Alathur Srinivasa Iyer, Lalgudi Jayaraman, Palghat Mani Iyer

[@shobisha]

what a simple person! I like his way of singing. Can you find such a great personlity without any pride and pomp nowadays?

[@yaschidam]

What a superb rendition! What class! Absolutely moving. Palghat and Lalgudi add to the lustre and make it thousandfold! Hats off to these legends! I'd love to go back in time and listen to them all over again live if possible.

[@vighneshviswanathan7670]

The effortless way with which Sri Lalgudi Sir plays can evidently be shown from 7:35 to 7:56.

[@ganapathiiyer1540]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Even if this world perishes...this wonderful song will never perish.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@premasekaran8479]

1970 s Alathur Srinivasan sir was my Guru.It reminds my yearly days.Wonderful (Sasthriyamana)Thodi.G👌🙏.

[@jojigeorgejojijoji2515]

👌👌

[@deepasenthilkumar6549]

Tears flowing when I hear Lalgudi sir's violin. He was such a great violinist.

[@nimnit]

Dear Mr Sankar, I am glad that you are a budding musician I formally lstarted learning when I was 22 at Shanmukananda Hall in Bombay I was then working in BARC as a young power plant engineer Being my first job I was more concentrating in music (much against the wishes of my brother) I sarted coming late to home from my class . I was spending two hours of every evening from 8-30 PM attending to the personal needs of my Guru This continued for 4 years Oh those days! MayGod bless you

[@yorulz]

Lalgudi on the violin is a treat. Too bad we cannot see much of his concerts live as before. Each one was a gem - a masterclass in technique and perfection

[@nimmahyd]

Alathur Bros,GNB belong to generation which valued bhakti,purity of manodharma sangeetham more than just pleasing the crowd 9they offerred their talent for nominal remunerations sometimes free....?unbelievable generation of musicians!! God bless .Raja

[@manipss3401]

Many thanks for having provided a chance to see the doyen's of yester years

[@subbudevendra]

11.12.2017 Now 11:45 PM how i came here i am 26 years old hope f8nally i got my soul these many days i have been wondering what for i am living .... but now with this inspiration i will become violinist .... Thanks to Trinity of Violinists Long live carnatic Music 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@vinayduttab.s.subrahmanya8897]

Can you please tell which three violinists where called the Trinity... I don't know

[@ShekharSIyer]

The great set of Lalgudi Jayaraman, TN Krishnan & MS Gopalakrishnan are considered the Trinity of Carnatic violinists​ who came up in the late 1940s, to accompany the brilliant vocalists of the time. They raised the standard of concert music even as they learned continuously from the primary musicians on stage. After their mentors faded from the scene, each of them staked out on their own and became primary performers themselves. Please know that there have been tremendous violinists before, during and after these three, too.

[@rkachintya]

Out of this world I'm a big fan of palghat mani iyer mama Thankyou very very much for this

[@mouneshkodagali2045]

Legends legends…what else can be said …legends …

[@takla3210]

Its the passion with which he sings. At that age people fine it hard to align shruti and begin to sound stale. Palghat Mani had great respect for Srinivasa Iyer. Infact I have heard that he is the one who persuaded Srinivasa Iyer to start singing solo after Sivasubramanya Iyer passed away in 1965.

[@adrijith.t.krishnan1318]

This is the real face of Carnatic Music. Hear this... This is what we need.,. What sampradaya Style.. Aha...

[@collegev]

thank you so much for this treasure. what an awesome treat to have three giants on the same stage!

[@sonny19xx]

Thanks vichella. Alathur the doyen of tradition, a devotee of purity, a maestro in laya , combined with the genius in laya Palghat Mani and Lalgudi , what else can you expect but sheer magic ! The raga is Thodi the traditional bastion of Alathur , it becomes heavenly. The faultless rendition of neraval and alapana though short brings out the essence of thodi's subtle nuances. Both Lalgudi and Alathur match each other. Ofcourse I should not fail to mention the thani of Palghat.

[@plnmurthy6587]

No words to describe. It is pure and traditional. Marvelous rendition. Legends.

