M.S. Subbulakshmi

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Sep 2008, 08:00

ragam-talam,
Just chanced upon your link. Thanks.
Was touched by the way the daughter speaks of her mother. It seems as though Radha Viswanathan is there in a room with us, speaking of her mother with love. However unique she was as a musician, and with a soul touched by divinity, you hear the closeness and comfort the mother bestowed upon her daughter who was not only steeped in the music of her mother but was also showered the love of a mother, the best one could dream of having.
MSS's sharing quality is related by Gowri Ramnarayan.She shared every little thing and found joy in it. The woman who loved flowers would share equally the strand of flowers given to her with each and everyone who happened to be there around her...
Hope we get to see more of the Podigai birthday rememberances.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Sep 2008, 20:49

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/09/26/stor ... 110400.htm

Nice tribute -what caught my eye was the age of the exponent!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Sep 2008, 21:19

Thanks Ravi.
Wonder if Suchitra mentioned that the queen of music whom she honored that day hailed from Madurai too.
Would be great if someone comes up with a kathA kAlakshEpam on the nightingale to celebrate her next birthday!
Contemporary themes in another art form too...

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 26 Sep 2008, 21:47

arasi, Revathy Shankaran did one some years back-forget the name she gave it-'golden veena' or some such thing.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Sep 2008, 03:50

Really! another one who grew up in Madurai!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 04 Oct 2008, 00:31

Arasi,

The organizers must have heard your question:

See: http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/10/03/stor ... 010400.htm

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 Oct 2008, 03:45

Ravi,
WIth all that is happening, one needs a hanumAn too, to bring the news home

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 06 Oct 2008, 16:21

Thanks rshankar for the interesting link.

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 06 Oct 2008, 22:41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-pmYjzOiFU

A nice link with speeches from dignitaries !!!

mvsy · Post by **mvsy** » 21 Nov 2008, 00:05

can somebody tell where to download mp3 songs sung by MSS ??

baboosh · Post by **baboosh** » 26 Nov 2008, 20:54

arasi wrote:ragam-talam,
Just chanced upon your link. Thanks.
Was touched by the way the daughter speaks of her mother. It seems as though Radha Viswanathan is there in a room with us, speaking of her mother with love. However unique she was as a musician, and with a soul touched by divinity, you hear the closeness and comfort the mother bestowed upon her daughter who was not only steeped in the music of her mother but was also showered the love of a mother, the best one could dream of having.
MSS's sharing quality is related by Gowri Ramnarayan.She shared every little thing and found joy in it. The woman who loved flowers would share equally the strand of flowers given to her with each and everyone who happened to be there around her...
Hope we get to see more of the Podigai birthday rememberances.

I also remember many years before before a MSS concert,Radha came out of the ante room by the side of dais and offered strands of jasmine to my mother and aunt who were there sitting for the concert to begin stating the flowers were too many for them.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 26 Nov 2008, 21:27

Administrator: Please have a look at post no.176 and 177 - gibberish.

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 27 Nov 2008, 00:09

V.K.Raman

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cienu · Post by **cienu** » 17 Dec 2008, 14:51

A website on MS was launched on 13th December 2008 by Dr M.S.Swaminathan at the Music Academy.

Please find below the link:

www.msstribute.org

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 19 Dec 2008, 00:04

cienu: Thanks very much. That is a wonderful tribute site for MS, put together excellently with a lot of content: articles, pictures and music.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 22 Jun 2009, 13:18

A front cover photograph of "Kungumam" magazine dated 5.6.87 which has MLV. MS and Lata.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 22 Jun 2009, 15:52

Awesome snap, how majestic and graceful the three greatest musicians appear !!! what was the occasion? gobilalitha

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 22 Jun 2009, 16:12

GBL,

This picture was taken during the function held at Krishna Gana Sabha to felicitate Lalgudi on his 50th Solo Performance at the same venue. I recollect that this function was celebrated in a grand manner by KGS.

