Madurai Mani Iyer Centenary Celebrations Chennai Oct 28,2012

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 06 Sep 2012, 21:03

venkatakailasam wrote:courtesy of my FB friend Sreedevi Rangaraj...

Here is a link to 78RPM-songIndex.xls ...exhaustive list of all recordings made by HMV, Ode-on.and other.. companies..

Nearly details of 1500+ song are there...which includes MMI's old recordings as well....

http://www.mediafire.com/?h68ko15k7koyy3p
A powerpoint presentation...

We can find out whether all these songs shown therein are available with the list prepared..

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE REFERENCE. I WILL PURSUE THIS VALUABLE HELP. VKV

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 06 Sep 2012, 21:06

Sri VKV,
Please see post #124.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 06 Sep 2012, 21:16

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Here are a few sites giving lists of MMI songs:-
http://maduraimani.tripod.com/id30.html
http://jveeraraghavan.blogspot.in/2010/ ... -link.html
http://sangeethapriya.gotdns.org:8080/s ... sj/mmi.txt
.

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 06 Sep 2012, 22:42

THANKS. VKV

perarulalan · Post by **perarulalan** » 12 Sep 2012, 11:56

Balu sir..

Is it possible for you to please upload Girirajasuta by Shri MMI and give us the link?

Regards
Perarulalan

Balummi · Post by **Balummi** » 12 Sep 2012, 20:35

Dear Perarulalan ,
I do not think that anybody has the recording of Girirajasudha . If so I would also be very much indebted to them if they can upload it

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 18 Sep 2012, 06:20

I am giving ADVANCE information about events involving the MMI CENTENARY and others I am involved in during my current visit to Chennai. We will soon provide more details about each of these happenings.EVERY ONE IS INVITED.My tel#S ARE: 24362834 TILL 9:30 A.M. CELL: 8754570310. In addition messages can be left at:24914103. As I have written before ideas & suggestions are ALWAYS WELCOME. VKV
1)OCT 2: Gandhiji's Birthday Celebrations and MMI CENTENARY COMMITTEE'S ORGANISATIONAL MEETING TO ENLIST VOLUNTEERS FOR THE OCT 28 CELEBRATIONS AT Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. Details will follow-Sri. Venugpal will wtrite the details soon.
2) OCT 7 TIRUCHI: Organised by Tiruchi Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan. There will be an emphasis on Mani Mandapam, Manikkodi writers and MMI's closeness with Tiruchi. VKV, VVSundaram and a host of others will share their experiences and thoughts etc. Concert will be by: Suryaprakash(Vocal), M.R.Gopinath(Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan(Mridangam), and Guruprasad(Ghatam). MMI considered that his concerts in Tiruchi esp. at Ayirakkal Mandapam & Mani Mandapam were among his best.
3) OCT 14: CHENNAI. MMI & SIVAN.....The special CLOSENESS between the two will be explored by Dr.Rukmini Ramani (a prolific composer on her own and Papanasam Sivan's daughter) and in addition to her own singing she will be assisted by Smt.Gayathri Girish (Vocal), Dr. Narmadha (Violin) and hopefully Sri. Ganapapathyraman or Sri. Sivaraman (Mridangam)_ Sons of Sivan's premier Disciple Chetalapathi Balu-.
4) OCT 27: THIS EVENT is not related to the MMI CENTENARY. I am organising a function in which SRI.s: N.RAMANI, N.MURALI, RAVIKIRAN,& VKV, WILL TRACE THE PROGRESS & RISE OF CARNATIC MUSIC IN NORTH AMERICA SINCE 1960 & THE ROLE PLAYED BY CLEVELAND V.V.SUNDARAM IN THIS JOURNEY. The concert will be by: KUM AISHWARYA (Vocal) accompanied by Dr.Narmadha (Violin), Sri.T.K.Murthy & (MRIDANGAM). Aishwarya is the great grand daughter of M.S. & grand daughter of Radha(who has kindly agreed to attend) & the significance of this concert is it is trying to nostalgically recall the 1966 tour of M.S.S(with Radha & Vijaya)- V.VSubramanian(Violin), T.K.Murthy(Mridangam), "Vikku"Vinayakaram(Ghatam). It is the opinion of VKV at least that this whole miracle & wave started with that tour & M.S.S's UN CONCERT was the inspiration & start of this phenomenon. It will be in Raga Sudha Hall in Mylapore.
5)OCT 28: 2P.M.-10P.M. AT Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. These Centenary Celebrations will be the continuation of the MMI Centenary Celebrations which started in CLEVELAND earlier this year in which close to fifteen concerts in part paid tribute to MMI. Actually the two artists who devoted their entire concerts to MMI-Smt. Gayathri Girish & Sri. Suraprakash will perform concerts in the evening segment.
6) OCT 29: Raga Sudha Hall. The R.K.Srikantan Trust & the GLOBAL RASIKAS FORUM OF THE CLEVELAND THYAGARAJA ARADHANA will present an exclusive concert of HaikesaNallur Muthiah Bhagavathar's Compositions.
The attempt has been to address & present the VARIOUS ASPECTS OF M.M.I. & HIS MUSIC. We are aware more could have been done but as ALL THE EFFORTS are VOLUNTEER based this is the best we could come up with.....Please attend as many of these FREE functions- in the same spirit as M.M.I. Himself- as possible. Thanks, VKV

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 18 Sep 2012, 18:58

Great program, Cacm. Very appropriately organized to celebrate the legacy of MMI.
How I wish I could attend these programs!

