Tanjavur S Kalyanaraman

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Ashwin
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Post by Ashwin »

Found this promo on Youtube:

Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman -The Sunaadha Vinodhan
A Documentary on The Legend Tanjore S.Kalyanaraman

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DLo9pjDqU1Q

IMHO the hamsanAdam AlApanA at the beginning is just a small taste of his genius!

Ashwin

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Post by balusatya »

I am impressed by his advice to Vidushi.Bhushani Kalyanaraman(Chat corner -Friday review Hindu today)"music should be your tapasya.Do not rest on your laurels.Always raise the bar and strive for excellence.Listen to and absorb from different banis,but sculpt an individual style,infusing your ideas and singing from the heart.work hard,with concentration ,irrespective of whether concerts come your way."-nicely reported by Mrs.Lalithaa Krishnan.

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Post by rajeshnat »

All,
Yesterday(June 2nd,2009) I had a chance to see about 30 minutes of the TSK - DVD that was screened , the DVD was the second of the series from swaathi's sanskrithi.It was brilliant one titled "Tanjore S kalyanaraman- ahead of his times".

Just recollecting few of the visual and audio experiences of that DVD. As I entered sikkil gurucharan was talking about kApi madhurapuna krithi in kApi and as he finished out popped up the krithi of TSK.Then violinist sanjeev talked beautifully about the way TSK has handled hameerkalyAni .

AnurAdha sriram spoke briefly about the way TSK handles few rare krithi and out popped up "uNNai arindhavar" , it was a beautiful rAgam and loads of melody i did not get that rAgam. Gurucharan briefly came back again and talked about dwijAvanthi and out popped ashtapathi . Then sandeep nArayanan (I have seen him a lot in rAgasudha as a rasika , never knew his face), he spoke beautifully and aptly about dwi madhyama handling by TSK . There was a brief talk by sanjay subrahmanyan where he said next to KSK he is heavily influenced by him.

PERHAPS THE BEST OF BEST TRIBUTE was by mahA vidwan Prof TRS who said about his contemporary TSK ,he said like thyagarAja TSK is recognized much much more only after leaving all of us , that was a fitting tribute.

There was also a brief senjuruTTi "vAzhum vazhi KAttu" , but the best moment was when subramania bharathi sketch was drawn, and then a sumenasa ranjani??? krithi "uNNmai arindavar" popped out.

Subramania BharathiyAr lyrics with TSK delivery was an unforgettable combination, what an expression and what a blend.

:cool: karni,
I wish you were there , you are the karana kartha for me to appreciate TSK and TRS and when vidwan TRS talked about TSK I was thinking about you. I bought both dvds (the first volume was screened last year) , they both cost 400 Rs (second one is Rs 250/-). I will gift both of that to you, just in case if you dont have it. :) :)


More writeup about dvd (added on June 09th,2009):
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http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... s-dvd.html
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rajeshnat
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coolkarni wrote:The second time I met Lalgudi at his home,the session was devoted to the types of music I liked and understood .
.....
Those two artists , did not get , what they deserved.In their own lifetime.
(kadikyavendudu kadikyaley ) Anaaaa .....Romba Buddhishallee

These were his exact words
:cool:
WHich year was this session. A truly great recommendation for you which in turn helped all of us here. evarani nee with neraval was rare and great.

Appended on June 12th,2009:
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SBKanthan- DVD on SKR

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... s-dvd.html
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rshankar
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Post by rshankar »

Rajesh,

IIRC, Kji met with Sri LGJ rather recently, within the last 1-2 years. Kji was being modest... :cool:
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sanvenk
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Post by sanvenk »

rajeshnat wrote:All,
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There was also a brief senjuruTTi "vAzhum vazhi KAtti"
...
Rajeshnat, I do not know if you or anyone noticed. In the last song, he did sruthibedam in senjuriti. He sang Bilahari in anu pallavi and Karaharapriya in charanam. This shows his inimitable skill in the art where he could even think of doing sruthibedam even in ragams like senjuriti. Hats off to this mahavidwan!.

The song was tuned by him.

