From Gowri Ramnarayan’s article in the Hindu Folio – Transcending time and space
“The year 1988, the place Rachmaninoff Hall, Moscow. M. S. Subbulakshmi sings a resonant Kalyani, with the nuanced depth that would move a diehard Mylapore connoisseur. But the packed hall of Russian listeners, some of them experts in western music as performers, scholars and students, are mesmerised by the vocal magic. To most of them, this is the first exposure to Indian, and certainly Carnatic music. During a pause, a woman comes up to the
stage to offer flowers, with tears spilling down her cheeks. There is rapt silence for the two hours of the recital. Then a roar of thunder. The standing ovation continues, the applauding listeners follow the artiste as she makes her way out of the hall, down the staircase, and into the car on the street…”
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Ragam Dheerasankarabaranam (29th Melakarta), commonly known as Sankarabaranam.
From the book MS & Radha by Gowri Ramnarayan
” More than any other raga, MS was identified with Sankarabaranam. Her kritis were each a gem – Akshaya linga vibho, Sarojadala netri, Shri Dakshinamurte, Sankaracharyam, Shri Chandrasekhara yatindram …
Shri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer noted several special qualities about her voice. It was not just pleasing and pitch perfect but had a reenkaram (reverberation), sounding the same up close and at a distance; it was not distorted or weakened when you heard it from different directions. It had gatram (weight), and remarkable continuity, ” When you strike a temple bell, the echo continues after the sound ends, until the next striking. Her voice has that quality. when she stops singing, the naadam (sound) continues. He was to call her Gandaralakshmi”
1. Indu mukhi Ata Tala Varnam, Composer Svati Tirunal
1.RTP in Ragam Sankarabaranam : Saravana bhava guru guha shanmukha saminathane
Chaturashra jati Rupaka tala (4-Kalai); Eduppu at 2/4ths (1/2) of the first beat; arudi karvai of 3/4ths
Concert at Madras Music Academy on 27th Dec,1964
Accompanists : Sri Tiruvalangadu N. Sundaresa Iyer (Violin), T. K. Murthy (Mridangam), Umayalpuram N. Kodandarama Iyer (Ghatam)
2.RTP in Ragam Sankarabaranam : Dasharathe Karunapayonidhe Inakulatilaka
Adi (4-Kalai); Eduppu at 1/2 of the first beat; arudi karvai is 3/4ths of the beat
Concert at Madras Music Academy on Dec 25,1971
Accompanists: Radha Viswanathan – Vocal, Kandadevi S.Azhagiriswami – Violin, T.K.Murthy – Mridangam, V.Nagarajan – Khanjira, T.H.Vinayakaram – Ghatam
She was accompanied by:
Smt Radha Viswanathan vocally
Sri Kandadevi S.Azhagiriswami on the violin
Sri T.K.Murthy on the mridangam
Sri V.Nagarajan on the kanjira
Sri T.H.Vinayakaram on the ghatam
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“Links to a recording of Smt M.S.Subbulakshmi’s recital at the Tyagaraja Aradhana Celebrations in Thiruvaiyaaru on 7th January, 1980.
She was accompanied by:
Smt Radha Viswanathan – Vocal Support
Sri Kandadevi S.Azhagiriswami – Violin
Sri T.K.Murthy – Mridangam
Sri V.Nagarajan – Kanjira
Sri T.H.Vinayakaram – Ghatam”
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