T.N. Krishnan

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 30 Dec 2008, 20:45

Thanks for that treat, Kaumaaram. Have you had any luck finding that old Keeravani recording everybody raves about?
BTW, for those who are curious, here are some solo tracks from son Sriram Krishnan's concerts: http://sriramkrishnan.net/
The Cheta Shri reassures me that the sowkhyam that epitomises TNK's music has not diminished much in its inheritors.

kaumaaram · Post by **kaumaaram** » 31 Dec 2008, 12:01

Thanks, Bilahari. I am yet to get it. The AIR recording however gets terminated before the krithi ends. Hence, I am not uploading it.

Let me find the small LP stuff and upload it.

Kaumaaram

pgaiyar · Post by **pgaiyar** » 01 Jan 2009, 06:24

To : Kaumaaram

Dear Sir:

Please upload the Keeravani of TNK. Even it is of 1 second duration kindly upload. May God bless you and all the forum members with health and happiness. Also I wish you all a prosperous 2009.

Regards

Guru
01-Jan-09

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 09 Jan 2009, 08:23

An excellent interview by Prof TN Krishan,particularly I am so impressed by his view point about Sound Monitors, I hope all of the musicians take that viewpoint and implement it.

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/09/stor ... 980100.htm

kaumaaram · Post by **kaumaaram** » 09 Jan 2009, 12:03

Guruji: Here are the links. Please bear with me for poor recording.

http://rapidshare.com/files/181290487/0 ... m.MP3.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/181290489/0 ... a.MP3.html

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 09 Jan 2009, 13:13

Thank you for the Hindu article, rajeshnat.

It seems that we must wish this great man much joy of his 80th birthday tomorrow, and wish him many more, and wish for ourselves many more of listening to him.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 09 Jan 2009, 17:41

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 10 Jan 2009, 08:23

Kaumaaram, that Kiravani alapanai was just excellent and concise. Thanks so much. And rajeshnat, thanks for the link to that good interview as well. You're right- his views are very refreshing! And nice to see him praising the talent level in current day violinists as well where it may be easy to brush everybody off as inferior compared to the good old days! Coolji, downloading the MMI TNK clip now- one of my fave combinations!

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 10 Jan 2009, 09:08

Best wishes to Sri TNK on the occasion of his Sathabishekam

kaumaaram · Post by **kaumaaram** » 10 Jan 2009, 13:47

bilahari wrote:Kaumaaram, that Kiravani alapanai was just excellent and concise. Thanks so much.

Thanks. Will definitely look out for the complete version.

jnaanasoonyam · Post by **jnaanasoonyam** » 10 Jan 2009, 17:54

Attended the Maestro's 80th b'day bash today (sathabhishekam) at the Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple, Adyar. The roster of attendees was awesome and a remarkable example of the Carnatic fraternity turning out in united love & respect for one of its greatest vidwans. I was touched especially by the presence of almost all the great violin maestros: LGJ (represented by his son GJR), MSG, VVS, MSA and his two sons, MC. N Ramani was there. Among contemporary violinists I could spot only Shriramkumar, Sriram Parasuram and TNK's disciple Charumati. Percussion vidwans aplenty: UKS, TVG, Dorai, Bhakta, Easwaran, Sankaran, Vasan, Vaikom, Prasad, Mali, etc. Vocalists: Trichur Ramachadran, Alpy Venkatesan, Sowmya, Suguna Purushottaman, Ranjani-Gayathri, Anooradha Sriram, Brindamma's grandson Girish... Many Sabhanayakas: Prabhu of KGS, Venkatraman of MFAC, Sivakolundu of Rasika Fine Arts, Cleveland Sundaram. Violin virtuosos from the maestro's family were there of course: N Rajam, Kala Ramnath, Sangeetha, Sriram & Viji

Long live the Maestro!

Ragjay · Post by **Ragjay** » 10 Jan 2009, 21:19

I had the good fortune of being invited to this function and attended the same and sought his blessings in person. All top ranking musicians attended the event and there was a good crowd and we were all treated to a fabulous lunch May TNK Sir lead happy and long life. I did see N.Murali and Nalli Kuppuswami along with Cho.Bye Ragjay

pgaiyar · Post by **pgaiyar** » 11 Jan 2009, 06:10

T : Kaumaaram sir:

Thanks a lot for the TNK-Keeravani. God bless you.

