Flute Mali Video - Last Concert - audio enhanced

A largely Mali channel would not be complete without some video. The only video in my possession is a VHS tape given to me by the late vidwan TS Sankaran, one of Mali's closest sishya (you see him sitting directly behind Mali on Ramani's left side). However this video is already available in You-Tube and I had to do something to differentiate it from the others. My thought was: "What would the concert have sounded like if the auditorium had better acoustic facilities back then and we had better audio recording facilities?". So I have enhanced the audio portion of the video recording to try to reflect that. I hope it makes a difference.

[@saraswathimahadevan1234]

Thank you for the treasure. It was so overwhelming to listen to my Dad on Morsing. He never had the habit of having collection of his works. Flute Sri Mali and my father had a great understanding. Miss them both

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Wonderful to hear from a close family member of this team of musicians.

[@padmaperi8658]

Namaste. May I know your father's name please

[@SuryanarayanaK-hh1gc]

Who is on the violin

[@padmaperi8658]

Smt Dwaram Mangathayaru​@@SuryanarayanaK-hh1gc

[@padmaperi8658]

​@@SuryanarayanaK-hh1gcsmt dwaram Mangathayaru

[@shankargopalkrishna]

🙏🏿What a fantastic melodies flute by Shri Mali Sir 🙏🏿

[@prasad25081990]

It takes seconds to recognize a genius like Harishankar. The moment he starts playing Mali's pattern in his thani, Mali immediately recognizes that he is on the right track and exclaims with a "Sabash!"

[@sankaranarayananbalachandr8101]

Absolutely. Evert turn of Harishankar's Thani both Mali and the audience were waiting for. The thani did a lot to dispel a lot of disappointment owing to the abrupt stoppage of the swaraprastharam by Mali and elevated an otherwise sober and dejectful experience. 😊

[@beethoven6185]

Time stamp

[@Padma-r1q]

Namaskaram. I have been regularly following the videos of Mali sir in your channel. Thank you so much for posting.

[@kannanps7040]

This darling among the rasikas for over 40 years was treated like a pariah by the music community.Raskiasxwould wait for hours for the concert to start and enjoy his music.Except Rajaratnam and palghat Mani iyer all were averse to his musical talent which they could not comprehend.They were jealous of his popularity and knowledge.Several researchers have also treated him as an untouchable.AIR has ignored to make a documentary on him.Prof Sundaram to Lalitaraman have failed to reserch his music out of hatred.This is a disservice for future generations.

[@Ramani08824]

Fortunate to have witnessed this concert live, back in 1985. I still vividly remember the craze and anticipation ahead of the concert, and the massive / record crowd at KGS that spilled over to the open area, which was also jam-packed.... Sadly the concert ended abruptly apparently because Mali did not have the strength to continue... Regardless, this concert will remain etched in my memory as the lucky audience managed to get glimpses of the legendary genius....

[@rukminivishnumurthy6961]

Excellent.excellent.

[@kalpusriram]

Enjoyed watching Shri.Mali's appreciating shri Harisgankar's vasipu.great team on stage.

[@parthasarathyep5644]

Mali is Flute; Flute is Mali. He is not only prodigy but also genious. All adjectives are not sufficient to personify his calibre of music. I can even say Lord Venugopalan had taken one more incarnation in the mortal frame of Mali in Kaliyuga to shower eternal bliss to humanity in this terrestial world.

[@PrashanthRaghu]

Very true. Such orthogonal musical thinking. Aahha

[@parthasarathyep5644]

@@PrashanthRaghu Thank you.

[@sundararamans654]

What a great artist he was. We can't see like him in future to play all sthayis in a small flute. Now a days flutists are playing different flute for different sthayis. He was greate.

[@vah_adiga]

I am in tears when Mali Sir says "... I am not able to continue. My hands are shivering, I am gasping for breath...". It is a tearful moment because, an era nearing an end.

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Please do not forget to subscribe to this channel to support it and provide me with a greater motivation for uploading more. Thanks.

[@srinivasanshivakumar3519]

Was there. Spent some time with him in the green room before the concert when U.Srinivas visited, prostrated and confessed it was his dream to listen to Mali live. Mali did mention that his arm, recovering from a fracture was hurting a lot.

