Balamuralikrishna

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rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

arasi wrote:BMK and TNS, defying the saying :)
And Smt MSS too?

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Of course!

jayaram
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Post by jayaram »

Exquisite rendition of Sujana Jeevana by the maestro:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7Zvr3PDtY[/youtube]

vijayagopal
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Post by vijayagopal »

vandE mAtaram andi mAtaram
Salutations to the mother said my generation.

A: mundaDugiDu mana bhAvitaram
Our future generation will progress

pondudu-mAnanda-mandaram ( pondudumu=anandamu=andaram)
We will all attain happiness

C: virisenu bhuvipai aravindam
A lotus has bloomed on the earth

kurisenu manapai makarandam
The nectar rained on us.

merisenu muraLI svarAla andam
The beauty of the Murali's swaras glittered.


murisenu kavi gAyaka brndam
The collection of poets and singers was happy.

Gerry_Gerry
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Post by Gerry_Gerry »

Does someone have teh full concert (I guess it is 1968, Music Academy in Madras), with MSG and UKS and kanjira (?). Balamurali tails off a bit in his trademark Nagumo, but the song before that in Todi, Emi Chestinemi, is the one I am interested in. The recording of this concert in my possession starts unfortunately at the point where only 5 minutes of the todi alapana are left, and from then on it is a 45 minute piece. But even in this truncated 5 minute alapana, there is sufficient evidence that something special is in store, and after violin alapana, BMK polishes off the song quickly, and from that point onwards it is "fasten your seat belts" stuff. The swaras are highly complex, intricate, move from stage to stage beautifully and last for a full 25 minutes. Balamurali simply goes into celestial orbit, and the accompaniments are lifted to a different zone altogether. Those who were there that day must have had a vision of the divine. The rest of the concert is inevitably an anti climax and the recroding is not of very good quality, but despite that, is quite enjoyable too. I hope I have written enough to inspire some one to dig the full piece or concert out. I dont have the music in a digital version, hence cannot upload my piece. I would be grateful for a full concert recording.
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sriramnh
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Post by sriramnh »

Hello BMK Fans,

Did you all know that Varistha means " Excellence that cannot be excelled " is a series of concerts to be remembered by the present generation. The celebrated legend Dr. BMK's performances are definitely historic and should be followed with a lot of dedication.

I wanted to share this information with the fellow rasikas.

Thanks.

balusatya
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Post by balusatya »

He took up Sindubhiravi raga elaboration as a submain -3rd in the list for a concert inside Meenakshi temple ,Madurai more than 30 years ago. I could learn that Raga then on.

ragam-talam
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Post by ragam-talam »

BMK's guru Parupalli Ramakrishnayya singing Manirangu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2nXsOcz6Y

Truly vintage music

Nick H
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Post by Nick H »

Don't we need a need a qualifier in the thread title, as he is no longer the only Balamuralikrishna in the business?

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Post by srinivasrgvn »

ragam-talam wrote:BMK's guru Parupalli Ramakrishnayya singing Manirangu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2nXsOcz6Y

Truly vintage music
Can you tell me what song he is singing?

ragam-talam
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Post by ragam-talam »

rAnidi rAdu - composition of Saint Tyagaraja in Manirangu

cpblog
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Post by cpblog »

Please visit http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/ for two concerts of Balamurlikrishna in "Parvati", Mysore
(1) vinatage 1965 with M.S. Gopalkrishnan and T.V. Gopalkrishnan
(2) vintage 1971 with M.Chandrasekharan, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman and Vinayakaram

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Thanks very much cpblog. That "Vintage 1965 in "Parvathi" : Balamurlikrishna with Parur MS Gopalkrishnan and T.V. Gopalkrishnan" concert is just awesome. What a great Emineramau-Shankarabharanam by BMK. Having MSG going toe to toe with BMK on the nagumomu alapana was fun to listen to. Excellent recording quality too.

In the second concert, BMK sings "Peridi Ninnu Penchina - Kharaharapriya". This is the first time I am listening to this song. It does not sound much like the usual kharaharapriya, does it? Got curious enough and checked other sources of this song by BMK, he sings it the same way and everywhere it is tagged as Kharaharapriya.

BTW, your 'parvathi' web site is coming along great. There are quite a few wonderful treasures there for everyone to listen and enjoy. Thanks very much.

ignoramus
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Post by ignoramus »

VK

Believe the Kharahapriya song rendered by BMK which you mention above, was part of an LP released in the 70s. with V Seturamiah and Guruvayur DOrai if I am not wrong. I too could not find any reference to this, if you do get anything - pl do make a post.

vasanthakokilam
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Post by vasanthakokilam »

I found one cassette album by BMK which features this song

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ignoramus
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Post by ignoramus »

VK
the song list is the same as the LP. i think i saw this LP in 1975 or 77.

cpblog
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vasanthakokilam wrote:Thanks very much cpblog. That "Vintage 1965 in "Parvathi" : Balamurlikrishna with Parur MS Gopalkrishnan and T.V. Gopalkrishnan" concert is just awesome. What a great Emineramau-Shankarabharanam by BMK. Having MSG going toe to toe with BMK on the nagumomu alapana was fun to listen to. Excellent recording quality too.