[@angaraian]

Thanks for this vintage! wah.. wah.. what a team and superb rendering. Thoroughly enjoyable

[@vibhu691]

Amazing rendition!!....Lalgudi's violin tells a story...so mesmerizing it is!!

[@hvpramod]

it is nothing but divine nectar from the three legends. thanks for posting.....

[@5849sam]

Simply superb. Thodi I remember is nourished by vidwans like Madurai some. Great trio.thanks for uploading.

[@rkraop]

I am extremely thankful for the opportunity of seeing my guru late shree Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan ,giving tambura support,under whose tutelage i had the opportunity of learning carnatic vocal.

[@yakeshwaran7346]

god bless

[@cvg706]

Sri Vairamangalam Lakshminarayan was in our neighborhood in the late 70s at Aaramudhan Gardens opp to AVM Rajeswari Kalyanamantapam off Dr.Radhakrishnan Road [ Edward Elliots road ]. Though he was a senior Musician he had no inhibition and moved jovially with we Youngsters. His daughters Vaijayanthi Mala, Anu and son Raju were our close friends.

[@dhananjaynaniwadekar3048]

Alathur Shrinivasa Iyer. Todi. 0:03 alapana, 4:51 Lalgudi Violin, 9:02 kaddanu variki (tyaagaraja), 18:11 : Palghat Mani Iyer, mrudanga

[@waughdesilva]

Its the video whose quality shows its age. The audio is excellent.

[@nerajaaramadas124]

Couldn't believe of my eyes dad u look so young :) inspirational video! thanx for uploading.

[@rameshmathrubootheswaran1639]

Excellent vintage music 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@KITCHUTCR]

VOCAL AND VIOLIN SUPER COMBINATION.. ATHIL KUSUMBULLAPOLE MUKHA BHAVAVUM VAYANAYUM BY THE GREATEST MANI IYER SIR..

[@tvsajith2146]

Aahaa very nice 🙏🙏❤️

[@subrahmanyammadhira3242]

The Great Indian heritage & cultural Music I enjoyed lot.

[@inoidontknow]

simply great music... could meditate on this effortlessly... so mellifluous, what a classical mridangam piece by Palakkad Mani!!

[@jojigeorgejojijoji2515]

ലെജൻഡ്സ് ❤❤❤...

[@purushothamagowda1742]

Precious music endowed with solace. 👌👌🙏

[@sincerewriter]

This was Alathur Srinivasa Iyer, one of the two famous Alathur brothers. He is also no more.

[@arkrishnan]

It is just fantastic to see these performances by thge great artists. Thank you for posting it. Please look for more off these or start making DVD's

[@mvvijendra1961]

Brilliant concert

[@shibuct8601]

excellent artist of all the time

[@Uday2310]

It is just fantastic to see this performance by the great artists.

[@MrKrish80]

yes it is V Lakshminarayanan only and he was the prime disciple of another stalwart of yesteryears Sri T K Rangachari, He was not a disciple of Aalthur but was requested to play thambura which he readily did and see how he enjoys the music!!

[@sregnathan]

OH MY GOD LEGENDS PERFORMING...AND MANI SIR...GREAT...!

[@damrug2]

Thank you sir for your explanation, i too am a music fanatic and a young artist, i have learned and am still learning both the arts of carnatic and hindustani music - and i personally feel that one should not compare one art form to another. Both styles of music are different and unique but is still some how brought together in some form of raag or tal. in addition i believe that u have a great understanding in classical music. May god bless you. G. Shankar

[@abaswara]

The popular perception is that of the duo the one that died young - Sivasubramania Iyer was the 'better' of the two..listening to this piece, that too when the singer is well past his prime and in the evening of his life, one surely wonders how the live concerts of the duo in their prime would have been...one cannot even extrapolate...same goes for Palghat Mani...we are indeed blessed that the lord has given Lalgudi a long life and he is still amongst us...

[@Jayadevan456]

The story is that Palakkad Mani was never in time with a metronome. He played to a beat of his own and created such marvelous rhythms. Which goes to show that all the strictness of form of Carnatic music is only the chrysalis. Once the butterfly is fully formed, it flies free to much greater heights.

[@kolachala.venugopal]

Excellant concert.