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 19 Sep 2012, 09:57

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venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 20 Sep 2012, 21:43

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

Dear All,
Pls click the above link to see the Madurai Mani Iyer Centenary invite.

Venu sundar

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 21 Sep 2012, 07:41

DEAR ALL MADURAI MANI MADDYS!
WE ARE THRILLED AND EXCITED TO INVITE YOU FOR AN EVENING WITH "MADHURA NERAM".
DATE : 2nd OCTOBER 2012
VENUE : CORNER STONE MINI HALL, BESANT AVENUE ROAD
(OPP TO ABACUS)
TIME : 5-30 PM TO 8-30 PM

OUR BELOVED VKV SIR WILL BE GRACING THE OCCASION MOST LIKELY WITH CLEVELAND SUNDARAM SIR!

THIS IS A GRAND REHARSAL TO PLAN MADURAI MANI 100 to be held on SUNDAY THE 28th OCTOBER AT THE BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN MAIN HALL AT MYLAPORE.

PLS ATTEND WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

SRI SURYA PRAKASH OF MADURAI MANI SCHOOL WILL GIVE LEC_DEMO ON THAT OCCASSION.

SNACKS AND KAFI WILL BE SERVED . PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION TO ORDER SNACKS AND COFFEE.

PLS ACK INVITE
BEST REGARDS
S.RENGANATHAN AND S.Venugopalan
S/O CHITTI
PHONE NO 98413 13527 7-A, Prashanthi Apts. T.M.Maistry Street, Vannandurai, Chennai - 600 041 Ph: +91 44 42151321

archa · Post by **archa** » 22 Sep 2012, 12:01

Trust me to be there. Who wouldn't want to be associated with one of the greatest musicians of all time?

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 22 Sep 2012, 14:09

"venu sundar": DEAR ALL MADURAI MANI MADDYS!
WE ARE THRILLED AND EXCITED TO INVITE YOU FOR AN EVENING WITH "MADHURA NERAM".

DATE : 2nd OCTOBER 2012 MAHATMA GANDHIJI'S BIRTHDAY.
VENUE : CORNER STONE MINI HALL, BESANT AVENUE ROAD
(OPP TO ABACUS )
TIME : 5-30 PM TO 8-30 PM

THIS IS A GRAND REHARSAL TO PLAN MADURAI MANI 100 to be held on SUNDAY THE 28th OCTOBER AT THE BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN MAIN HALL AT MYLAPORE.PLS ATTEND WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SNACKS AND KAFI WILL BE SERVED . PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION TO ORDER SNACKS AND COFFEE. PLS ACK INVITE.BEST REGARDS
S.RENGANATHAN AND S.Venugopalan
S/O CHITTI
PHONE NO 98413 13527 7-A, Prashanthi Apts. T.M.Maistry Street, Vannandurai, Chennai - 600 041 Ph: +91 44 42151321

AGENDA:
1) Remarks By V.K.V. & Introduction of Sri. K.R.A.Narasiah the famous author who will recall & discuss his meeting with M.M.I. about the history of the Pallavi (& the composition of "Chitti" Sundararajan) in Shanmugapriya "Gandhi Mahan Manimozhi Mozhi Vazhi Nadappom".
2) A LIVE recording of the Pallavi with V.Govindaswamy Naicker(Violin) and Palghat T.S.Mani Iyer will be played.
3) Sri. R.Suryaprakash will discuss the special aspects of MMI'S RENDERING in a LEC/DEM Format.
4) VKV will host a discussion on various needs including Volunteers needed & other relevent issues that are raised by anyone in the audience.
I guess somewhere along the way Coffee & Snacks will be served.
PLEASE ATTEND. REGS, VKV

anandasangeetham · Post by **anandasangeetham** » 24 Sep 2012, 15:58

I will be there. Might bring my son also

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 25 Sep 2012, 10:34

[quote="cacm"]"venu sundar": DEAR ALL MADURAI MANI MADDYS!
WE ARE THRILLED AND EXCITED TO INVITE YOU FOR AN EVENING WITH "MADHURA NERAM".

DATE : 2nd OCTOBER 2012 MAHATMA GANDHIJI'S BIRTHDAY.
VENUE : CORNER STONE MINI HALL, BESANT AVENUE ROAD
(OPP TO ABACUS, AVVAI ILLAM )
TIME : 5-30 PM TO 8-30 PM

THIS IS A GRAND REHERSAL TO PLAN MADURAI MANI 100 to be held on SUNDAY THE 28th OCTOBER AT THE BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN MAIN HALL AT MYLAPORE.PLS ATTEND WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SNACKS AND KAFI WILL BE SERVED . PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION TO ORDER SNACKS AND COFFEE. PLS ACK INVITE.BEST REGARDS
S.RENGANATHAN AND S.Venugopalan
S/O CHITTI
PHONE NO 98413 13527 7-A, Prashanthi Apts. T.M.Maistry Street, Vannandurai, Chennai - 600 041 Ph: +91 44 42151321