Regards
Guru
11-Jan-9

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 17 Feb 2009, 05:27

A write-up from 'The Hindu'.
Date:17/02/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/17/stor ... 330500.htm

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 17 Feb 2009, 05:58

Thanks, Punarvasu. Nice to see a picture of LGJ and TNK together.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 07 Mar 2009, 09:21

Just found an old DD concert of TNK on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5VneaW9A0

Vandanamu in Sahana is an unusual entry in the playlist (never heard him play anything but Giripai in Sahana before), and Manavyala is main (good half-hour). Haven't watched it yet.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 18 Mar 2009, 11:53

Some great vintage photos of TNK:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tnkrishnan. ... toArchive#

A couple of Bangalore concerts:
http://sangeethamshare.org/prasad_badar ... gh_School/
[Sowkhyam personified- a really excellent vAthApi and a really good bilahari ragam in item 3]
http://sangeethamshare.org/prasad_badar ... Centenery/
[Nice rItigowLa and lovely hari nEnenDu]

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 03 Apr 2009, 00:52

A video of TNK's disciple - Charumathi
http://ishare.rediff.com/video/entertai ... ram/543090

swami61 · Post by **swami61** » 23 Apr 2009, 22:34

divakar wrote:
If you (or anyone on this forum) could share a non-commercial recording of Ariyakudi's Chatur Raga Pallavi,
sorry arvind, it is a commercial recording available in 3 cassettees. the third volume contains the chatur-raga malika RTP. I guess now it must be available in CDs as well. dont miss it. PMI literally sings with Ariyakudi.

Yes Mr Diwakar,
You are correct. Ariyakudi's cm renderings are available in 3 volumes in audio cassetes as well as in CDs.
You can try in all leading shops like Raj Video Vision, Thousand Lights, Chennai-6 and Giri Trading Co.
The chatur raga RTP is in the third volume and one should not miss it.

Swaminathan S

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 27 Apr 2009, 10:43

There's a Saveri RTP by MDR and TNK accompanies him. In his response to MDR's alapana, TNK plays in the mandra sthayi for a few minutes transporting everyone to an entirely different world. This is one of the most dangerous things to listen to while driving as the first instinct is to close one's eye and soak in the music. Unfortunately, I lost the recording and haven't able to find it since. If anyone has it, can they please upload it?

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 27 Apr 2009, 20:54

Found it - http://sangeethapriya.org/gvr/Saveri/RT ... ri-MDR.mp3

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 28 Apr 2009, 09:40

Wow, thanks for that link, shripathi. Easily one of the best sAvEri alapanais I've ever heard, both by MDR and TNK. MDR uses some lovely rare repetitive phrases in his essay and TNK's response centered around the mandra panchamam is just outstanding. He uses the DP... DP...DPMPDP.... DPMPDPM..... DP... type phrases that he's generally quite fond of and uses more often in bhairavi. The thanam in varying kalapramanams is excellent. And MDR's kalpana swaras at the close of the pallavi gliding gently to the madhyamam are so lovely with Pazhani anticipating well. This is music at its best. Thanks again!

Enna_Solven · Post by **Enna_Solven** » 02 Jun 2009, 06:19

bilahari wrote:Just found an old DD concert of TNK on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5VneaW9A0

Vandanamu in Sahana is an unusual entry in the playlist (never heard him play anything but Giripai in Sahana before), and Manavyala is main (good half-hour). Haven't watched it yet.

Curious about what happened at 4:38 where TNK starts to play the charanam in 'Vandanamu.' Why did he restart? Was ghatam vidwan not ready?

visaalam · Post by **visaalam** » 02 Jun 2009, 06:45

shripathi_g wrote:Found it - http://sangeethapriya.org/gvr/Saveri/RT ... ri-MDR.mp3

it is here:
http://sangeethamshare.org/gvr/Saveri/R ... ri-MDR.mp3

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 02 Jun 2009, 07:27

Enna Solven, did TNK pick it up one beat prematurely? I too was wondering what happened and I didn't follow the tala progression. I don't think he'd need to wait for the upapakkavadyam surely?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 02 Jun 2009, 07:47

