M.L.Vasanthakumari

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shubhaganesan
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Post by shubhaganesan »

Padmabhushan Sangitha Kalanidhi Dr. M L Vasanthakumari at sangeethapriya Hubli

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Post by shubhaganesan »

A Rare photo of Dr MLV amma at Ghatam Vaithyanatha Iyers marriage concert accompanied by vidwan kovai dakshinamurthy- violin , Vidwan Karaikudi Muthu Iyer- Mrithangam (My grand father) and Vidwan vilvadhri Iyer Ghatam.

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Post by cienu »

Excellent photograph Shubha :)
Historical one too. Please try and restore this as much as possible through an expert.

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Post by kedharam »

shubha,
wow what a treasure! look at the ambience. thanks.

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Post by rajeshnat »

warm welcome subhagaNesan , what a stage presence MLV ammA , what a staminA she had got (infact MLV ammA's staminA is as much as the best of male artist),I used to crave to listen to one of her numbers parkAdal alaimelE ,how fast and energising that number was that demonstrates her staminA.

bilahari
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Post by bilahari »

Great picture! Thank you very much.

PUNARVASU
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Post by PUNARVASU »

Nice photograph.Thanks for sharing.

swaminathan123
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Post by swaminathan123 »

Is that you Mrs.Shubha ? playing tambura behind the great legend. Excellent, must be quite few years ago i guess, I have attended your concerts but you look very much different now. Any way thank you very much for all the three photos.

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Shubha Ganesan: Welcome to the forum.

Thanks for sharing these rare and excellent photographs.

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Post by kuzhalosai »

wow! really wonderful , the legend MLV herself is very young in the last photo. Which year it was taken? Shubha, THank you so much for uplaoding such rare photos

Jigyaasa
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Post by Jigyaasa »

swaminathan123 wrote:Is that you Mrs.Shubha ? playing tambura behind the great legend.
The person playing the tambura appears to be a man...

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Post by bilahari »

Jigyaasa, maybe that's why swaminathan123 thinks Smt Ganesan "look[s] very much different now!" ;)

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Post by Jigyaasa »

Lol :D

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Post by swaminathan123 »

Jokes apart ! Smt.Subha Ganesan has uploaded 3 photos, in the color photo subha is playing tambura for her guru (see the colour photo in Page 3 of this thread) . Kindly read the posting properly before giving inappropriate replies.

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Post by Jigyaasa »

The assumption was that question was with reference to the photo just a few posts above it (all these posts were referring to this photo only) Considering the context and after "properly" reading the posting, I believe the joke is 'pardonable'... Sorry anyway...

bilahari
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Post by bilahari »

It was just a harmless joke, swaminathan. Sorry to have hurt your feelings.

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Post by arasi »

Shubha Ganesan,
Thank you so much for bringing back memories of that very special lady (she truly was one) with such lovely pictures of her. Great to see old timers like Vilvadri Iyer and your grandfather.
Waiting for(c)ML(o)V(er) to come and see these...
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keerthi
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Post by keerthi »

Today is MLV's birthday.. I suppose worldspace's carnatic music channel sruthi will broadcast a special..

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Post by vs_manjunath »

Looking forward to hearing one & only one Dr MLV.

One never get's tired of hearing her songs.

Each song is a gem embedded with all ornaments.

Tough to reproduce.

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Post by gmohan »

Thanks for the wonderful Bhairavi. From morning I have been listening to MLV non-stop. God bless her soul or the body that housed the soul or that particular body/soul combination or whatever that made such wonderful music!

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Post by kam »

Hello all, let us celebrate this day by listening to the great music of MLV garu.A small gift to all her fans :
http://www.mediafire.com/?ty0n1iywjzu

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Post by grsastrigal »

Coolji. It is a real beauty. The song refers how Rama controls the Universe, by this song, she does the same, controlling the CM world.

Excellant. Thanks a lot

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kedharam
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Post by kedharam »

Coolji and kam

Thanks for the very nostalgic music"¦ remember this among her many many that I was lucky to attend"¦ It is like that quote by T.S. Eliot, about how the point of living is to come back to where you started and see it as if for the first time.

Special kind of music that demands me to grasp what I am hearing intellectually but I cannot help but be awestruck and lose myself amid the wondrous sounds that harmonize me. ..Trying hard to rationalize reasons for damp eyes"¦something intangible, but nevertheless real...She is just a romanticist taking her imaginative flight from a traditional foundation in her music making"¦Happy birthday wherever you are dwelling"¦

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Post by vallaki »

There is no other rendition of venkatachalanilayam like her. I think she was one of the first artists to popularize the Sindhubhairavi raga.
I Remember her on this day with reverence and respect.

