Flute: N. Ramani

[cpblog]

Dear Rasikas, Didn't find a label for Dr. Ramani; so I started this to invite you all to an old concert of Dr. Ramani (one among his several performances) at "Parvathi", Mysore, April 17, 1973. Accompanying are Vidwan M. Chandrasekharan (Violin); Vidwan Vellore Ramabhadran (Mridangam); Vidwan K.S Manjunath (Ghatam). http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

[bilahari]

The kalyANi ragam Ramani plays in this concert is stupendous and I urge all rasikas to listen to this concert. The torrent of sangathis in the tara sthayi are just breath taking and the mandra sthayi phrases towards the conclusion around the nishAdam are extremely beautiful.

[vasanthakokilam]

That is indeed quite an energetic Vaasudevayani . I enjoyed listening to that very much. Thanks bilahari for pointing that out. And of course our thanks to cpblog and the Parvathi team for releasing these gems along with nice write-ups and anecdotes.

BTW, the caption near the photo labels the violinist as Alagiriswamy where as down below near the song it says M. Chandrasekharan. The vionilist was equally good, I especially liked the violinist's kalayni alapana.

Those who have not been checking out the Parvathi archive site at http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/ , I recommend you do that. You get to hear some great music.

[cpblog]

Dear Bilahari and Vasanthakokilam,

Sorry, 'tempos fugits', and we sometimes feel a tad slower within our mortal frames. Nevertheless, the heritage must go on and we too must not loose sight of your kind and gracious words. Thank you and best wishes to all of you in this splendid forum.

BTW, the photo of Ramani accompanied by Algiriswamy is from a 1970 concert. The music posted is from a different concert performed in 1973. The mridanga vidwans are also different. Photo shows UKS, while in the music it is Ramabhadran.

[vasanthakokilam]

Thanks cpblog. I got it now.

[cpblog]

Sri Vasanthakokilam ( and on behalf of all Rasikas),

We now present the very concert of the photo you inquired of earlier!

Ramanavami Series @ 'Parvathi', Mysuru
April 19, 1970
Vidwan Ramani with the Vidwans Alagiriswamy, Sivaraman and Manjunathan

'Vannakam' @ http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

[venkatakailasam]

Please see an article about NR. Please see How NR, LGJ and Umayalpuram look like in their younger days at this link:.


http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/12/22/stor ... 240100.htm




venkatakailasam

[Nick H]

Wow... he was playing ten years before I was born. And what wonderful experiences he describes.

[ajit]

He played a great Keeravani on January 1st, 2011 at Asthika Samajam in Thiruvanmiyur.
Nick, you were sitting next to me at that concert.

[Nick H]

Trying to remember ...

Had my American-visitor contingent in tow, so didn't take enough notice of who else was around.

[ajit]

Nick, your contingent was sitting to your left. I was sitting next to you on the right and recording too..

[Nick H]

I'd have to undergo deep hypnosis, I'm afraid <Blush>

I do remember one non-American. I think it must have been my wife! :$

[cpblog]

Dr. Ramani, once again!
From Ramanavami,"Parvathi", Mysore
April 4, 1974
with "Parur" M.S.Gopalakrishnan --- Violin
Tanjore Upendran --- Mridangam
K.S.Manjunath --- Ghatam

Please enjoy @ http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

[cpblog]

One more vintage concert for the fans of Dr. N. Ramani
With
Chalakudy Narayanaswamy – Violin
Vellore Ramabhadran – Mridangam
H. P. Ramachar – Khanjira
at "Parvathi", Mysore April 22, 1975

Please welcome to http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

[venkatakailasam]

Concert 275- Dr. N Ramani Flute with LGJ and Umayalpuram Shri Sivaraman
His birth day to day…15-10-2014
Listen at:

http://myblogkumara.blogspot.in/2014/09 ... art-x.html

01-varNam-naLinakAnti
02-shrI_nArada_nAda-kAnaDA
03-AnandAmrtakarSiNi_amrtavarSaNi-amrtavarshiNi
04-koluvamarEgadA_kOdaNDapANi-tODi
05-Ragamalika
06-tillAnA-kuntalavarALi

[bombal]

my humble pranaams to the genius flautist...I did speak to him this morning as well..

sharing a concert featuring the maestro with S Varadarajan and myself @ MFAC 25th Dec 2012.


https://www.dropbox.com/s/cg8tzqtov2uap ... 2.mp3?dl=0


:namaste:

[bombal]

one more excerpts from a concert of the maestro & Sri Raghunath Seth with Veeraraghavan mama, myself, Balakrishna Iyer (Tabla) and N Govindarajan sir ghatam. Venue : Allahabad Date: 1st Oct 1993.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jhd5img50uxzb ... 3.MP3?dl=0

:namaste: