated to us by Sri. B M Sundaram, (BMS) a well-known musicologist and disciple of BMK, is something that rarely happens for one to experience in one’s life time.
It probably happened in the early sixties. Both BMK and BMS were travelling in a night train, heading to Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu for a concert. They were comfortably sleeping in a coupe and all of a sudden, BMK woke up from his sleep and goaded his disciple to also wake up as he wanted to sing something. BMS, being meticulous and a disciplined disciple, always carried with him something to write down and was ready, pushing back his sleep.
BMK started to hum the rāga Kalyānavasanta, squatting on his bunk bed in the moving train, and sang the composition “gānamālinchikāvavé,” line by line and went back to sleep like a baby.
Then, BMS not only wrote down the lyrics of the song but he also captured the essential notes of the song as BMK sang them.
The next day, BMK and BMS were at the temple town Madhurai having come from the other temple town Rameshwaram. BMK took up the rāga Kalyānavasanta in his concert and presented the composition “gānamālinchikāvavé,” as an offering to the presiding deity of Madhurai for the first time.
BMS, when he completed his narration of this story, posed a question. He asked “Do you know, my guru has been generous enough to add my name in this composition?” As we were recollecting the lines of this song in the hope of quickly finding it to respond, BMS chuckled saying “né nammipādina.. Sundara..Muralī..gānamālinchi”
Savour this beautiful composition, rendered in a rAga that infuses freshness, in a live concert held in 1979.
ప్రపంచంలో ఏదైనా ఇంత మధురంగా ఎలాఉండగలదండీ. ఆయనకి ఆయనే సాటి.
Good vibrations and sacred text,. 🙏
Dr SRN MURTHY, ADVOCATE AND PSYCHOLOGIST
My god...How fresh like the spring bloom...Guruji always takes you to new dimensions...Srinivasa murthy garu adds another dimension with his deep research notes and excellent cover with good sound reproduction...All these make you addictive...What an exhilaratingly divine experience
Sundara Murali gaana vilaasam! Listening to BMK from 2:59 to 3:19 is Kalyaanam and evergreen as Vasantham! Thanks to you all, Murthyji.
Very good effort (a kind of Tapas indeed!!) in bringing out these old and rare collections. The story line truly added gold coating to the video.
My sincere thanks and appreciation to Sri. T K Ramkumar for his support in bringing out this recording for posterity.
Yes , B M S name is there in the composition . Thanks for making me understand Today with narration , thanks Sri Ram kumar & Murthy.
excellent sir I was just 6 years old .everyday I used to listen this song.
Many many thanks tosrimurtygaru.
I was thrilled to hear this first when Sri bmk was teaching to smt abhayambika in his house.and later in a concert ony request
సుందర మురళి మోహనంగా ఉంది
Thoughtful improvisation by BMK in including the name of his disciple in the lyrics. Great feeling
Superb rendition! Sahitya is too good.
In the swaram he sings ..Sa Ma Ganamalinchi...
I am so happy to hear of guruji music.thank you sir vj.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The beauty of the Kalyan Vasanth is presented in its all dimensions by BMK.
Thanks to sri Srinivasa Murthy Garu