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

That Sarvantharyami was a great performance. Thanks Cool.

Just happened to run into these two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AGeWInhVmk&NR=1 - Dinamani Vamsa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POODk3FVHEE - vAthApi

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Post by mahesu »

Just managed to see this wonderful video, where Smt MLV sings Ninnu Vina, composed by her guru GNB. Interesting to see young Raja Rao and Harishankar accompanying her

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

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Post by Akshara »

Thanks mahesu and vasanthakokilam...the lady indeed is unbeatable...having just experienced a two day program by her rasikar manram, it was so very satisfying to know that she continues to pervade, large as life and her music indeed is immortal. Be it the traditional heavy weights or the movie numbers, she is a class of her own..

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kam wrote:Hello all, let us celebrate this day by listening to the great music of MLV garu.A small gift to all her fans :
http://www.mediafire.com/?ty0n1iywjzu
Thanks for this concert Kam. It seems incomplete with only one alapana in Suddha Saveri. Do we know who the accompanists are - sounds like Sudha, Kanyakumari, Harishankar but not sure about the mrudangam - perhaps Bhaktavatsalam.

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coolkarni wrote:Right now I am polishing of this memorable day with an RTP in Vachaspathi.
Would you be able to share this RTP with us K-ji?

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Post by kam »

Hello mohan,the details of the concert I uploaded is as follows:

Smt. M L Vasanthakumari at the Madras Music Festival, 1983.
Vocal support: Smt. Sudha Raghunathan
Violin: Smt. A Kanyakumari
Mridangam: Sri Srimushnam Rajarao
Kanjira: Sri G Harishankar

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Post by pgaiyar »

To : Coolkarni

Many thanks for the MLV uploads which are truly great. I have a humble request. Is there a RTP by MLV in Shanmukapriya or an elaborate rendition in Shanmukapriya by MLV?. Please upload when you have time. God bless you/family.

Regards

Guru

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Thanks K-ji, much appreciated

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Post by arasi »

Cool,
enta muddO enta sogasO! shukriyA!

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Post by gmohan »

coolkarni wrote:I could not resist uploading Bhavapriya too.
What a Musician of pure class !!!
I have nothing else as a benchmark , save for a few stylised renderings of krithis in this raga and she is still effortless.And such beautiful swaras.
What -loftier-peaks would she have scaled, with top class accompanists ?
Inspite of the poor quality of recordings available today (of Her Music in her Prime) , generally speaking....

Arasi , Aiyar and Mohan...It was my pleasure.
how many times I have thought how great it would have been to listen to a MLV/lalgudi concert! I have heard that MSG accompanied MLV in his early days, are there any available recordings or can any one share any experience from memory, of MLV/MSG concerts?

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Post by bilahari »

pgaiyar, here's an RTP in shaNmugapriya by MLV (MA 1989):
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6mal1v

The volume is very low, so I suggest turning it up full-blast or preferably listening to it on an mp3 player.

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Post by bilahari »

Coolji, listening to the bhavapriya now. Wonderful imagination in the alapanai. I do agree with you wrt accompanists. One can only imagine the sort of response LGJ might've played to this bhavapriya.

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Cool - Listened to Vachaspati. Thank you.

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Coolji, thanks a bunch for this mesmerizing music.

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To:Bilahari

Thanks a lot. I came across a MLV upload of a RTP in Shanmukapriya (If I remember it is/was a live a IFAS circa 70 or 71) uploaded in Sangeethamshare site by one Shri. MP Mohan???. I am unable to download because of the Captcha challenge and all that. Can any good soul upload this RTP here, please?.

God bless you all.

Regards

Guru

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Post by cpblog »

Rasikas,

We wanted to bring to your kind attention an audio posted of MLV eulogizing Chowdiah in Tamil at

http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

This is from an archive of fifty years of live performances by Vidwans at a house called "Parvathi" in Mysore. We are currently facing a monumental task of sifting through reams of music.

If you enjoyed this piece, the few others currently posted, or the contents of the blog please send a feedback to the email provided in the blog.

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sbala wrote:Cool - Listened to Vachaspati. Thank you.
Returned a few days back with a renewed interest in CM :-)

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