REVISED AGENDA: The proceedings:
0) Prayer Song by KUM.S .Sahana.
1) Welcome By V.K.V.
2) MMI'S Aaaduvomae.
3) Remarks by V.K.V. & & Introduction of Sri. K.R.A.Narasiah the famous author who will recall & discuss his meeting with M.M.I. about the history of the Pallavi (& the composition of "Chitti" Sundararajan) in Shanmugapriya "Gandhi Mahan Manimozhi Mozhi Vazhi Nadappom".
2) A LIVE recording of the Pallavi with V.Govindaswamy Naicker(Violin) and Palghat T.S.Mani Iyer will be played.
3) Sri. R.Suryaprakash will discuss the special aspects of MMI'S RENDERING in a LEC/DEM Format.
4) VKV will host a discussion on various needs including Volunteers needed & other relevent issues that are raised by anyone in the audience.
I guess somewhere along the way Coffee & Snacks will be served.

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 25 Sep 2012, 21:53

DEAR ALL MADURAI MANI IYER FANATICS<
I second the agenda proposed by VKV SIR>Regarding the venue I want to clearly pinpoint the CORNER STONE MINI HALL which is
situated OPP AVVAI HOME AND ABACUS IN ADYAR IT IS THE LONG ROAD KNOWN AS BESANT AVENUE ROAD LEADING TO BESANT NAGAR@ELLIOTS BEACH!ALL WELCOME!

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 27 Sep 2012, 23:35

I am giving ADVANCE information about events involving the MMI CENTENARY and others I am involved in during my current visit to Chennai. We will soon provide more details about each of these happenings.EVERY ONE IS INVITED.My tel#S ARE: 24362834 TILL 9:30 A.M. CELL: 8754570310. In addition messages can be left at:24914103. As I have written before ideas & suggestions are ALWAYS WELCOME. VKV

OCT 7 TIRUCHI FUNCTION : TEL NOS.: 2432215(S.KASIM) & 8754570310 (CELL-VKV)

ON OCT 7 AT TIRUCHI: Organised by Tiruchi Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan. There will be an emphasis on Mani Mandapam, Manikkodi writers and MMI's closeness with Tiruchi. VKV,CLEVELAND VVSundaram and a host of others will share their experiences and thoughts etc. Concert will be by:R.Suryaprakash(Vocal), M.R.Gopinath(Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan(Mridangam), and Guruprasad(Ghatam). MMI considered that his concerts in Tiruchi esp. at Ayirakkal Mandapam & Mani Mandapam were among his best.
THE LOCATION IS: AUDITOR SANTHANAM HALL, MAHATMA GANDHI CENTENARY VIDYALAYA, TENNUR, TIRUCHI 620017.
DETAILS: SUNDAY OCT 7 STARTING AT 6 P.M. THE FUNCTION WILL BE PRESIDED OVER BY SRI. N.GOPALASWAMI (DALMIA CEMENTS)--CHIEF GUEST: DR.V.K.VISWANATHAN (LOS ALAMOS, NASA)..GUEST OF HONOUR: CLEVELAND SRI. V.V.SUNDARAM --SPECIAL ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR V.GANAPATHY (SASTRI UNIVERSITY) FOLLOWED BY THE CONCERT DESCRIBED ABOVE. ALL ARE WELCOME.
PLEASE ATTEND THIS SPECIAL FUNCTION. IT TRULY PROMISES TO BE A MEMORABLE ONE. THANKS. VKV

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 29 Sep 2012, 13:13

This is the one of the songs proposed on 02-10-12 at the function...

'E' SWARA 020 Madurai mani Iyer RTP Mahatma Mani Mozhi Vazhi Nadappom..( 36.12 Mts.,)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rR0nMx7mA

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 03 Oct 2012, 10:00

MAdurai Mani Iyer Centenary preliminary MEET of the MMI MADDYS was held at the Corner Stone Mini HAll on 2nd October 2012 to further chalk out the programmes for the GRAND FINALE at BVB Mylapore ON SUNDAY 28th OCTOBER 2012 in which a few VERY CLOSE associates will be honoured and of course VKS SIR AND CLEVLAND SUNDARAM SIR will be there to make the function a very grand one.As for as the Corner Stone meeting was concerned it was a cloudy evening in which some 75 strong crowd came and enjoyed MMIs Music and some touching speeches by S/S Naraisah,VKV SAK DURGA SANGITHA KALANIDHI designate Trichur Ramachandran and Sri Kuppusamy nephew of late Guhan the composer of KANDAN KARUNAI which was sung many times by the immortal MMI with his melodious GOLDEN VOICE>Ms.Sahana rendered the prayer song and a fine book containing a few qualitative articles were presented to the audience.KRA Naraisah spoke on the importance of MMI on Gandhi Jayanthi day since MMI was known as GANDHI in his inner circle of friends.MAHATHMA MANI MOZHI VAZHI NADAPPOM A song composed by CHITTI was played on that occassion.VKV threw more light on the event of MMI to be held on 28th October at BVB Mylapore.VKV will also be writing more on MMI 100 in RASIKAS appealing to the RASIKAS to do their BEST in the memory of MMI!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 03 Oct 2012, 22:05

shri venusundar
Tx for your brief writeup . How was the "3) Sri. R.Suryaprakash will discuss the special aspects of MMI'S RENDERING in a LEC/DEM Format.", any reports on that

VKV Sir
Any reports on LecDem from your side.

