Vidwan Palghat Raghu to become Sangeetha Kalanidhi on Jan 1,

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 04 Jun 2007, 22:22

Dear nick H,
Interesting but incisive observation!......Tabla is a great instrument & the sruti suddham as well as typically cleaner notes played by north indian tabla players is bound to appeal to any one for music after all consists of musical notes& chords at a tecnical level don't you think?....i think the beauty of carnatic music is like hinduism itself- a big factor in the compositions- has an appeal at various levels & the drumming part is quite intellectual but the greats like palghat mani iyer, palani subramania pillai & murugabhoopathy made it unbelievably musical too!

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 04 Jun 2007, 22:25

Dear Mahesh, I appreciate your points. I would like to point out GNB-LGJ- PALGHAT RAGHU CONCERTS ARE THE ULTIMATE SUMMIT ON TOP OF EVEREST! I CAN GO ON & ON BUT THIS ONE ALONE IS FOR HISTORY. VKV

meena · Post by **meena** » 04 Jun 2007, 22:57

vkv

Please do not type in 'caps' makes it very hard to read ur posts. thanku

mahesh33 · Post by **mahesh33** » 05 Jun 2007, 04:25

Thanks VKV sir!

Your posts may be hard to read, but easy to understand!

SSK · Post by **SSK** » 05 Jun 2007, 04:33

jayaram wrote:Let them award a great vidwan like Shri Manakkal Rangarajan with the Sangeetha kalanidhi, then I will accept they have come of age. Until then they shall remain a crony-filled, nepotistical, small-minded organization, to be shunned by true rasikas everywhere.

Couldn't have been said any better. There many senior Vidwans some of them in their 90's who have been completely ignored by Madras Music Academy. The only thing unfortunate about this is that, these great maestro's do not have lobby organization working their cause in Chennai. Plus to make matters worse, if these artists are not a part of "Chennai" some how, and if they happen to live in Andra, Kerala or Karnataka or some where in the north, then they tend to be ignored completely. I know of very senior vidwans, authors, musicologists and composers all embodied in to one person/s, who have not been consisdered by Madras Academy..

My biggest observation is " legends such as Ariyakudi, GNB, Madhura Mani, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, ..... have been conferred Sangeetha Kalanidhi.... and so are much junior artists with in the recent times as well as since 80's and 90's, who may be good, but do not come any where near the calibre of these legends..." So is there any meaning to conferring awards year after year??? To me this is all game that is not needed for promoting great art like Carnatic Music..

Without a doubt, Vidwan Palakkad Raghu sir richly deserves this award, and I sincerely hope that, he is accepting it, without any inner feelings. I wish and pray god to reward him with many more years, of health, hapiness and ability to enthrall audience world wide with his vidwat.

appu · Post by **appu** » 05 Jun 2007, 06:57

To quote Apasruthi "Sri Raghu can think and play at the same time" (I have not figured out how to quote just a sentence). I think as far as Raghu mama is concerned just comparing him to Cricket stars is a much bigger accolade. Raghu mama is a cricket buff to the very last bowl. We have had some wonderful times in the early 80's watching cricket. Once he had come to Bombay for a concert at Anushakti Nagar. It was early June. We had our first showers that afternoon. A 1:00 PM concert of Shri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, accompanied by Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao and Raghu mama. It was the 5th and final day of the test match between India and another country. (I forget, almost 24 years ago). When the concert was done Raghu mama left like a flash of lightening to see the match with me. One of our very lucky days because at the Anushakti circle, our car skidded and facing the wrong side off the street. Mama did not bat an eyelid, was not flustered, just matter of fact stated "Turn around, we will miss the game" Those were the good old days. Congrats mama. If you read this post you probably know who I am.

appu · Post by **appu** » 05 Jun 2007, 06:58

Oops I meant to say ball, not bowl I apologize

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 05 Jun 2007, 08:48

Dear meena, Sorry i dont follow the so called "ettiquette". Can you suggest a way if i wish to emphasise a point? i tend to use capitals; You can easily imagine while i made a living using computers only now a days i type anything!
Let me assure you I am not angry which is what i am told if you use capitals. VKV

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 05 Jun 2007, 09:30

VKV Sir, you make your points eloquent enough that it does not need any further emphasis. On the very occasional instance where you want to highlight a word or two that might be missed among other points, you can use bold or italics but even there I do not see much need for it.

apasruthi · Post by **apasruthi** » 05 Jun 2007, 10:18

Thanks mri_fan, arasi, mahesh33 and appu for your views and appreciations to my analogy to the cricket for Shri Raghu. The analogy was not just co-incidental, but deliberate, knowing very well, Shri Raghu's penchant for cricket.

I also agree with vkv43034's view on GNB-LGJ-PR combo as one of the best. For those who have not been exposed to this, please hear out Shri Raghu playing for SSI, though it is not very common fare. Un-believably different to the normal patterns. I was amazed at the anticipatory sangathi's playing by PR during the neraval and swaram singing, he was completely tuned to SSI baani..

Other than KVN, Neduneri, I can also quote, Shir Raghu's fantastic accompaniment for Shri DKJ, MDR and Hyderabad brothers, and in the period 1997-2002 for Sanjay also... as truly an evolving pattern of playing..