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Post by munirao2001 »

On Voice Culture Research of Maestro TSK
I was fortunate to attend a seminar on Voice Culture Organized by Brihadhwani and ITC Sangeeth Peeth, Kolkata, at Music Academy, Chennai. Great Maestros/Maestros from both Classical CM and HM and Film Music presented papers and talks, presided over by Shri KVN.
Shri TSK presented his paper. He had mentioned that the problems of his naturally endowed voice in it's usage and deliverance of his ideas, prompted him to make a deep study and the paper is the result of this study(I would term it , as a research paper).
At the end of the seminar, my Guru and Father Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao went up to TSK and hailed his paper was the Best of all the papers presented at the Seminar. TSK was moved and said the compliments and blessings from him, made him immensely happy( moved and was in tears).
I strongly wish that this paper has to be published for the benefit of all students, teachers and practitioner's of CM, if not already published. Smt Bhushany Kalyanaraman, if she is in possession of the paper or Brihadhwani can arrange for it's publication.
munirao2001

balakk
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Post by balakk »

I'm just discovering this great vidwan, the RTP here is magical:

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads/skr/msgkm/

It's a Ranjani family RTP - Ranjani, Manoranjani, Janaranjani and SriRanjani - if I've got them all right.

I'm floored how beautifully he blends in these contrasting ragas together. MSG gives inimitable support, and this track is a sublime hearing experience.

ragam-talam
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Post by ragam-talam »

Just came across this nice article on SKR: He loved to experiment
>>Kalyanaraman’s musical experiments fructified as original varnams, kritis in rare ragas like Madhuri and Vanathi, tillanas and ashtaragamalikas.

Are there any recordings of renderings of his compositions?

rajeshnat
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Post by rajeshnat »

ragam-talam wrote: >>Kalyanaraman’s musical experiments fructified as original varnams, kritis in rare ragas like Madhuri and Vanathi, tillanas and ashtaragamalikas.

Are there any recordings of renderings of his compositions?
I have his ashtarAgamAliga and rare thillanas especially the gavathi is rare and a raga not attempted by anyone . MAdhuri and vanathi no idea . Send me a personal mail.

venkatakailasam
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Post by venkatakailasam »

Here is an Ashtapathi By Tanjore S Kalyana raman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0P9YV7g_i4

E'-SWARA-02-Shri. S Kalyana Raman-Ashtapathi-anila tarala kuvalay-SudhS arang.flv



The Song Is commenced with Charanam ya ramita vanamalina -16th Ashtapathi (Shri Raadhika's plight of suffering due to Viraha Thaapam and started blabbering like a mad person in imagining Krishna being in company of other Gopis.(13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Ashtapadis

P: anila tarala kuvalaya nayanena tapati na saki salaya shayanena
C: ya ramita vanamalina sakhi
1: vikasita sarasija lalita mukhena sphutati na sa manasija vishikhena
2: amrta madhura mrdutara vacanena jvalati na sa malayaja pavanena
3: sthala jalaruha rucikara caranena luthati na sa hima kiranikarena
4: sajala jalada samudaya rucirena dalati na sa hrdi viraha bharena

venkatakailasam

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Will we be able to get these kind of musicains ever again.
Perfection, sruthi perfection, manodharmam at its best...
http://www.mediafire.com/?lnncgjjuaycjb2a

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Post by vs_manjunath »

Would love to (re) post SK's Purandharadasa Song in Gangeyabhusini. Raga elaborated followed by the song "sulabha pUjeya mAdi", which has an excellent meaning to convey in the lyrics. It's just amazing!

kedharam
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'Will we be able to get these kind of musicains ever again.'

never.

thanks for bAgAyanayya

cpblog
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Vidwan S.Kalyanaraman performing in "Parvathi", Mysore
Ramanavami Festival on April 20, 1973

Accompanied by Parur M.S. Gopalakrishnan --- Violin
Karaikudi Mani -------- Mridangam
H.P.Ramachar ------ Khanjira

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

balakk
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Post by balakk »

Sanjay Subrahmanyan's tribute to SKR:

http://sanjaysub.blogspot.com/2011/06/t ... n-skr.html

It appears to be SKR's 81st birthday today, and Sanjay has been awarded the "SKR award for excellence" this year.

mahavishnu
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Post by mahavishnu »

Thanks, Balakk for posting this here. That was a very nice tribute. It is truly touching when Sanjay says that he is where is today, because of SKR's music.

From what I see, Sanjay's concert at the SKR memorial event was spectacular. I hope the concert gets released commercially!