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 04 Oct 2012, 07:47

TX FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE!RAJESH!Sri Surya presented one of the very rare LEC-DEM and it was really very interesting and informative one for LAY rasikas like me.
I left it to the more MUSIC scholarly VKV and SUNDARAM SIR since I have always been an humble RASIKA and I am one like the RIKSHAW MAN at the swelling crowd of the KAPALI KOIL concerts refusing SAVAARI till MMI finished his concert in 1950 and 60s.But one striking point of SURIs observations was that of the SILENCE equal to the song of MMI style.This was discussed earlier on by my dad CHITTI and THI JAnakiraman Sir about MMIs special patterrns.What is the SILENCE as I understood can also be called as the PAUSE during the concert of MMI.For example whenever MMI sang SEETHAPATHE in particular MMI used to be giving an impression that he is SKIIPPING VATHATHMAJA but actually it is the PAUSE in between two lines of the song.MMI had many positive praises for the PAKKA VADHYAM which is the real PAKKKA VAADHYAM in those days of MUSIC!
As for as the LEC-DEM of SURYA I want to honour him with a SMALL BUT SWEET TITLE now.I know SUrya EVEN AS a very young boy since me and his dad Sri Ramachandran were colleagues at RBI CHennai and of course later onn SURI too was my coemployee and still with RBI CHennai now.I suggest SURI can be called MADURAI MINI IYER NOW!

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 10 Oct 2012, 10:16

cacm wrote:I am giving ADVANCE information about events involving the MMI CENTENARY and others I am involved in during my current visit to Chennai. We will soon provide more details about each of these happenings.EVERY ONE IS INVITED.My tel#S ARE: 24362834 TILL 9:30 A.M. CELL: 8754570310. In addition messages can be left at:24914103. As I have written before ideas & suggestions are ALWAYS WELCOME. VKV
1)OCT 2: Gandhiji's Birthday Celebrations and MMI CENTENARY COMMITTEE'S ORGANISATIONAL MEETING TO ENLIST VOLUNTEERS FOR THE OCT 28 CELEBRATIONS AT Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. Details will follow-Sri. Venugpal will wtrite the details soon.
2) OCT 7 TIRUCHI: Organised by Tiruchi Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan. There will be an emphasis on Mani Mandapam, Manikkodi writers and MMI's closeness with Tiruchi. VKV, VVSundaram and a host of others will share their experiences and thoughts etc. Concert will be by: Suryaprakash(Vocal), M.R.Gopinath(Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan(Mridangam), and Guruprasad(Ghatam). MMI considered that his concerts in Tiruchi esp. at Ayirakkal Mandapam & Mani Mandapam were among his best.
3) OCT 14: CHENNAI. MMI & SIVAN.....The special CLOSENESS between the two will be explored by Dr.Rukmini Ramani (a prolific composer on her own and Papanasam Sivan's daughter) and by Smt.Gayathri Girish (Vocal), Dr. Narmadha (Violin) and Sri.B. Ganapapathyraman-Son of Sivan's premier Disciple Chetalapathi Balu-.
4) OCT 27: THIS EVENT is not related to the MMI CENTENARY. I am organising a function in which SRI.s: N.RAMANI, N.MURALI, RAVIKIRAN,& VKV, WILL TRACE THE PROGRESS & RISE OF CARNATIC MUSIC IN NORTH AMERICA SINCE 1960 & THE ROLE PLAYED BY CLEVELAND V.V.SUNDARAM IN THIS JOURNEY. The concert will be by: KUM AISHWARYA (Vocal) accompanied by Dr.Narmadha (Violin), Sri.T.K.Murthy & (MRIDANGAM). Aishwarya is the great grand daughter of M.S. & grand daughter of Radha(who has kindly agreed to attend) & the significance of this concert is it is trying to nostalgically recall the 1966 tour of M.S.S(with Radha & Vijaya)- V.VSubramanian(Violin), T.K.Murthy(Mridangam), "Vikku"Vinayakaram(Ghatam). It is the opinion of VKV at least that this whole miracle & wave started with that tour & M.S.S's UN CONCERT was the inspiration & start of this phenomenon. It will be in Raga Sudha Hall in Mylapore.
5)OCT 28: 2P.M.-10P.M. AT Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. These Centenary Celebrations will be the continuation of the MMI Centenary Celebrations which started in CLEVELAND earlier this year in which close to fifteen concerts in part paid tribute to MMI. Actually the two artists who devoted their entire concerts to MMI-Smt. Gayathri Girish & Sri. Suraprakash will perform concerts in the evening segment.
6) OCT 29: Raga Sudha Hall. The R.K.Srikantan Trust & the GLOBAL RASIKAS FORUM OF THE CLEVELAND THYAGARAJA ARADHANA will present an exclusive concert of HaikesaNallur Muthiah Bhagavathar's Compositions.
The attempt has been to address & present the VARIOUS ASPECTS OF M.M.I. & HIS MUSIC. We are aware more could have been done but as ALL THE EFFORTS are VOLUNTEER based this is the best we could come up with.....Please attend as many of these FREE functions- in the same spirit as M.M.I. Himself- as possible. Thanks, VKV