Apasruthi

PS : By the way I presume, Shri Raghu's favourite cricketer is Sanath Jayasuriya. He used to comment on him as " Avan kaiyya paaru, sariyaana thavilkaaran maathiri.." (See his forearms, much alike a seasoned Thavil player..)

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 05 Jun 2007, 10:23

Dear apasruthi,
I realyy enjoy your very astute& knowlegdeable observations & comments. If anything you are a suswara "Mannan" in my book! I thought only swarams can be apaswaram but you have genarized it( like einstein's general relativity) to sruthi also! very clever....VKV

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 05 Jun 2007, 10:27

Dear vasanthakokilam,
Thanks for your practical & useful suggestion. Incidentally your parents must be congragulated on choice of your name! They must be real experts in carnatic music? Regs, VKV

apasruthi · Post by **apasruthi** » 05 Jun 2007, 12:47

Dear VKV sir:

Thanks for the copious compliments!! The very purpose of taking the name "apasruthi" was to strike a "discordant note" among the discussions, ofcourse to grab quick attention! (no other purpose intended)...Incidentally does 43034 in your ID indicates April 30th 1934, by any chance (am trying to ape de-coding ala Prof: Langford in Da-Vinci Code!)..

Talking about Raghu mama's SK title, one more person to be appreciated here is Mr. Murali of Hindu under whose leadership only the Academy has decided to confer the title to Shri Raghu, so he definitely needs a special mention, for this..

Apasruthi

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 05 Jun 2007, 19:31

Raghu sir also toured in the US with Sanjay back in 1998

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 06 Jun 2007, 14:00

meena wrote:vkv

Please do not type in 'caps' makes it very hard to read ur posts. thanku

Dear VKV,

I second meena here. Please avoid caps if possible. You can use bold or italics if you want to emphasize something (not the whole message). Or you could also use underline. Thanks.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 06 Jun 2007, 16:34

http://www.sendspace.com/file/12ee1h

SSI-LLG-PR-VN a Clip of an RTP with Thani

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 06 Jun 2007, 19:27

Thank you for the SSI - PR upload, a combo I haven't heard yet. Is LLG lalgudi?

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 06 Jun 2007, 20:03

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uo8jk0
kvn-raghu-rasa vilasa.mp3

Yes.LLG stands for lalgudi

mahesh_narayan · Post by **mahesh_narayan** » 07 Jun 2007, 02:54

Coolkarni Jee,
Thanks a lot for the SSI-Raghu clip. Awesome !!. Usually, I associate Raghu Sir with azhuttam and anticipation, but this one has electric speed as well, UKS Sir style.

avichinnu · Post by **avichinnu** » 07 Jun 2007, 18:11

Dear Kulkarniji,
Thanks for this outstading music of SSI-LLG-PR-VN. Thanks a lot.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 08 Jun 2007, 16:55

http://www.sendspace.com/file/73rg84

Alathur - Papa-Palghat Raghu-Viswanatha Iyer-AIR.mp3

01-ra ra sita,
02-mansavishaya,
03-purna bodha
04-karunai tandhu ennai,
05-kamalajasya,

Lovely AIR Clip

avichinnu · Post by **avichinnu** » 08 Jun 2007, 22:04

Perhaps Semmangudi-Lalgudi- Raghu combination was a great delight for the music lovers in 1950's and 1960's. Once I listened to a recording in which raghu played brilliantly to semmagudi's rendition of raagas like Vasantha [hariharaputram], Mukhari[ksheenamai] and "Ramachandrana samrakshithoham"[ raga Manji?]...etc., Raghu's mridangam was sounding like the "chande"..used in folk performances....
He is a great laya artist with whom every vocalist used to perform very cautiously!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 15 Jun 2007, 17:06

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jyvkzh
40 second clip where TKR pays a fine tribute to Palghat Raghu

The full Track
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kh4hsg
Mohana RTP with Thani

RaviVeda · Post by **RaviVeda** » 15 Jun 2007, 19:42

coolkarniji, The tribute to Palghat Raghu clip has Sri Gananatham bhajare song in it. The tribute part is missing.

Regards
Ravi

RaviVeda · Post by **RaviVeda** » 15 Jun 2007, 19:51

coolkarniji, The tribute to Palghat Raghu clip has Sri Gananatham bhajare song in it. The tribute part is missing.

Sorry, my mistake, the clip got saved to a different location.
Thanks coolkarniji for the clip.

Ravi

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 25 Jul 2007, 13:17

srkris wrote:
Sam Swaminathan wrote:Palghat Raghu Sir and Tamilnadu.....???

while talking about raghu Sir......who is the senior between Sivaraman Sir and Raghu Sir ?
They are both equally senior. But Raghu sticks more with the PMI way of performing, I feel, when compared to UKS.

uks sir and Raghu sir are unique in their own way....

one might have asked this kind of a question when these legends were young and new to the concert platform....

both of them have created their own stle of playing and their own identity....

think what will happen if anyone asks whether palghat shri mani iyer was more with shri vaitha anna's way of performing.... when compared to murthy mama....

sishyas not only play what their gurus play in concerts.. they also play what the gurus play in their home, class, while checking the mrudangam for concerts and what the gurus say (upadhEsham) after their concerts too play an important role...

uks sir, raghu sir, murthy sir.... all have their own entity and personality and they perform with their own style...

guru's exist to make the sishya realise and not to do just the copying....

though music can be defined it is also creative..