In the second concert, BMK sings "Peridi Ninnu Penchina - Kharaharapriya". This is the first time I am listening to this song. It does not sound much like the usual kharaharapriya, does it? Got curious enough and checked other sources of this song by BMK, he sings it the same way and everywhere it is tagged as Kharaharapriya.

BTW, your 'parvathi' web site is coming along great. There are quite a few wonderful treasures there for everyone to listen and enjoy. Thanks very much.
Thank you Vasanthakokilam for your keen analysis.

We here are but drudges and scribes and the honor goes to these great souls who could uplift mankind with their god given gifts and keep our heritage alive. We are not kidding, but a great era has passed away and there are just so many gems in terms of music and anecdotes left behind from their days in"Parvathi". Just yesterday, somebody introduced us to a recording of 'GNB's first meeting with Vasudevachar' in Mysore and some great GNB wit! We will plan to see how we can share all of this as a part of our homage to these great souls! Once again, thanks to all of you who are keeping memories alive by discussion, by critiquing, by listening and eulogizing ....generation to generation the play must go on...

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Post by sreecons »

BMK turns 80 on 6 July 2010 . . . and going strong. He visited NZ last October. At a special music workshop, more than 50 carnatic music students + their teachers + parents & even a couple of grandparents learnt a couple of his songs. Once in a life time opportunity, indeed.

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Post by rajeshnat »

"Balamurali's style is said to be teasing - an alapana that leaves the audience guessing. But that style was not the one he used that day. " hmmm....

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/01/29/stor ... 390800.htm

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arasi wrote:Thanks, Meena!
thamizh saying goes thus: kural iruppavarukku viral edaRku? When you have a fine voice, why go for an instrument? viral is fingers, so anything played with fingers...
BMK and TNS, defying the saying :)
Has BMK evinced an opinion about the viola compared to the violin? He seems to still be the only CMusician who plays the viola. So why viola?

-Then Paanan

ragam-talam
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This article mentions the following:
"The only aspect missing in the concert was niraval."
Perhaps this explains why Prince Rama Varma also eschews the neraval.
See here: http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=13434
"I didn't expect a neraval and asked him after the concert why he doesn't sing neravals. He said that he finds most neraval lines rather meaningless and personally prefers to bring out the beauty of the ragam with alapanai and kalpanaswaras instead."

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[quote
Has BMK evinced an opinion about the viola compared to the violin? He seems to still be the only CMusician who plays the viola. So why viola?

-Then Paanan[/quote]

There is another artist playing the Viola. That is CG Kumaresan.

sunaada
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Post by sunaada »

Wish the legendary Padmavibhooshan Dr Balamuralikrishna Sir a very Happy 80th Birthday! Eagerly looking forward to his concert on the 31st in London...http://www.bhavan.net/event_detail.htm/84

mohan
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Best wishes to the maestro on his 80th birthday! It is amazing that he is still performing and touring at this age.

http://thehindu.com/arts/music/article5 ... epage=true
(the article mentions he is 81 but as far as I know he was born on 6 July 1930)

Nick H
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And still looking young!

Best birthday wishes to him.

munirao2001
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If the quote of Rama Varma, the musician and desciple of BMK "he finds most neraval lines rather meaningless" is correct and true version, it is highly incorrect, not acceptable and objectionable. Neraval is one of the highly evolved part of manodharma sangita aspect of KM, next only to Raga Alapana to show case the manodharma vidwath-comprising both raga and laya gnanam. The selected line(s) for neraval is taken from the original work of the vaggeyakara and can not be termed'meaningless'. Yes, if the performer takes up the line, mindlessly, it is definitely meaningless, not otherwise.
Neraval singing has become very rare and likely to become extinct, if corrective action is not taken immediately.

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Post by Nick H »

it is highly incorrect, not acceptable and objectionable.
In other words, you disagree! ;)

But... so do I, and I am surprised at the quote.

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munirao2001 wrote:If the quote of Rama Varma, the musician and desciple of BMK "he finds most neraval lines rather meaningless" is correct and true version, it is highly incorrect, not acceptable and objectionable.
I hope that some people realise soon that Musicians have a right to stick to their views and don't need to model or remodel their styles according to what those 'rasikas' find acceptable or unacceptable.

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sweetsong
The style is not the problem, but doing away with the tradition is the crux of the problem and this rasikas serious misgivings and objections is related to this aspect of KM. The performer has the freedom to avoid neravals, which majority of the performers are doing. But to give reason of 'meaningless', is objectionable.

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I was extremely happy to read the news/report that APGovt/TTD has decided to confer very special honor of Life time Asthana Vidwan title ( BMK is already a TTD Asthana Vidwan). I wish that AP Govt/TTD organizes the event befitting BMK's stature, in the same manner they did for the other recepient, Lata Mangeshkar, if not better.

ragam-talam
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Lovely kedaram played on the viola by the maestro!