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 10 Oct 2012, 12:45

Sunday OCT 14---- MMI&SIVAN a MUSICAL PRESENTATION AT:
CORNER STONE 39 Beasant Avenue 6-8:30 P.M. Adyar (opposite Avvai Illam bus stop)
By Dr.Rukmani Ramani, Smt. Gayathri Girish -----Vocal
Dr.M.Narmadha---Violin
B.Ganapathiraman----Mridangam
ALL ARE WELCOME TO THIS VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION by The Global Rasikas Forum of the Cleveland Aradhana & The Madurai Mani Iyer Centenary Celebrations Committee. VKV Tel: 24914103/8754570310

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 18 Oct 2012, 21:02

[quote="cacm"][quote="cacm"]I am giving ADVANCE information about events involving the MMI CENTENARY and others I am involved in during my current visit to Chennai. We will soon provide more details about each of these happenings.EVERY ONE IS INVITED.My tel#S ARE: 24362834 TILL 9:30 A.M. CELL: 8754570310. In addition messages can be left at:24914103. As I have written before ideas & suggestions are ALWAYS WELCOME. VKV
5)OCT 28: 2P.M.-10P.M. AT Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. These Centenary Celebrations will be the continuation of the MMI Centenary Celebrations which started in CLEVELAND earlier this year in which close to fifteen concerts in part paid tribute to MMI. Actually the two artists who devoted their entire concerts to MMI-Smt. Gayathri Girish & Sri. Suraprakash will perform concerts in the evening segment.
We wish to present the 2 DVD SET & BROCHURE TO EVERY ONE who has participated in this segment for their help & interest. Pleaser CONTACT Sri. S,Venugopalan on 28th at the hall to receive them. The rasikas names are: grsastrigal,
kapali, balummi, annamalai, vs_manjunath, rajeshnat, Pratyaksham bala, gmohan, ranjanimalavi, venkatasailam, perarulalan, nanjundan, anandasangeetham.....VKV

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 18 Oct 2012, 22:29

MADURAI MANI IYER 1oo is going to be a very GREAT event.We call upon ALL the MMI MADDYS to come UNITED and remember MADURA MANI the genius of carnatic music'!
MMI Music was liked by the Pandits.Puritans and also the layman of rasikas like me.Raikshaw pullers of 50s and 60s enjoyed MMI Music and it is a great response.Let us come up and celebrate the centenary of MMI in great style on the 28th OCTOBER 2012 SUNDAY at BVB MAIN HALL near to the divine KAPALI KOIL where MMIs magical voice had earlier brought thrill and joy to millions of his rasikas all over the world.28th OCT 2012 is an IMPORTANT musical milestone of our times!MMI is our GREATEST ICON EVER!
LET us JOIN and be with our mentors VKV and Cleland SUNDARAM SIRS our guiding lights and remember the immortal MMI and his accompanists and of course RASIKAS LOT!

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 26 Oct 2012, 08:56

We are a bunch of music lovers who used to be regular at December Music Festival at the Music Academy.We used to be there dot on time to see the Icons of 50s and 60s who were dominating the Festival.Ariyakudi, Semmangudi GNB,and Madurai Mani Iyer the great.Why I Single out MMI has a valid reason He is our God of Music and we are MMI fanatics to say the least.In the year when he was conferred the title of Sangeetha Kalanidi we all celebrated it with gusto.when he used to sing 'Entha sowkiya Panile of Thyagaraja we used to compare the raga with the Copy in the canteen since that raga was Copy!MMI used to sing "eppo Varuvaro' as one of his Thukkadas.When rasikas used to ask for it the Violin Mastero Thiruvalngadu Sundaresa Iyer Used to say' Wait!Varuvar, Varuvar!' meaning he would surely sing that piece.When MMI sang the English Notes we used to dance very spontaneously. MMI is a legend and was the Sachin of Carnatic Music.We enjoyed MMI music extensively. One of my friends used to be emotional and cry at MMI concerts.While another friend used to say that his fever would be cured on listening to MMI.MMI =Music!MMI 100 is organised under the dynamic leadership of the
CLEVELAND TWINS VV SUNDARAM SIR AND VKV SIR and we the MMI MADDYS are very fortunate in this respect.VVS and VKV are the guiding FORCE behind this UNIQUE and the most significant function to be held at BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN ON 28th OCT 2012 from 2 to9PM.WE call upon all the RASIKAS to make it a very GRAND EVENT>PL REPLY!