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@tvm73827]

U Srinivas was such a gem. Humble and unassuming genius.

[@MP-ux5xl]

May god bless you with a long healthy life. Grateful for sharing this treasure.

[@srinivasanrangarajan6510]

I salute the person for preserving this Navarathnam

[@Krsna927]

Flute Mali will remain the greatest to have held that eight-holed bamboo! 😊

[@sudhaprasad653]

Genious person.Thank you for sharing

[@srinivasanrangarajan6510]

Mali sir is a Lord Krishna Himself w r t flute .Man of moods. Prodigy Genius Roars upto sky limit on his day.

[@18krishh]

A special clapping for the excellent Thani and the culmination of the playing together is a great joy to hear

[@nanimys]

unfortunately i was born after 90's ..not able to witness him live.. thanks for this upload

[@sundararamans654]

Thanks for this video. What a genius he was.

[@ramanivenkata3161]

Outstanding Flute Vidwan. Like Ganakaladharar Sri Madurai Mani Aiyer, emphasis on Raaga is amazing.

[@jayamangalamsudharsan5296]

I go back to my college days at Mysore , as I had chance of witnessing one concert in my life span . Thanking you sirs for up loading. this sort of master pieces is good for future generations a Great example

[@mandayamkrishnan9666]

65 years back in Mysore city 100 feet road there was a Ramanavami concert with Mali's Flute program. I could hear it from a distance-Kaatrinile Varum Geetham. I naturally gravitated to the free concert. I was only 14 years old then but remember enjoying the 4 hour mesmerizing flute concert by Mali & Company

[@tvm73827]

Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for posting this treasure.

[@VinayakVRBPHC]

All through this greatest ever concert, I just closed my eyes and had the feeling that lord Krishna himself is playing his flute...what a beautiful music he created those days...an absolute genius in all respects...thanks a lot sir for efforts in enhancing the audio quality and sharing with rasikas...

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Please do share the link with others - especially younger music students who seem to be unaware of the exceptional talents of the past. There are many gems in this channel. For starters, I have created a playlist of "top ten". Please do listen to them.

[@Padma-r1q]

​​@@bestofcarnaticflute2736 Namaste sir. I would like to have information about mali's school of music and his sishya parampara. Can you provide the same please. If yes how can I get in touch with you or could you please guide? Thank you

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

@@Padma-r1q Shortly after Mali died in 1986. Sruti magazine had a whole volume devoted to him. All his disciples are listed there. His most well-known sishya are Flute Ramani, SP Natarajan and TS Sankaran. N Ramani went on to develop his own trademark style, which is quite different to Mali's. SP Natarajan (died early) was said to follow Mali's footsteps most closely. TS Sankaran was the sishyan that was closest to him. His grandson is Flute Jayant, one of the top carnatic flutist today. It was Sankaran Sir that gave me a copy of this video - he is the one sitting behind Mali and next to Ramani in this video ( I learnt from Sankaran Sir). Note that Mali would not have had the patience to sit down with any of his sishya and teach one-on-one. The sishya would have had to follow Mali around and learn by themselves whatever they see and hear in close quarters. If you want to contact me, you can email me at [e-mail].

[@seshachary3888]

Daivika sangeetham D. Sesha Chary Hyderabad Brothers

[@athreyaa]

Wow… Great to see your comment sir. Namaskarams to you

[@padmaperi8658]

😢😢 iam seeing Seshachari garu's comment now

[@raju1950]

People born in 1930s 40s,50s had everything best in their life..

[@padmaperi8658]

Very true

[@ravishankarrajamani7627]

How very true. I was born in 1951 - had the honour of listening to GNB, MMI, SSI Alathur, Ariyakudi , Radha Jayalakshmi, MLV, MSS , DKP , Palghat Mani Iyer live in Delhi in our school complex at Mandir Marg . I am indeed blessed . Have listened to Mali in Mumbai , also Somu, Chembai ......No regrets that I am 73 now.

[@madhumitaraghavan1179]

No amount of thanks for this video with stupendous sound enhancement would be enough. I have seen it in two parts in KZbin 8-9 years earlier and rued not being able to hear the mellifluous music although I was immensely excited to see the video. My sincere namaskarams to you and everyone who contributed to this upload.