There are a couple of excellent TNK concerts here:

http://www.sangeethamshare.org/sl/T_N_K ... ENNAI_05_/
This concert features a really elaborate bhairavi RTP that easily ranks amongst the best I've heard in this raga. The raga alapana is searching and filled with sowkhyam, and the bhairavi thanam is excellent, followed by a brilliant ragamaliga thanam especially in nIlAmbari and bowLi. The thani is great as well. I do not know much about the mrudangam vidwan, but his accompaniment is very good.

http://www.sangeethamshare.org/sl/T_N_K ... ANGALORE_/
A nearly three hour concert with several vidwans in the audience, going by the chatter during the concert. A top notch concert in ARI style, with several crisp and interesting raga alapanais (mukhari ragam and mandra sthayi dominated nIlAmbari ragam are noteworthy), and all the kalpanaswaras are handled excellently (very melodious swaras in hamsadwani). The kAmbOji rendition has ARI written all over it and is just brilliant. There's also an interesting and rather humorous moment in rAma katha sudha--listen to it.

appu · Post by **appu** » 02 Jun 2009, 07:49

Enna Solven and Bilahari. Sometimes when you are engrossed and immersed in the music you tend to loose count of the talam. In this case TNK started on the last veechu. realised when he looked up and saw the talam that the ghatam artist was putting.

Now on the flip side many a times the ghatam artist could have picked up the count incorrectly which I highly doubt. I have seen it happen however at many instances. I just looked at the clip from about 4:13. I will go back and listen to it carefully and put talam from the beginning to see if the ghatam artist picked up the talam incorrectly.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 03 Jun 2009, 02:45

appu, you are correct in your observation. TNK picked it up ahead of the eduppu, realized it and then started it again at the right place. Ghatam artist thalam keeping was correct.

appu · Post by **appu** » 03 Jun 2009, 05:32

VK, So that settles it. However in regards to instrumentalist they have a lot to do in terms of multi tasking, which includes keeping the talam, the kirtanam itself , development of ragam etc. In one kutcheri, I heard Vellore ramabhadran sing the charanam when the main artist forgot the line. So it boils down to being a team work on stage, and that was the hallmark of yester year musicians, I think.

Enna_Solven · Post by **Enna_Solven** » 03 Jun 2009, 05:37

Thank you all. Thalam is beyond me. Just when I think I got it, I drift t away. I keep quiet in concerts to avoid irritating others and concentrate on ragam.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 03 Jun 2009, 12:19

appu: I know what you mean. Understood. On top of that, personally for me, it is not a big deal at all. This is a convention anyway. Layam wise, he was right on target, his eduppu was correct with respect to the beat. It is just that it was wrt to the prior beat. If he had continued and everyone adjusted to it, nothing would have been lost, it just means resetting the avarthanam beginning. Had the mridangist played a theermanam then it is a different matter, it makes sense to strictly obey the beginning of the avarthanam. I realize this is a radical and liberal position to take but I do not see a huge laya violation if someone does that.

In fact, I find the awkward and unnatural pause waiting around for a complete avarthanam a bit annoying. This sometimes happens when the artist misses the eduppu ( especially with the 1.5 desAdi eduppu ). Then they have to wait for the whole avarthanam to finish to take that back up. If the mridangist is just playing regular strokes rather than a micro-korvai-like theermanam, someone should start a new trend whereby the artist chooses to reset the thala avarthanam with some kriya so everyone adjusts. This can be done at the transition point between P and AP and between P and C. We will call it emotional rhythm. Who knows, it may actually sound quite dynamic and provide for a little bit of variety.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 04 Jun 2009, 08:44

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 30 Aug 2009, 12:19

TNK and Viji play gajAnanayutam in this video:
http://video.webindia123.com/music/viol ... /index.htm

Electrifying kalpana swaras!

Ragjay · Post by **Ragjay** » 02 Oct 2009, 22:33

Bilahari I have uploaded all the concerts in sl folder. There is I am told a Lalgudi TNK concert recording......any chance...Ragjay

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 03 Oct 2009, 05:26

Ragjay, I am extremely grateful to you! You have uploaded some excellent concerts of his, particularly that 3-h ARI-esque Bangalore concert. An LGJ-TNK concert - wow! Would love to hear that if anybody has it! By the way, any luck contacting Shankara Nethralaya for TNK's US concert recordings?