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Post by mahavishnu »

Here's a link to some generous excerpts from SB Kanthan's new documentary on SKR (released earlier this year; see detailed discussion on dwimadhyama ragas in a thread on Sanjay's concert)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVqSagm- ... ture=feedu

cienu
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Post by cienu »

Wonderful link. A must view for all TSK lovers . Thank you Mahavishnu :)

balakk
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Post by balakk »

A rare video of SKR singing, accompanied by MSG, UKS and Vinayakram.

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

vasanthakokilam
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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Thanks balakk.

mahavishnu
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Post by mahavishnu »

What a gem, balakk. Such camaraderie between the artistes and the nonchalant ease with which they come together!
That brigha at the end of the pallavi is to die for.

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lovely one , see the distance of mike too

balakk
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Post by balakk »

Here's a sensitive rendering of a Bharatiyar song, in Sumanesa Ranjani. Haven't heard this raga before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpTuMF-wC3k

Not a video though.

vasanthakokilam
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Post by vasanthakokilam »

wow, nice. The trisra nadai ( right? ) adds to the rasa created by the lyrics and raga.

balakk
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VK, you've caught me, I've no clue :) but whatever it is, it's beautiful and haunting..

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Post by bilahari »

Balakk, thanks for the link to the nice video. I love the TSK-MSG combination!

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Tanjavur S Kalyanaraman - His Darbari KAnada Tillana

Post by Sundar Krishnan »

26/1/12

Recently, I heard Sandeep Narayan sing a fine Darbari KAnada Tillana, which he later announced, was composed by TSKR.

The words went somewhat like this :
Tarita Kita Dhim ...
Taniyan Ennai Adharittu Inda Manidap-Piraviyay Punitam ... Murugan ? ...

I would like to have the Lyrics and Taalam of this Tillana

PS : I have not raised this query for Lyrics, with a new Thread in "Sahitya & Id" folder, since this Thread on TSKR is already on.

Thanks in Advance (TIA).

...

kedharam
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Post by kedharam »

Happy birthday to the creator of music who pushed all the boundaries.
We bow to your steadfast convictions in your artistic endeavor against all odds and for proving that creativity can’t rest on its laurels or in your case lack thereof.
Thanks for perfect escape(s) into something extraordinary.
For romanticists:
http://youtu.be/rB7inysHC6Y
For classicists:
http://youtu.be/dcBuN1iDW90

venkatakailasam
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A few audio conversions of Shri TSK...

S Kalyana Raman-kandanin azhagil-sindhubhairavi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPPtnQ4B-sU

Shri. S Kalyana Raman-Ashtapathi-anila tarala kuvalay-SudhSarang

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0P9YV7g_i4

S Kalyana Raman-Bhuvanathraya-Mohanam-GNB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DrOfmwOjpE

Shri S Kalyana raman-Ragam-Kalyani-Whistling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u1Q2MPdwvg


Tanjore S Kalyanaraman-ShanmukhapriyaNayakan Murugan-Ragamalika.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK6Hct7-HsE

S Kalyanaraman-karuNai madi-Ashta rAgamAlike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyxwzo2q9yQ

S Kalyanaraman-RTP-Ranjani_ManOranjani_Janaranjani-Sriranjani.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBk2nXq6t8A

TS kalyanaraman-Maruthi_Varuvan-Suddh Sarang.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8QWU8Gm3BM

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Post by satyabalu »

"Music should be your tapasya.Don't rest on your laurels. Always raise the bar and strive for excellence" Bhusahni quoting TSK in an interview .

venkatakailasam
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nATha_hare_jagannATha_hare-maDhuvanthi-Adhi-jayadhEva..

http://jumbofiles.com/pyifrwd0jm5w/13-n ... a.mp3.html


RTP-Nataraja Dhayanidhae_-Simmendramadhyamam-MChapu....

http://jumbofiles.com/1wtyyj5wkfn9/07_RTP-Nataraja Dhayanidhae_-Simmendramadhyamam-MChapu.mp3.html


Ashtapathi-020-kApi_maDhuripana-vilasathi-kApi-Adhi-jayadhEva..

Ashtapathi-020-kApi_maDhuripana-vilasathi-kApi-Adhi-jayadhEva.mp3 - 4.3 Mb


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Post by sairaam »

Heard in Music academy digital archives, a concert by SKR accompanied by Tnk and Palghat Raghu in the year 1968.

