M.L.Vasanthakumari

gmohan · Post by **gmohan** » 16 Jul 2009, 09:17

coolkarni, thank you very much.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 16 Jul 2009, 12:28

Coolji- I was looking for this song by any artiste. THANKS.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 17 Jul 2009, 07:02

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 30 Jul 2009, 06:29

Posted two pieces of a 1970 MLV concert in "Parvathi" Mysore...RTP in Kambodi and Manasunilpa in Abhogi at http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 02 Dec 2009, 14:41

A lovely tribute to MLV in the link below

http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/music/art ... epage=true

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 02 Dec 2009, 15:48

ragam-talam wrote:Vintage footage of MLV's mother's (Madras Lalithangi) voice!

Its seems that the speed has been screwed up - too fast, which means that the pitch is increased

Shalu · Post by **Shalu** » 22 Dec 2009, 08:34

This morning heard MLVs keesu keesu endru.....this lady is indeed evergreen. It was so beautiful. I think I have heard Sudha Ragunathan also sing this in one of the jaya tv concerts.Truly miss cooljis contribution

drkrsna · Post by **drkrsna** » 23 Aug 2010, 03:08

hi guys, are there any die hard MLV fans n UK?

mankuthimma · Post by **mankuthimma** » 23 Aug 2010, 07:59

Truly miss cooljis ...

heard it just now.have some interesting stuff

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 11 Oct 2010, 05:34

Respected Rasikas,

For all die hard fans of Dr. M.L. Vasanthakumari, we feature her in her 1964 Gowri-Ganesha festival performance at "Parvathi", Mysuru. With the impending week of 'Vidyarambham', Saraswati Puja and Vijaya Dashami we thought in a remembrance of her old songs and of the very great personality that she was.

Please enjoy our new posting at http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Oct 2010, 07:12

cpblog,
Your Parvati concerts are a pleasure to listen to. This navarAtri is special in that you bring to us the culture of Parvati--horticulture too! The stories you tell are reflective of the true ambience of the place. However great the music, if the surroundings, the hospitality of the hosts and the listening fervor in the audience is not there, the magic of music is not realized fully.. Of course, the rasikA minds also need to have an ambience within to relish the music without a sense of the self--at least in those moments of bliss.
Once again, thanks. Now to the music of the great MLV!
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What a concert! A detailed AndOlika, and that kharaharapriya.
Thanks again for the nAvaratri special, though the concert was a gowri-ganEsa special. The pallavi line was chosen by her for the occasion!

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 11 Oct 2010, 21:01

Arasi,

Your mind and words are as keen as an X-ray which zaps everything. We can only bow to you. Thanks!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Oct 2010, 22:16

Thanks for your kind words, but bowing to me will perhaps be too much because my name (arasati?) belies my status in life--a commoner

anandmurty · Post by **anandmurty** » 17 Oct 2010, 10:43

cpblog wrote:Please enjoy our new posting at http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/.

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Absolutely incredible Kharaharapriya! Thought I caught a quick sruti-bheda beginning at ~ 32:51 as MLV gushes in and out, back to Kharaharapriya. Couldn't identify the raga though with my limited capabilities!

Awesome that I would bump into this post after reading about her guru GNB's penchant for envisioning gopucha yati kalpanaswaras. Because in a commercial release with the Revathi RTP, MLV sings a lovely Kharaharapriya follwed by P Sivan's "Srinivasa" and sings her own gopucha yati kalpanaswaram at breakneck speed!

She's started the Tanam as I type, so will go and listen in silence...

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 17 Oct 2010, 21:45

Dear Sri Anandmurty,

Thank you, sir. This concert is very special to the "Parvathi" family and also we got a great feedback after posting it.

You will appreciate that the ravages of time had rendered the recording from 1964 somewhat incomplete, but the music is so great that we just wanted to share it.

You're right that MLV thinks of doing grahabheda at that point. But being a very spontaneous artiste, she moves on with the main raga.

Kharaharapriya lends itself to grahabheda very well. Ri- Todi, Ga- Kalyani, Ma- Harikhambhoji, Pa- Natabhairavi and Ni-Shankarabharana. Where MLV pauses, she could have branched off into Kalyani.

On the net, among various articles about this great singer, we found this:

"She had the natural flair for rendering ragams. She would handle ragams like Kalyani, Todi, Bhairavi, Kharaharapriya, Latangi, Harikambodi, Kambodi, Keeravani, Purvikalyani, Shanmukhapriya, Shankarabharanam, Madhyamavati, Shuddasaveri effortlessly and render them with full of raga bhavam. She was adept in grahabhedam or modal shift. She used to glide through easily from the main ragam to the derived ragam. Unless, a musician had strong grasp of the basics and was quick thinker, it is difficult to do grahabhedam in a concert setting. In a lec-dem situation, grahabhedam can be handled at leisure."