If you blow up this image you can see the Souvenir which MLV is holding on her lap.

"Lalgudi's 50th Solo Performance
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Madras."

You may be aware that Lata is a great fan of Lalgudi.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Jun 2009, 21:03

What a picture, Cienu!
I cherish all the photographs which fill the pages of Radha Viswanathan's memories of her mother, beautifully told by Gowri Ramnarayanan in the book MS & Radha.
This one adds color to the collection. Please bring more of them to us every now and then. How the cover of a magazine, after so many years becomes a sweet thing to behold for many...

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 Jun 2009, 23:36

Cienu - superb! Thanks!

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 23 Jun 2009, 06:02

Excellent photograph of The 'mupperundEvis'!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Jun 2009, 18:24

srinivasrgvn wrote:Excellent photograph of The 'mupperundEvis'!

mupperundEvis would be Smts. MSS, DKP, and MLV to me!

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 23 Jun 2009, 18:57

rshankar wrote:
srinivasrgvn wrote:Excellent photograph of The 'mupperundEvis'!

mupperundEvis would be Smts. MSS, DKP, and MLV to me!

Even to me! DKP is the third, of course!

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 24 Jun 2009, 13:56

At a residence function held to felicitate the late Mani Krishnaswami. (I presume this must have been held after she was awarded the Sangitha Kalanidhi title which means this is Dec 1993 or early Jan 1994.)

In the picture are Mani with a garland on her neck, MS, Lakshmi Shankar (with glasses) Behind & between MS & Lakshmi Shankar is Kamala Shankar. To the extreme right (with a garland in hand) is Smt Jayalakshmi, a student of Papa Venkataramiah and a close relative of the Late C V Narasimhan. And seated to the extreme left of the picture on a sofa in a dark blue saree is the Late Muktha Amma.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 24 Jun 2009, 18:02

Cienu - THANKS!! What a beautiful picture...

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 24 Jun 2009, 18:26

yes, you possess such a great collection of snaps of very great musicians thanks for posting them . gobilalitha

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 24 Jun 2009, 20:11

Thanks a lot cienu, for that wonderful photo. What a beautiful snap with so many legends in one frame! You do possess such a lot of precious photographs. By sharing them with us, you share your happiness. It is indeed a great service you are doing, showing us so many treasures!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 24 Jun 2009, 20:58

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 25 Jun 2009, 10:03

Coolji,

I know the image your are referring to. Please find the link below wherein you can see the 3 artists sharing a joke.

http://www.hindu.com/af/india60/images/ ... 772101.jpg

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 25 Jun 2009, 16:22

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 26 Jun 2009, 09:38

Respected members of the forum

I am a die hard fan and devotee of MS Amma among many other such people.Though I feel fortunate,lucky and blessed to be a fan of Amma the only thing that disappoints me is that I was born in 1986 and by the time I was 11 she even stopped giving concerts and that was a very big disappointment as we cannot see her performances in person.The more unfortunate thing is that I couldn't even meet her in person.

The only source of her music are the audio and video recordings.
Most of her audio recordings are available commercially and in sangeethapriya.The video recordings are a few and they are avaiable commercially..The videos from DD Archives and Swaralaya puraskaram Concerts.And some gems in youtube that were added by kamakotisankara,paramapara1916.

Are there more of her video concerts?Say like the United Nations Concerts which we people from this generation feel like watching MS performing in the international arena.Many a times that recording might be broadcasted in the DD.Does any member in this forum have that recording.Or atleast shall we people raise a request to the DD to release it commercially so that every rasika can have it in their collection and every devotee will store that in their heart

Also does any one have the other video concerts of MS Amma.The famous viriboni varnam,Thyagaraja Aradhana Videos or any rare audio songs of Amma.

Can any one please give me some information on these issues

Thanks and Regards
Aditya

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 26 Jun 2009, 09:43

YouTube has quite a few videos of MS. I think a rendition of Viriboni (Bhairavi Ata Tala Varnam) too is available there.