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 26 Oct 2012, 08:56

We are a bunch of music lovers who used to be regular at December Music Festival at the Music Academy.We used to be there dot on time to see the Icons of 50s and 60s who were dominating the Festival.Ariyakudi, Semmangudi GNB,and Madurai Mani Iyer the great.Why I Single out MMI has a valid reason He is our God of Music and we are MMI fanatics to say the least.In the year when he was conferred the title of Sangeetha Kalanidi we all celebrated it with gusto.when he used to sing 'Entha sowkiya Panile of Thyagaraja we used to compare the raga with the Copy in the canteen since that raga was Copy!MMI used to sing "eppo Varuvaro' as one of his Thukkadas.When rasikas used to ask for it the Violin Mastero Thiruvalngadu Sundaresa Iyer Used to say' Wait!Varuvar, Varuvar!' meaning he would surely sing that piece.When MMI sang the English Notes we used to dance very spontaneously. MMI is a legend and was the Sachin of Carnatic Music.We enjoyed MMI music extensively. One of my friends used to be emotional and cry at MMI concerts.While another friend used to say that his fever would be cured on listening to MMI.MMI =Music!MMI 100 is organised under the dynamic leadership of the
CLEVELAND TWINS VV SUNDARAM SIR AND VKV SIR and we the MMI MADDYS are very fortunate in this respect.VVS and VKV are the guiding FORCE behind this UNIQUE and the most significant function to be held at BHARATHIYA VIDYA BHAVAN ON 28th OCT 2012 from 2 to9PM.WE call upon all the RASIKAS to make it a very GRAND EVENT>PL REPLY!

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 26 Oct 2012, 19:12

Yes, I shall be there, for at least part of the day.

If I don't share the "maddy" enthusiasm of you guys, then that is only because of my lack, so far, of experience and exposure. I do think, though, that when friends put such a vast amount of work into a project then we should support them.

Suryaprakash is one of my favorite artists anyway, and if his singing contains even an echo of MMI, then I can understand the maddiness

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 26 Oct 2012, 20:03

Dear Sri VKV, Sri Venugopalan and Sri VVS,
Madurai Mani Iyer is a phenomenon in Carnatic music as significant to my mind as Mozart was in Western Classical music, as Mallikarjun Mansur was in Hindustani music, as Dattreya Bendre was in Kannada literature. These great souls made a unique impact, emanating from the wellspring of a creative genius anchored in a deep spiritual inspiration. The result was an unforgettable impact of sweetness, goodness and refinement.

That you people, who are all excellent in your respective fields, have toiled so diligently to celebrate the birth centenary of this great man is a tribute as much to him as it is to the entire rasika community of Carnatic music.

Some of us will be lucky enough to be present at your grand celebration. But EVERYONE of Carnatic music aficionados will be present in their hearts and souls in your celebration. The celebration of MMI or MMI Maddies will not end on 28 Oct. Such things never end. Just as the juice of life will flow till eternity.

My best wishes and prayers for all your success.

Sachi R

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 26 Oct 2012, 20:06

A small contribution..remembering the legend..

Simmendramadhyamam RTP....Thenparam Giri Velane Sundari Manalane..48.36Mts

MMI 084-Simmendramadhyamam RTP(Thenparam Giri Velane Sundari Manalane).mp3

kapali · Post by **kapali** » 27 Oct 2012, 00:15

I fully echo the sentiments of R Sachi. Nostalgic and great memories of listening to MMI 's thrilling Ramanavami concerts at Bangalore still continue to haunt my mind. I am far away from Chennai now and wish the MMI centenary function and the sustained efforts of the organisers all success.

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 27 Oct 2012, 07:22

]I am giving ADVANCE information about events involving the MMI CENTENARY and others I am involved in during my current visit to Chennai. We will soon provide more details about each of these happenings.EVERY ONE IS INVITED.My tel#S ARE: 24362834 TILL 9:30 A.M. CELL: 8754570310. In addition messages can be left at:24914103. As I have written before ideas & suggestions are ALWAYS WELCOME. VKV
REG THE 27TH MEETING DESCRIBED BELOW THE ACTING U.S. CONSUL HAS KINDLY AGREED TO JOIN THE PANEL ETC. PL ATTEND THIS SPECIAL EVENT IF YOU CAN. THANKS, V.K.Viswanathan
4) OCT 27: THIS EVENT is not related to the MMI CENTENARY. I am organising a function in which SRI.s: N.RAMANI, N.MURALI, RAVIKIRAN,& VKV, WILL TRACE THE PROGRESS & RISE OF CARNATIC MUSIC IN NORTH AMERICA SINCE 1960 & THE ROLE PLAYED BY CLEVELAND V.V.SUNDARAM IN THIS JOURNEY. The concert will be by: KUM AISHWARYA (Vocal) accompanied by Dr.Narmadha (Violin), Sri.T.K.Murthy & (MRIDANGAM). Aishwarya is the great grand daughter of M.S. & grand daughter of Radha(who has kindly agreed to attend) & the significance of this concert is it is trying to nostalgically recall the 1966 tour of M.S.S(with Radha & Vijaya)- V.VSubramanian(Violin), T.K.Murthy(Mridangam), "Vikku"Vinayakaram(Ghatam). It is the opinion of VKV at least that this whole miracle & wave started with that tour & M.S.S's UN CONCERT was the inspiration & start of this phenomenon. It will be in Raga Sudha Hall in Mylapore.
5)OCT 28: 2P.M.-10P.M. AT Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore. These Centenary Celebrations will be the continuation of the MMI Centenary Celebrations which started in CLEVELAND earlier this year in which close to fifteen concerts in part paid tribute to MMI. Actually the two artists who devoted their entire concerts to MMI-Smt. Gayathri Girish & Sri. Suraprakash will perform concerts in the evening segment.
6) OCT 29: Raga Sudha Hall. The R.K.Srikantan Trust & the GLOBAL RASIKAS FORUM OF THE CLEVELAND THYAGARAJA ARADHANA will present an exclusive concert of HaikesaNallur Muthiah Bhagavathar's Compositions.
The attempt has been to address & present the VARIOUS ASPECTS OF M.M.I. & HIS MUSIC. We are aware more could have been done but as ALL THE EFFORTS are VOLUNTEER based this is the best we could come up with.....Please attend as many of these FREE functions- in the same spirit as M.M.I. Himself- as possible. Thanks, VKV[/quote][/quote]