[@MrKanthikumar]

My friend and son of Palghat Mani Iyer Sri T R Rajamoni told me that there was an easy repertoire between his redoubtable father and the Alathur Brothers. It was at PMI'd prodding that Sri Srinivasa Iyer came out of seclusion after the death of his singing partner to perform solo. PMI loved to accompany him -- for sure. Such great artistes ... I love them all.Narayanakurup(Srinivasa Iyer has striking resemblance to my father including the simple khaddar jooba)Kanthikumar, Portand,OR,USA

[@raghunathansrinivasaraghav6455]

Yes. It was Palghat Mani Iyer and Lalgudi Jayaraman, who prodded him to come out of retirement after the death of Sivasubramania Iyer and did good number of concerts. A K C Natarajan, the famous clarinet vidwan was also the man behind his coming back.

[@gkgenius8650]

Yes, it is Thodi and it is mentioned (in Tamil) at the start of this video.

[@yorulz]

What a rare recording! My only pity is that we didn't have advanced recording techniques then, which don't do justice to the actual quality rendered.

[@mohannarayanan2870]

I do not the intricacies of music but this rendition is beoyod campare. Now i understand

[@konikkatayyappa]

Thank you for posting this video ayyappan

[@jyothisharatna]

Godd opportunity to listen tothis !

[@diogeneb]

Looks like Vid. Thanjavur Ramadas beside PMI

[@kulkarnidurga6367]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@pesankaramenon]

a unique opportunity to listen the legends!

[@jyothisharatna]

Real Music!

[@consciouseco775]

Vairamangalam garu was a disciple of Shri T. K Rangachari.

[@denkanikottaivmani8118]

💐💐🙏🙏💐💐

[@kirankalkunte]

wow.. this is one my favs

[@ggirish7641]

Soulful

[@kayemca]

wow...fantastic...

[@fieldsong]

thank you for posting this!

[@jyothisharatna]

excellent music !

[@ramanisundaramramaswamy1775]

Yes!

[@TheMusicrasika]

The tambura player I think is Sri. Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan Sir. He passed away under a decade ago.

[@ShriramVasudevanMusic]

Would anyone happen to know the year?

[@sivaramanganesan1271]

What a traditional THODI!

[@eswinger2001]

amazing..

[@IndyWorldyMusic]

Great post - Great Team!

[@nimnit]

Dear Sankar, I am at best an enthusiastic student of Vocal music wondering what to pick from the great ocean of Carnatic music All these I have just started looking at the pearls This life and many lives there after are not sufficient to sing with swara sudham of all the creations of great composers leave alone master the great music I am essentialy a bathroom singer I spend about one hour each day to sing along with great musicians singing either in KZbin or other wonderful sites

[@Kuruvi777]

Amazing!! Carnatic, Hindustani, classical, folk--music is music. Why make such a fuss? Listen to what you like and refrain from making stupid comments. If we had a even grain of talent and genius of these giants, then we should comment, or else shut up and just ENJOY. Thanks.

[@harishhn]

Amazing

[@damrug2]

It's amazing that u have acquired so much of experience. For the past 38 yrs u have been "1 with the music" i 2 have started late learning this art For the past 5 yrs i had began my practice (but I have had an interest since a child) and ever since then I have been trying to do solid 3 to 4 hours of practice every day.I'm currently settled in CND and I find it very difficult 2 keep 2 my daily routine nevertheless I still put in the effort to do practice for an hr.may I ask what u have learned

[@chandranvarampanal7304]

very much loved

[@seetharaman6955]

chandran varampanal bb

[@kkartha]

Any Audio CD/Cassettes of this great concert available? What a Bliss! Thanks for sharing. May God Bless..

[@jvsuryanarayana]

All three greats! Why say anything else!

[@aumentada]

god bless you

[@ranganathans5647]

My. Favouriteraga. Thodi. Excellent.

[@mvvijendra1961]

🙏

[@jyothisharatna]

Doyen of Carnatic Music !

[@narasimhan07111994]

only one video of MAHA VIDHWAN'S PERFORMANCE .........

[@jyothisharatna]

Alathur is the Samrat in Carnatic Music/ Very good Paramparyam.

[@thalaivarda]

Once I pass into the other world, first job is to meet Lalgudi.

