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Vaak Listening Session | M Balamuralikrishna | August 2021

Vaak listening club is an initiative by Vaak to bring together like-minded friends who enjoy listening to music by veterans of the past. For the month of August, the Vaak club members Ananthakrishna Panuganti and I curated this session with a selection of songs and manodharma expositions of Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna. The moment we hear the name, Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna, we immediately think of the dramatic, the playful, the controversial. Balamurali certainly had a flair for drama, he had his fair share of controversy, and he was definitely a maverick in the way he approached music. But what often goes unobserved is his classicism, his traditionalism, and his respect and devotion towards the art of music. In our opinion, Balamurali’s music is a case study in paradoxes. His music, while decidedly audience-oriented, is simultaneously introspective and innovative, classical and contemporary, esoteric and exuberant. His music is great, not because of any particular characteristics or highlights, but simply because there is no way to bracket it. His music defies description, for every listener perceives it differently. This session is our humble attempt to decipher these paradoxes that make up Balamurali’s music. Full description in the link below: https://carnaticconnection.wordpress.... 00:00 SRngAra rasa manjarIm – Rasamanjari – rUpakam - Muthuswami Dikshithar Track details: Violin- Annavarapu Ramaswamy Mridangam- V Kamalakara Rao Venue- Madras Music Academy, 21/12/1975 03:22 Bhairavi Alapana Track details: Violin- M Chandrasekharan Mridangam (not heard in the excerpt)- Umayalpuram K Sivaraman Venue- Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, 1977 14:10 Nagaswaravali-Hamsadhwani Tanam (Part of a Dwiraga RTP) Track details: Violin- M S Gopalakrishnan Mridangam (not heard in the extract)- Tanjore Upendran Venue- Madras Music Academy, 30/12/1966 16:32 Neraval - Nagumomu - Karnataka Devagandhari - Adi - Tyagaraja Track details: Violin- Annavarapu Ramaswamy Mridangam- Tanjore Upendran Venue- The Senate Hall, Trivandrum (Soorya Festival), 4/10/1981 23:00 Swaraprastharam - Emi jEsithe nEmi - Thodi - Adi - Tyagaraja Track details: Violin- M S Gopalakrishnan Mridangam- T V Gopalakrishnan (not verified) Khanjira- V Nagarajan Venue- Unknown, early 60s 41:00 Tatwameruga Tarama - Garudadhwani - rUpakam - Tyagaraja Track details: Violin- Unknown Mridangam- M Radhakrishna Raju (not verified) Morsing- Unknown LP Record, released in 1958 42:07 Variations at Dashagamakakriye - mInAkshi mEmudam - Purvikalyani/Gamakakriya - Adi - Muthuswami Dikshitar Track details: Violin- Annavarapu Ramaswamy Mridangam- Inala Ramamohana Rao Venue- Vijayawada, 3/1/1982 44:28 Bhamaro Urike - Anandabhairavi - Triputa Talam - Kshetrayya Padam Track details: Violin- Annavarapu Ramaswamy Mridangam Srimushnam V Raja Rao Ghatam- T H Subashchandran Album- Kshetrajna Padams on Muvvagopala, released 1986 51:51 GatibhEdapriyarAgamalika Thillana - Balamuralikrishna (Kharaharapriya and Gurupriya segments) Track details: Violin- V V Subrahmanyam Mridangam- Tanjore Upendran Venue- Unknown, late 70s Ananthakrishna and I would like to thank Shreeram from Vaak for hosting the session and editing the video so tastefully, Jayram Sataluri for uploading so many wonderful BMK recordings some of which we used in this session, and Shreyas Kuchibhotla for kindly proofreading the notes we prepared. Uploaded for the sheer joy of sharing!