Sathej

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 26 Jun 2009, 09:53

Ya...thats an audio version.

I was asking for the Video of MS Amma singing viriboni varnam

. Radha Amma singing it is avaialble in youtube too

A picture of MS singing this recording which was released commercially is available in msstribute.org.I visualize that picture when i listen to this recording.

Any info on the UN CONCERT VIDEO ??

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 26 Jun 2009, 09:58

Oh ok..there are other YouTube videos of MS singing - Vathapi and a few other songs. UN concert video - sorry, I have no idea.

Sathej

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 26 Jun 2009, 09:59

Sathej wrote:YouTube has quite a few videos of MS. I think a rendition of Viriboni (Bhairavi Ata Tala Varnam) too is available there.

Sathej

Not the video of Viriboni.

Some more rare concert (including chamber concert) videos are in the process of being uploaded by July end from Paramparaa1916 channel.

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 26 Jun 2009, 10:19

That's great .. Thank you very much Cienu garu

I am reallly flying high after knowing the infomation.Was wonderinf what songs would be there and the duration of the concert and all other details.

I think my prayers are being answered !

Thanks and Regards
Aditya

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 26 Jun 2009, 18:09

This occasion was a chamber concert at the residence of Radha Viswanthan sometime in July 97 which happened to see 2 grandsons of Palghat Raghu in action! A youthful Abhishek Raghuram (all of 11 years) giving a vocal concert accompanied by R K Shriramkumar on violin and Anand on Mridangam in front of MS and Palghat Raghu (amongst others.)

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Jun 2009, 19:33

Wow!!! What a picture...

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 26 Jun 2009, 19:49

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jun 2009, 21:42

And Anand looks very much like him now!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Jun 2009, 10:21

By the way, there is a thread in the Music Books Section about the book 'MS & Radha - Saga of Steadfast Devotion' written by Gowri Ramnarayanan.

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 11 Jul 2009, 03:47

This clip of MS is simply amazing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtbnqfzgXyY

The swaraprastaram at the end is brilliant.

vallaki · Post by **vallaki** » 13 Jul 2009, 22:58

I only have very very deep respect, regards and love for this artist.
I am grateful to all rasikas on this thread for sharing their recordings, pictures , which are priceless.
Her Music will live for ever .

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 15 Jul 2009, 16:46

ragam-talam wrote:This clip of MS is simply amazing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtbnqfzgXyY

The swaraprastaram at the end is brilliant.

A personal request to cienu sir,

Please please, I beg you.....
Please upload the full piece of this clipping, I mean the continuation....
Please, I am dying to hear the rest of the swarakalpana, so please upload it, sir. =(

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 25 Jul 2009, 10:47

Cienu sir,
Please tell me if you could upload it. Please....

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 26 Jul 2009, 01:15

please upload the same!!
really the video being cut at the point made me cry !

please..please!!

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 26 Jul 2009, 02:32

srinivasrgvn & Addito,

My apologies. Shall get back to you after checking. This was a telecast by Trivandrum Doordarshan which had been cut abruptly.

Shall revert after rechecking.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 26 Jul 2009, 12:56

Thanks a lot, cienu sir!! =)

Aditto · Post by **Aditto** » 01 Aug 2009, 23:22

Thanks a lot cienu sir !

Waiting eagerly for the uploads from paramapara1916 channel as u ve mentioned earlier !

Thanks once again !

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 03 Aug 2009, 13:05

srinivasrgvn wrote:
ragam-talam wrote:This clip of MS is simply amazing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtbnqfzgXyY

The swaraprastaram at the end is brilliant.
Please upload the full piece of this clipping, I mean the continuation....
(

Dear srinivasrgvn

Checked up, Unfortunately DD Trivandrum had cut the live relay at this point and hence we do not have anything more than this. Infact after this we would have had the Thani with TKM, G Harishankar and T H Subash Chandra

Other songs of this concert we are in the process of uploading in a few days.