Wishing you many more musical delights during this auspicious season.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 29 Dec 2010, 04:11

An article in The Hindu of Dec. 29, 2010.
Date:29/12/2010 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2010/12/29/stor ... 290400.htm
Tamil Nadu
A voice that cast a magical spell on listeners
Partha

Excerpts from The Hindu Sport & Pastime, July 26, 1952.(I can not understand this line).

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 29 Dec 2010, 06:00

Punarvasu - thank you..what a wonderful trip down memory lane...

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 28 Feb 2011, 05:23

Dear Rasikas,

From your thrilling weekend with World Cricket, we wish to draw you unto the thrilling world of Dr. M.L. Vasanthakumari via this spectacular concert that she gave at "Parvathi", Mysore on April 8, 1971, coinciding with her felicitation for the Sangeetha Natak Academy Award. It was incidentally, the Navami celebrations of Lord Sri Rama, too.

Welcome to an event 40 years later! @ http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

sarang · Post by **sarang** » 02 Mar 2011, 02:31

For those who want to listen to Jayanthi Mohan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GUbGd6U ... re=related

There are more videos available

perarulalan · Post by **perarulalan** » 28 Mar 2011, 15:38

Does anyone have the recording of the famous Shubapantuvarali RTP of Smt MLV at KGS.. This was supposedly her last appearance at KGS..

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 28 Mar 2011, 22:18

If you like, the subha pantuvarali can be listened at my blog 'e'-swara at http://myblogkumara.blogspot.com/
It is a 31 mts. concert-presumably , a 1977 concert.
This ia available under "ML Vasanthakumari/Sudharagunathan/Radha Jayalakshmi"

venkatakailasam

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 30 Jun 2011, 23:09

remembering the queen on her birth anniversary
http://youtu.be/DtM0Ad6EZcc

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 01 Jul 2011, 11:09

That was indeed wonderful

Thank you Kedharm for the timely reminder on the 83rd birth anniversary of the legend.
I thought it appropriate to post this picture of Sri Sadasivam and Smt MS calling on Smt MLV on her 60th birthday to greet her and present her with a saree.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 01 Jul 2011, 16:05

Very nice photo !

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 01 Jul 2011, 16:47

A beautiful picture, Cienu. Can you identify the men in the photo other than your grandfather?

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 01 Jul 2011, 19:40

beautiful picture. thanks:)

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 02 Jul 2011, 08:47

Next to MLV is her husband Vikatam Krishnamurthy--a wonderful Mimic--once during a music festival in Bombay in the 50's at Shanmukhanada sabha he gave a 90 minute 'stand-up comedy routine--imitating Rajaji,Kamaraj et al and had the audience in stitches. The gentleman on the right looks familiar to me but cannot recall now.

Mama was 86 and Mami was 72--what radiance and "lakshmeekaram' in both their faces..
MLV died in 1990@ 62-just 2 years after this photo--the last year before her death,despite the acute suffering she went thro,she was very stoic about it.

A classy artiste--awesome talent but humble to the core,an elder sister to her disciples,treated the accompaniments with great respect and generosity. MLV loved my Mom's vattal Kuzhambu whenever she visited Bombay.

An embarrassing anecdote in my next post!!

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 19 Nov 2011, 05:15

Respected Rasikas,

We had an old recording from "Parvathi", Mysore of Dr. M.L.V.'s concert in 1972.
It was such a beautiful concert that in-spite of small audio irritations here and there we really wanted all of you to hear
the wide elaborations that she goes through, here, in her "Bhajans, Dasa compositions and Ragamalikas".

As usual she has a fine team to accompany her in Smt Prabhavathi, Sri Subrahmanyam,Sri Krishnamurthy Rao and Sri H.P.Ramachar.

Thanking you as always in your kindness,
http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

CPBlog Team

arunsri · Post by **arunsri** » 20 Nov 2011, 00:12

Dear Cpblog team

In the recently uploaded MLV concert with gamanashramA RTP - the kalyANi and bhairavi suites are from the previous Parvathi Concert in 1971 where she has sung a RTP in Bhairavi. The 1971 concert has Ghatam accompaniment which is clear in the neraval of the kalyani piece. This concert with kanjira as upa pakkavadyam clearly gives this away.

Please remove the two pieces from the upload of the new concert.

Thanks for the wonderful music, as always.

Rgds

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 20 Nov 2011, 07:01

Dear Arunsri,

We remain very obliged to you for your keen sense with the music, and for taking the trouble to point out these inconsistencies.
A true Rasika!
We hope we have made the modifications as you desired (please let us know if not).

Best Wishes,

CPBlog team

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 28 Feb 2012, 08:44

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMLiY8ZAWFk

P.Leela and M.L.Vasanthakumari

Regards,
Aditya.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 29 Feb 2012, 00:12

Aditto wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMLiY8ZAWFk P.Leela and M.L.Vasanthakumari

The tamizh version. Aditya are you sure it is P. Leela in the telugu version. I think the youtube link is correct in that the other singer is Soolamangalam Smt. Rajalaksjmi (one of the Soolamangalam Sisters)...