[@dvraaghu]

What a Violin support by Lalgudi :-) Hats off :-)

[@AbsMasta]

When was this concert? (what year) Alathur is amazing, Lalgudi is incredible - I wish I could meet him.

[@tvks]

Wonderful. What is the venue and date ? Is it an early DD programme ? Kalyan

[@mojorisin08]

I wonder who the 13 vidwans who downvoted this are? Tasteless folks. BTW, I think Alathur Brothers are like the Stradivarius violin. Once a person starts to understand the oeuvre of Alathur Brothers, the other gayakas (except a select handful who belong to the same era) fade into oblivion. Present day wannabes are nowhere in the equation

[@SecAllTheWay]

I agree. Obviously, those vidwans are totally illiterate as far as authentic Carnatic Classical music is concerned. The way the artist has developed the ragam is simply awesome... Full of stuff and no fluff!

[@chetankumar-on7jj]

mojorisin08 Spot on about the Alathur Brothers! This is hands down the best rendition of Kadhanuvariki I've ever heard; the elaboration of Thodi Ragam was mind-blowing. The great Lalgudi Jayaraman is in his own league of course, as is the legendary Palghat Mani Iyer. One of the most august ensembles Carnatic Music could put together in recent times.

[@subbudevendra]

Now 11:45 PM how i came here i am 26 years old hope f8nally i got my soul these many days i have been wondering what for i am living .... but now with this inspiration i will become violinist .... Thanks to Trinity of Violinists

[@thalaivarda]

They are Lalgudi fans. Alathur was interrupting Lalgudi's playing. This was supposed to be a Lalgudi Solo concert.

[@srinitaaigaura]

In any place on earth always 5-10% of the society will be sick. We should ignore them. The majority of people on earth have good taste.

[@kumarapuramsathyamoorthy4730]

Gr8.

[@BengtBerger]

I recognize the tanpura player, but who is it? Kalayanaraman? Anybody knows? And when is this recorded?

[@subbanarasuarunachalam3451]

coonoor47. you are cent percent correct.From baby's cry,to Koel's cooing,the sophisticated soul finds Music pervading everywhere. Why make comments? Haven't we heard that even the great Homer "nods"? Arun Sharma

[@dvraaghu]

yeah true. Not to get suprised bcz Lalgudi is genius

[@worlddominator62]

You sound surprised? Why?

[@balakrishnaiyer]

Nice.

[@harshavr]

this is brilliant! what is he singing?

[@suribabu5821]

ko on

[@veryangrystorks]

In what year was this recorded?

[@perikaveera]

NICE. TYAGARAJA COMPOSITION.

[@nimnit]

Dear Sir, Music knows no language I am surprised by the commentary describing Carnatic Music is more abrasive If a true music lover makes such a nasty but totally ignorant comment either he is a fanatic or lacks musical ears to enjoy the niceties of Carnatic music I am sure like me you also do not hate the music in which we do not have knowledge Regards ST IYER ( I am 60 and a retired Finance executive happily settled in Chennai)

[@ajay226]

If you think so, then what the hell are you doing listening to Carnatic music? If you don't have anything good to say, then leave. Rank isn't anything important when it comes to devotion.

[@nimnit]

Great raga Great rendition The trio of giants are truly amazing I have added this video to my favourites By the way if a Hindustani music lover makes a nasty comment on Carnatic Music, let us leave him alone and let him wallow in his own filth A true music lover will never make such shit of a comment

[@heavyatheart]

Precision is not important in Hindustani Music and so one really needs to choose properly as to what they want to listen. There is lot of 'easy to digest' music available in Hindustani Format but everything that is soothing to the ear can not be termed as calssical. Carnatic music on the other hand is purely classical - No compromise.

[@ajay226]

Sorry man, but I don't know where you got the idea that carnatic music sounds abrasive. You must have had a really bad experience with a terrible carnatic singer in your life for you to get that idea. Thaalam is not given more importance than raagam, they're both equally important. Devotion is the main idea behind carnatic music, and thaalam and raagam are necessary to bring out that devotion. One cannot be without the other in any carnatic song.

[@sinivenugopal8960]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@devanathan-mridamgam]

🙏🙏🙏🙏