The Dias must have been built of steel, to withstand the weight of talent on it: Lalgudi, Semmangudi, Maharajapuram, Vellore Ramabhadran, Vikku Vinayakaram. Wow!
Santhanam had tremendous respect for Semmangudi and from what my granduncle said, Semmangudi saw Santhanam as his own relative, and when he was killed in the accident, it was one of the two times that he saw Semmangudi shed a tear in his eye (the other time being his wife's passing).
I wonder how Mr. Vellore Ramabhadran manages to play mridangam in such a sweet tone and melody. Concerts become success just because Mr. Vellore plays the mridangam.
சந்தானம் சார் அப்பா தான் குரு என்றாலும், செம்மங்குடி மாமா தூக்கிவளர்த்த பிள்ளை ஸ்ரீ சந்தானம் சார் அவர்கள் தான்.அவர் அகாலமரணமடைந்தபோது, செம்மங்குடி மாமா கதறி அழுதுட்டார்.அவ்வளவு பாசம்.வளர்த்த பாசம்.இருவரையும் சேர்ந்து பார்க்கும் போது கண்ணீர் வந்தது.
both legends being students of the same guru - Maharajpuram Vishwanatha Iyer, its not quite a surprise that they sing on stage together. However, as you said, not often do people of such stature as Maharajpuram Santhanam and SSI come together on stage these days.
Thank you very much for the beautiful kruthi "Dinamani Vamsa" beautifully sung by the Carnatic Musical Vocal Legendary Exponent, Vidhwan Sri Semmangudi Sri Srinivasa Iyer, Vidhwan sri Maharajapuram Santhanam, Violin Legendary Vidhwan Lalgudi Sri G Jayaraman ji, Mridangam by Vellore Sri Ramabhadran ji and Ghatam Vidhwan sri T.H.Vinayakaram ji with their cute style. Govinda Radhe, Gopala Radhe.
The greatest vocal combination with the perfect accompaniments. Hats off to those doyens and this song is my favourite composition of Sri Thyagaraja- Dinamani Vamsa in raag Harikambodhi
I had the good fortune of seeing both Santhanam and his father at close quarters as Santhanam”s niece was married to my colleague and both of them accompanied the girl and her parents to leave her with her husband. It was way back in 1958. At that time Santhanam was still a novice but he used to intone the tunes sotto voce . His potential was evident. His death a great tragedy
guru puthra and shishya together. Rare combination indeed. Maharajapuram Santhanam happens to be the son of The Late Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer who also happens to be the guru of Shri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
Wish organizers would allow people to record concerts for posterity, without losing out for later generations ! Of course, such recordings need to be done only without ANY disturbance to the rest of rasikas ! Thanks to Kumaran for preserving this archive !
It is really unfortunate that this recording is available for about 2 minutes and above and not the full song.. I wish I could get the full recording soon. Also you can post such legendary musicians joint performances in future so that we will have fortune luck benefit of hearing and enjoying such godly music. Vasudevan from Srirangam
and these days when precocious sishyas cannot wait to trump their gurus, it's amazing to note the humility of a brilliant vidwan like maharajapuram who is completely deferential to semmangudi.
actually the humility that we should see in is Semmangudi. Because, he is 20 years elder to Maharajapuram. So it's not humble of Maharajapuram, but of Semmangudi to share the stage with a junior. But nevertheless Semmangudi had always seen Maharajapuram as a brother, as both were the sishyas of Santhanam's father, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
In an interview, semmengudi says ( semmengudi learnt from maharajapuram Viswanatha iyer, the revered father of maharajapuram santhanam) , in those days I used to engage santhanam in games, toss him over! You know now he has grown big and I can't do the same!and chuckles!
A very rare video . At least to me. But it may not be as rare as both are sishyas of Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer. Santhanam is ofcourse the son and Semmangudi a foremost disciple of the legend.
Yes, navarasan, is there anywhere on the web where we can see the whole video? Thanks a million for uploading this. p.s Semmangudi's dance features the same steps again and again.. Why?.. :P
I am totally taken in by surprise at this rare combination of stalwarts singing in unison. alas, such encounters; though, seldom happen these days of , the unfortunate;and rather unsavoury importence given to film lore is bad in taste and often offensive and polluting the sublime nature of Carnatic music