Sri TVG has uploaded a brilliant AIR national program of TNK recently. The bahudari (with a really creative alapanai) and tODi are out of this world, and the concert ends with a gorgeous parulannamATa.

Ragjay · Post by **Ragjay** » 03 Oct 2009, 08:23

No Luck so far regarding the Sankar Netralaya concerts.I was told that the videos are available I have not looked out for them as yet. I have some concerts which I shall upload after conversion.I shall try to purchse these videos and inform youBilahari.Please contact off line Bye Ragjay

rajesh_rs · Post by **rajesh_rs** » 02 Nov 2009, 14:00

I have loved TNK's music, but I think that today, I heard TNK actually turning in a bad performance. I heard "Raga of the Day" (Kharaharapriya) on Sunaada.in and was not impressed with the apaswaras, pauses and excessive use of a single phrase. I don't know which concert it was, but I hope the other songs in it were good.

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 20 Nov 2009, 09:43

The November 2009 issue of "Sruti" features a cover story that I wrote on Prof. TNK. A teaser is avbl here: http://sruti.com/2009/sruti_magazine_no ... coverstory
To read the full story, you need a subscription to the print edition

Gamakam · Post by **Gamakam** » 09 Dec 2009, 16:47

http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.co ... %e0%ae%bf/

appu · Post by **appu** » 09 Dec 2009, 20:06

Hello,

Can somebody please translate the article in English.

vasu_balaji · Post by **vasu_balaji** » 15 Jan 2010, 16:16

Sir,

I was trying to get the keeravani lp song for so many years. I was so glad to see the links

Guruji: Here are the links. Please bear with me for poor recording.

http://rapidshare.com/files/181290487/0 "¦ m.MP3.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/181290489/0 "¦ a.MP3.htm

unfortunately both the links are not working any more. can some one who have already dowloaded the song please upload it or send to my mail vasu.balaji@gmail.com.

i was searching for the song for more than 3 decades.

please help .

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 15 Jan 2010, 20:39

Vasu Balaji,

Unfortunately it will not be shared here. You might need to get it elsewhere since we do not encourage sharing copyrighted recordings.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 15 Jan 2010, 22:00

The links posted were of an AIR recording - it should be OK to reupload and I will do so today.

vasu_balaji · Post by **vasu_balaji** » 15 Jan 2010, 23:59

Thank you so much Bilahari. i will be eagerly awaiting sir. thank you so much once again.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 16 Jan 2010, 04:43

kIravANi ragam: http://www.sendspace.com/file/b6hqjj
kaligiyunTE: http://www.sendspace.com/file/tf81xu

The krithi is incomplete. Contact me via forum e-mail if you want more TNK music.

vasu_balaji · Post by **vasu_balaji** » 16 Jan 2010, 12:00

Thank you so much for uploading the song again. eventhough its incomplete i cant express the joy in my heart. it took 30 long years to hear it again. my pursue for the complete song will however continue and if i get it i will definitely share it here. thank you so much sir. I will contact you through forum e-mail.

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 18 Jan 2010, 15:31

This invitation/posting is being place here on the suggestion of member Bilahari

Please welcome to a violin-mridangam duet featuring T.N. Krishnan-M.Chandrasekharan-Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman and Tanjavur Upendran performed in "Parvathi" Mysore 1972 http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

Gamakam · Post by **Gamakam** » 24 Mar 2010, 22:11

Nostalgia: Remembering a TNK concert experience, http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.co ... algia-tnk/

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 26 Mar 2010, 12:40

Nice e-mail - thanks, Gamakam!

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 04 Apr 2010, 02:23

Respected Members,

Vidwan T.N. Krishnan's performances in just this one house "Parvathi", Mysore, have been so innumerable and so memorable over these decades that only recently we really started to assess the counts against him and of the other giants. We hope to post these numbers sometime. In the meantime, please welcome, at your convenience, to several of his classical performances with a most recent posting of him accompanying Vidwan K. V. Narayanaswamy in 1972.

http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

rasikas.org

T.N. Krishnan

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