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uz3XCIUViQ
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n6bBH0DZgk

Accompanists:
B.Sasikumar - violin
Mavelikara Velukutti Nair - mridangam
Thripunithura Radhakrishnan - ghatam

rajeshnat
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Write up of BMK in today's hindu
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2011/01/12/stor ... 290100.htm

In the photo,I can recognize the ghatam vidwan (Vikku VinAyakaram) , who is the mridangist and violinist(by any chance is that his stock violinist Annavarappu ramaswami)

anandasangeetham
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I think i raised this earlier too. though not a major issue but to just keep the records logical. Dr BMK had started performing at age 8 and he is 80now. He was not a performing widely inthe last few years (may be for 6 years? ) Even if he had been performing for 68 years and performing daily it would have been only 24820 concerts (add another 20 or so for leap years). Considering that he had to travel to chennai from Vijayawada by train that took almost a day he could not have perfomed on a daily basis. or he should have performed more than one concert per day. with his film commitments and overseas commitments would this have been possible?

Is my surmise correct or am i wrong some where?

If this is not worth discussing please ignore

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Here is song of Dikshadar in the Ragam sauviram. This was a recording from AIR.

E'-SWARA-010-DrBalamurali Krishna-Sarasa Sauvira - Ragam sauviram

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62i5C1xLDb0

sarasa sauvira -Ragam sauviram Dikshadar
Pallavi
sarasa sauvira rasanadi karana -
samasta-tara pushpa vanadhipate

samashti caranam
hari brahmendradyaradhita
halasya sundaresvara murte
(madhyama kala sahityam)
guru guha bhava tara bahu tara murte
guna traya rahita Sakti sphurte

Meaning:
the one who appreciates the delectable raga sauvira; the lord of pushpavana;

Samashti Charanam:
The sundareshwara form at madurai, adored by hari, Brahama and Indra; the form that is guruguha and others; the one beyond the 3 qualities and is the form of shakti.

Kshetra - madurai - pushpavanesvara By Shri V Govidan

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Guru - Shishya Thillana:

Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna Guru - Shishya Thillana (Part One)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU00btcBdns

Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna Guru - Shishya Thillana (Part Two)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F97rqISh ... re=related


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E'-SWARA-022-BMK - Hariye ghathi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mx4OUTAkaM


venkatakailasam

mohan
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From the movie Hamsageethe - 1975. BMK received India's National Award for Best Male Playback singer for this film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=argPFug4 ... re=related

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mohan wrote:From the movie Hamsageethe - 1975. BMK received India's National Award for Best Male Playback singer for this film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=argPFug4 ... re=related
Mohan
I liked it . In one of the comments it is put the first voice is that of ramana murthy(May I know more about ramana murthy).The Guru does not sing swaras but the sishya sings swaras , I personally liked both ;) . Is this movie a real life story of some yesteryear vidwans

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Rajesh - I was wondering who (Prof) Ramanamurthy was too as he sings well. Lovely to see quite an elaborate Carnatic rendition in a movie! I used to have the soundtrack LP from this movie. I don't think my record player works anymore however!

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The playback singers for the movie hamsagItE were Dr. BMK, and Smt. MLV, with lovely dancing by the kalAkshEtra-trained Smt. Jayalakshmi Easwar. The story, IIRC, is about a vidvAn, played by Sri Anant Nag, who pawns his bhairavi rAga, as well as a love story between him and a rAja nartaki.

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you can watch the film in several parts on youtube

Sreeni Rajarao
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Post by Sreeni Rajarao »

I thought Hamsageete, the movie was released earlier than 1975.

DVD (or VCD) was available in Bangalore - I was delighted to find one during one of my trips!

Movie was based on a novel of the same name by Ta Ra Subba Rao (known as tarAsu) a very popoular writer of his generation. Many of his stories were based in Chitradurga, the historical locale of Madakari Nayaka, Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan.

Movie was directed by G V Iyer (who also made Shankaracharya and Madhvacharya movies in samskRita language in the later years)

I believe the character of Bhairavi Venkatasubbiah was purely fictional.

I have also wondered about Prof Ramana Murthy - I have not been able to find more information about him.

Some of the Jayadeva aStapadi-s in the movie are very melodious.

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Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna makes a surprises entry at the Veenavadini Music School , Perla.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilPqjN3yKHI


Hanuma Anuma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFN8winMv2U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzCh6lLG-e8


Saraguna Gaavumu-Thodi pada Varnam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGlpuTKswRE


General clippings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nAlWNlboNs

venkatakailasam
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Dr. Balamurali krishna's birth day to day..
E SWARA BMK 019-okamAta--harikAmbhOji-Dr.BalaMurali Krishna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAvoG2YzFvw

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Dear Rasikas,

This is a request for a link to BMKji's recording of the Kharaharapriya kriti Rama nee samana

Thanks in advance,
cmfuser


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Did any one attend the 85th birthday celebrations of BMK
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 481511.ece


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