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Oct 2012, 09:39

VKV,
What a wonderful all day long celebration you have worked on, with the help of other enthusiasts!
While there are countless big time fans of MMI, you stand alone, at leastin our eyes, your friends at Rasikas. Your enthusiasm for the master's music is boundless.

Have a grand celebration!
Need I say I miss being there

Hope rasikAs fill the hall to capacity to honor MMI. Also many musicians, to honor a giant among them.

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 27 Oct 2012, 14:25

Celebrating Madurai Mani Iyer’s birth centenary ....

http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/cele ... 027701.ece

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 29 Oct 2012, 08:33

I was fortunate to attend the Centenary Celebration of Sri Madurai Mani Iyer at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan this evening. It was a very successful program. Cleaveland famous Sri V.K.Viswanathan and Sri VV.Sundaram were the prinicipal organisors assisted by a dedicated team of volunteers from among fans of Sri MMI. Sri V.K.Viswanathan compered and conducted the proceedings in an efficient manner although it was little bit informal in nature.

The talk given by the speakers was excellent. They took different aspects of MMI's music for analysis. Dr.S. A.K.Durga presented her research report on the voice aspect of Sri MMI. Dr.Narmada demonstrated with her violin on how sri MMI could coordinate with the accompany artistes, the amount of value he has given to the instruments and the respect he had given toÂ the people who played the accompaniments. Sri K.s.Kalidas explained the Layam part of MMI. Sri Ravikiran narrated in general how Sri MMI accomplished his mission by carrying the art to the entire humanity from a scholar to a worker.Cleaveland Sri Sundaram spoke on the importance Sri MMI had given to his rasikas.

The vocal recital rendered by Sri R.Suryaprakash and Smt. Gayathri Girish was very good. Sri Suryaprakash was in his full form and the recital he has given today is of best standard compared to all the other programs I have attended so far. I hope our aasthaana Subbudu (Sri German Subbu) may come out with his detailed praising report on the music rendered by Suryaprakash and Gayathi Girish.

From our RBI Chennai Friends group myself, Sendi, German Subbu, T.V.S., and Rangachari attended the function. We could also find Sri C.S.Umapathy (Cricket Coach), Sri Jagannathan (H/O.Gita Jagannathan) in the audience.

Although the publicity given for this program was minimum, we could witness the maximum response. During the program. We could see a number of senior music artistes in the function. It was an unusual thing to witness - tea breaks twice.

Many artistes and persons associated with Sri MMI were honoured with presentation of mementos. I am happy to see that our friend Sri Venugopalan is one among them.

Printed souvenir containing various articles about Sri MMI and Audio CD's containing compilation of MMI recordings were distributed to the audience.

Although the program was drawn for a very long duration of seven hours, the tempo was sustained from the beginning to the end. Everyone was found very much attentive.

I am not able to end this write up without mentioning my regret that the attendance from RBItes was very much less than expected. It is not for somebody's sake we are attending. Indeed, those who could not and did not attend this program missed a wonderful opportunity,. I could say. This is my personal feeling. We should improve a lot in this regard at least in future.
With love and regards,
CHANDRIAH RBI RETD CHENNAI

Balummi · Post by **Balummi** » 29 Oct 2012, 09:49

Though the Centenary celebrations at Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan was a success , it can not be said to be a Grand

Success as it was with the Krishna Gana Sabha and the Luz Corner functions a few months ago . In those functions we heard

only MMI 's voice . After getting rasikas inputs at this function , I came to the conclusion that in a function spanning over

seven hours atleast three hours should be allotted for playing his recordings and it was actually little over ten minutes only .

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 29 Oct 2012, 20:53

Dear rasikas,
I just started listening to Suryapraksh's concert of 28 Oct. I downloaded from S'Priya. Excellent recording. Vid Mannargudi Eshwaran on the mridangam is simply wonderful.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 29 Oct 2012, 21:57

thanks, RSachi. Look forward to listening to it. I am downloading it now.

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 29 Oct 2012, 23:42

https://plus.google.com/photos/10924507 ... Zqjs_uKlQE
Regards,

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 29 Oct 2012, 23:42

https://plus.google.com/photos/10924507 ... Zqjs_uKlQE
Regards,

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 29 Oct 2012, 23:45

https://plus.google.com/photos/10924507 ... J3XipyvkwE

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 30 Oct 2012, 03:03

Very nice pictures. Thanks for posting them, Venu Sundar.

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 30 Oct 2012, 06:51

listen to Shri Suryaprakash...aUDIO COURTESY sHRI TV.GOPALAKRISHNAN..