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 03 Jul 2012, 12:48

On her birth day to day..made a video to day..for the occasion...
tAmadamEn svAmi-tODi--Composed by Papanasam sivan...
Rendered by Dr. ML Vasanthkumari..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lU2PiYO38

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 15 Aug 2012, 08:10

A rare peek into how MLV honed all those incredible skills 8)

http://www.mediafire.com/?53yphsirepq81e4

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 17 Aug 2012, 18:08

Here is an hour RTP by MLV....( audio courtesy Kasturi...1960 concert)

MLV-Thodi-RTP.mp3 - 57.7 Mb

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 18 Aug 2012, 07:23

MLV-Kannara_kande_achutana_kanchi_punya_Varali_Adi_Purandaradasa...courtesy Kasturi...

MLV-Kannara_kande_achutana_kanchi_punya_Varali_Adi_Purandaradasa.mp3 - 5.3 Mb

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 19 Aug 2012, 01:50

Thanks venkatakailasamenkatakailasam, Varsha.

varsha wrote:A rare peek into how MLV honed all those incredible skills 8)

Nice..

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 19 Aug 2012, 06:00

varsha wrote:A rare peek into how MLV honed all those incredible skills

Wasn't this from a movie? Inspector? No idea on which dancer this was pictured.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 19 Aug 2012, 08:12

P.K. Saraswathi

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 20 Aug 2012, 03:05

Pratyaksham Bala wrote:P.K. Saraswathi

Thanks, PB!

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 25 Jun 2013, 20:02

E swara MLV 27 DR ML Vasanthakumari Concert Recorded from FM Gold..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-m5zVzvxM

E swara MLV 28- DR ML Vasanthakumari RTP Harikamboji xvid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOwJtfkOwAs

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 25 Jun 2013, 20:04

E swara MLV 26 Smt. ML Vasanthakumari RTP Raga Manirangu xvid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1pUu70n5HE

E swara MLV 25-Smt. ML Vasanthakumari- RTP Madyamavathi pallavi Thirupathi venkata xvid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SayIdAuXcYA

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 25 Jun 2013, 20:06

Above postings are meant as Part of 85th Birth Anniversary of Smt.MLV...falling on 3rd July ...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jun 2013, 01:35

maNiyAna maNirangu to honor the uyar peNmaNi, iSai maNi!

Thanks, VK.

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 03 Jul 2013, 22:05

It is very sad that even on her birth day-to day,

we are not remembering the great artist like MLV..

Only God should save this forum..

With high regrets..

satyabalu · Post by **satyabalu** » 04 Jul 2013, 07:48

venkatakailasam wrote:It is very sad that even on her birth day-to day,

we are not remembering the great artist like MLV..

Only God should save this forum..

With high regrets..

http://radioweb.in/programs/m-l-vasanthakumari * " I cordially invite you for " Guru Vandhanan" a special programme on the 85th Birth Anniversary of my Revered Guru ' Sangitha Kalanidhi Padmabhushan' Dr M L Vasanthakumari On July 3rd @ Vedha Vyasar Thapovanam. Sembakkam CHennai 600073." This invite was from Shubha Ganesan.
*There was an AIR morning broadcast yesterday.
* We can listen to various downloads (including one from TVG who is prompt in uploading AIR concerts.)available in sangeethapriya.org.You have also uploaded a lot.
*As such I had opportunity to remember her atleast through these sources noted above.
* Grapevine would have had it- I will not be surprised if one of her foremost disciples is chosen for a coveted award this year!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Jul 2013, 00:42

It can't be Charumathi (has nothing to do with her merits, but only because her husband was a recent recipient)...

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 06 Jul 2013, 06:34

satyabalu...Thanks..

Subha Ganesan has sent the invitation through our FB Group MLV..of which she a member..

IT IS NOT INDIVIDUALS whom I referred .... It is the obligations of a forum meant for betterment of Carnatic music that has failed to honor a great artist

on her birth anniversary.....the inherent apathy... which was regretted..

arasi...husbands standing in the way of recognition of merit of their spouses, shows the flaws in the system of selection...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Jul 2013, 09:03

True. And hope music has its own merit, no matter the gender or one's relationship to a previous awardee. Charumathi was so good in Cleveland and I like her style.

Satyabalu's post about the grape vine made me say it. It's July, and about time speculations gather steam about the SK award. Sudha's name was bandied about even last year, and that's what I was hinting at...

Ramasubramanian M.K · Post by **Ramasubramanian M.K** » 07 Jul 2013, 04:57

My unequivocal vote would be for Ravi Kiran--no need to wait till he reaches 60 plus!!e should acknowledge artistes who genuinely enhance the knowledge and understanding of the rasika base,without being condescending.

I feel observing him, over the years- especially during the Music Season--be it the Academy or the Sampradaya forums -he is very smart not cocky,not obsequiously humble and yet amiable and nice to converse with.

As usual my post has nothing to with MLV but I cannot help it if I have imbibed the Mudicondan trait sans the Vidwath!!!