Lathangi, Thodi, Hamsanadam, Chakravakam, Saramathy, Rtp - subapanduvarali.

Ultimate concert. Amazing speed, with blitzkreig brigas and sangathis.

On par wiTh a typical GNB concert, if not more.

This guy was superhuman.
People at the archive centre Had to work really hard to keep me put in my seat as i simply was moving like a mad guy after listening to this.

Ps - quite proud of it as well ;).

This is the link for the concert - http://www.inbaminge.com/t/carnatic/Sri ... raman%203/

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Nice. Thanks.
One good thing about Sri. Kalyanaraman for me is my G flute when played with lower 'Pa' and 'Sa' ( thus D ) matches
Kalyanaraman's sruthi so well. It is a great personal pleasure and satisfaction to 'try' to play along with him for a raga like Mohanam.
That was the case with this piece as well. Of course when he stops and I continue, that is when the true colors come out :)
Similar pleasure is in trying to play along with MSS. That is in the standard Sa position since her sruthi is usually G,
but I do not have the chops to pull off the sweet Mohana gamakams from that position.

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vk - wonderful that you have accompanied MSS and TSK!

vasanthakokilam
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Post by vasanthakokilam »

Mohan: :) Yes, that is one way of putting it! Ha..
For someone like me who does not have much of a knowledge in converting melody to swaras, when something comes out even half way decent, it is indeed life's little pleasure.

satyabalu
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV_C14ufCDI what is the Raga of this varnam &composer?

balakk
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Post by balakk »

The raga is probably Maand, and Sangeethapriya lists the song as SKR's own composition.

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http://youtu.be/pHTaTx4I-G0
This is a rare raga Dipali-meera Bhajan.Courtesy -Venkata Kailasam.
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Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

This is in response to post # 137 by Sundar Krishnan:

tarita jhaNuta. rAgA: darbArikAnaDa. Composer: S.Kalyanaraman.

P: tarita jhaNuta dhIm tadhIm takaNaka dhIm tarikiTa takaNaka dhIm jhaNutaka tarikiTa takaNaka
A: tanadhIm tanadhIm takiTadhIm takiTadhIm takajhaNudhIm takajhaNudhIm takajhaNudhIm tAhata gumtari taka tajjhaNu tOm taritaka jhaNutaka dhImtakajhaNudhIm tarittaka tajjham jhaNuttaka tajjham dhimittaka
C: taniyan ennai Adarittu tAyena parindu oru mozhi kanindu sholli inda
manidap-piraviyaip-punita murai sheidu iniden idayattil viLangum muruganE
(sholkaTTU)
tillAna tatillna takatillAna takiTa tillAna takadhimi tillAna
tadingiNatOm tillAna tadingiNatOm tillAna tadingiNatOm

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Post by satyabalu »

E SWARA-TSK-015-Tanjore Shri S Kalyanaraman-Kanin Maniye-varnam.avi
I need to know the Raga of this varnam Niroshta or Hamsa Vinodini

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Post by Lakshman »

There is a ranjanimala RTP here by TSK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBk2nXq6 ... r_embedded

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Remembering the God of music who reached the God’s dwelling today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTaTx4I ... e=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aet1t0-MKrU
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celebrating his memory
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1ru6bh ... alyanraman
recommended starting track :)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/0zic1pz ... malika.mp3

What a wonderful world this is . Why should I care for Moksha ? When such music surrounds me .More Janmas , the merrier. :-BD

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my favorite Hari GuN gAvat. Thank you kedharam.

kedharam
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Post by kedharam »

Haunting outpourings of undulant melodic waves… Thanks varsha.
His nuanced cascades of notes in Naganandini, deserves more than a Sangeetha Kalanidhi. Well, his beguiling music was beyond all that crap.

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Post by vasanthakokilam »

varsha wrote:celebrating his memory
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1ru6bh ... alyanraman
recommended starting track :)
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/0zic1pz ... malika.mp3
What a wonderful world this is . Why should I care for Moksha ? When such music surrounds me .More Janmas , the merrier. :-BD
My goodness. No words to describe this ragamalika slokam. A must listen. There is so much there, it needs many listens.
I need to come back for the folder full of other great ones. Thanks Varsha.

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