Shri R Suryaprakash MMI centenary celebrations 2012..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML7I8Irbi2A

Rsachi · Post by **Rsachi** » 30 Oct 2012, 23:00

Dear fellow-admirers of MMI,
I heard Suryaprakash's concert audio on Sangeethapriya.
The youngster has a very pleasant high pitched voice. My best wishes to him.
Of course Suryaprakash has to work hard, really hard, to become the true inheritor of the Madurai Mani mantle in terms of sruti alignment. This is only my lay opinion. And I am afraid he does not have too many role models among male stars today for that precise Sruti alignment that we saw in MMI ( or KVN or MDR...)

vg.krishnaswamy · Post by **vg.krishnaswamy** » 01 Nov 2012, 11:47

Dear Rasikas,

I also attend this function. It was well conducted and the theme was very nice and appropriate. Many thanks to Mr. VKV for his single handed lead considering his age.

Nevertheless, I noticed one thing while Kalidas presented the laya aspects of MMI's music. Kalidas attempted to explain the laya mastery of MMI through Sri Subramanyaya namaste redition of MMI from the available recording repository. The pallavi is sung in different tempos by MMI as it is sung by 90% of singers. The idea of Kalidas in this example was to explain how MMI's laya skills were, because MMI's recordings have no such laya pattern in his RTP, in contrast to his contemporaries who used to compose and present an RTP in different speeds. But in general, RTP is well constructed laya pattern, composed in appropriate raga by the singer most of the time. This gives an brilliant opportunity to display the skills of the singer in laya, raga and manodharma.

Now, how one can best explain this aspect with the example which Kalidas has chosen when every second musician also sang Sri Subrmanyaya namaste in the same familiar pattern. In my opinion, Kalidas could have picked out another suitable example that fits this case rather than this song to explain the music world how much MMI's laya skills were. In my opinion, there are 100s of neravals and swaram that MMI handled that had the accompaniment of laya genius like Palghat Mani Iyer, Lalgudi, Palani Subramania Pillai and so forth...

However, it was a very succesful function considering the cause. Why can't it be arranged in some venue in Chennai where we can listen to concerts of MMI with nice acoustics and invited audience to enlighten and ennoble us.

BR//Krishnaswamy

anandasangeetham · Post by **anandasangeetham** » 01 Nov 2012, 13:56

I also attended this function. Speeches by eminent persons threw lots of insights about the great MMI. But as Balummi said nothing beats listening to him. Just one song of the Great will not equal thousand hours of speech about him. However the ambience was excellent and i enjoyed every bit of it....just the samples played made the day for me.

I was there from 2-8 till Suryaprakash finished his concert but had to leave by then. Suryarakash gave a nice recital but the first item was not pleasing. but he warmed up and the rest of the concert was good. It was also good to see the mridangam maestro Shri Madras A Kannan making it to the occasion. I had the opportunity to witness him give a lec demo of his famous 1/4 chapu sometime back at Raga Sudha Hall.

I come to know that a CD was released during this function? (got to know from Venu Sundars post) Please let me know how to get a copy. Thanks.

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 01 Nov 2012, 23:02

PLEASE CONTACT SRI.S.VENUGOPALAN FOR THE BROCHURE OR COPIES THE 2 DVD SET. VKV

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 02 Nov 2012, 15:47

Many many kudos to Dr. V K Vishwanathan (aka "CACM") for co-ordinating these series of events over the last several years across two continents, leading up to this grand centenary day.

Shri VKV symbolizes the hundreds of thousands of Madurai Mani Iyer "bhaktas" strewn around the globe, cutting across generations. The most touching story I heard was from VKV himself - apparently some years back he wrote a small autobiography for circulating among close friends and he could not find a picture of his mother. So in its stead Shri VKV used the picture of Madurai Mani Iyer (singing endless variations of "Kantiki Sundara Tharamagu Roopame" I am sure). Nothing more need be said.

Many thanks too to Shri Venu Sundar and other senior fans of Madurai Mani Iyer who made these functions possible.

anandasangeetham · Post by **anandasangeetham** » 02 Nov 2012, 16:25

Yes that was a very touching moment. and Sri VKV himself became emotional.

Sri S Venugopalan Sir, how do I contact you?

venu sundar · Post by **venu sundar** » 02 Nov 2012, 22:18

DEAR ALL MMI MADDYS<
VKV AND SUNDARAM SIRS HAVE DONE IT!THEY ALONE CAN DO IT!The 28th function of MADURAI MANI IYER CENTENARY was a very GRAND one as it did not had any VIPs and ONLY VIP WAS MMI the MUSICAL GOD!I was very fortunate to be in the company of the THIAGARAJA TWINS OF CLEVELAND VVS AND VKV SIRS!The whole event was like a FAMILY GET TOGETHER and not an usual or unusual meet.Every RASIKA was contacted personally and we knocked ALL the doors of Mylapore and the result was the emotionaL UPSURGE OF mmi maddys IN THE HALL OF BVB.WE ARE GRATEFUL AND INDEBTED TO ALL THE RASIKAS OF MMI THE GOD OF MUSIC.WE CONTINUE NOW!

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