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Hope you share this video with others. More of the younger generation need to know about the past masters.

[@kraghuraman8439]

IT is a pokkisham.simply great. 🙏 To Shri T S.sankaran for giving this tape.

[@seethark]

I was sitting somewhere in the last rows. Took the last bus home, after the concert. People were anxious whether Mali will give the concert or not.

[@alranga53]

This concert happened in 1985 Dec season in Krishna Ghana Sabha, T Nagar... I got Rs.10 ticket and had to sit outside the sabha hall. In between he used to stop for some minutes togoether -- Those sitting outside (the Sabha was jam packed and overflowing) could not know whether he was continuing or not. But nobody moved away till the end of the concert....What a memorable evening.......!!!!!! ( Yes ... as you said the audio quality is definetly enhanced....Thanks )

[@karthiksanthosh7810]

Really a great job,now a days people don’t know much about our divine form of music.Hope this page will take our music to next level. My humble thanks for uploading videos of legendary MALI SIR.

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Please do recommend this channel to your friends, as the type of music Mali plays is seldom heard today. This is the only video uploaded, but the music content in many of the others is superior so please listen to them also.

[@gopalbiyer01]

Koti Koti Shukrana 🙏

[@subashiniek3969]

Very very pleasant. All legends together. The Audio cassette I still preserve is Mali's Flute, which was the first one my Appa bought for me. Thanks for uploading. Pranams to the legends.🙏

[@cvg706]

Song selection is simply superb here. The Maestro soon after the Anandabhairavi chose to play Raga Kalavathi for this rare Sri Thyagaraja Krithi. Seldom we hear this raga in today's Concerts.

[@balasubramaniant.j3078]

There was a concert, Chembai accompanying on violin & Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer on Mridangam to Great Mali on Flute, a genious Flutist

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

You will find that concert in this channel. Please go to the home page and search under videos.

[@rudrapratapsingh7332]

I'm a learner of Uttar Bharitiya sangeet but I don't know why I can't control myself to listen Caranatic Music whole day This music make me feel god This makes me feel that I have achieved everything in my life now only god is the only aim 💜💜💜

[@Balakrishnan-sq1vo]

Great feeling to hear, so much enjoyed, Humble Pranams to all the great artists, RamRam

[@18krishh]

Genius personified So very absorbing I am blessed to hear him in person many years agoAlso to listen to this recording

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Whilst it is great to visually see the genius in action, his best is captured in some of the other uploads of much older concert, such as the mohanum or sankarabharanam or kapi, or the uploaded more recent US concert. Please do listen to these these if you have not yet.

[@Murugesan1933]

R. Krishnamoorthy Ramanathan boredom

[@shriramh501]

God Bless you for sharing this.

[@rajananantharaman4298]

Dear friend.letme appreciate and thank you again for this the incomparabe mali sir

[@sureshgovindaraghavan2938]

I was there. Sri Yagnaraman said Mali sir will take us through the concert till midnight and greet us all on the new year. It was Dec 31st Kutcheri started around 7.00 pm. But it lasted only for around two and a half hours. It was pure bliss. Can never forget. Thanks for posting

[@mvsrinivas5966]

Great master's . my father was fan of him. I was lucky to listen to him in Vijayawada with double mridangams upendran and yella Garu if I remember.

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

If you enjoyed this concert, you will also enjoy the following concert which is likely to have been the last concert before this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2XYaJJ8mdZ-j8U

[@ramanivenkata3245]

What a classic Vidwan!!!!!!

[@venugopalkrishnamoorthy2305]

Good thing done to malis lovers

[@hanumanthuramacharan610]

What a sankarabharanam 🙏🙏🙏

[@sury39]

my freind I met him after a concert in chembur(Bombay)1963-64 perhaps; he said enna my playing rombha mosam; we wee shocked and said no sir divine; we asked sir pl record( there was no cd in those days) your concert; e laughed and said why you think iwll die tomorrow; we replied oh no sir we are planing to leave ida for stuides- i was coming to apris- we wsih to carry your music so that we can listen to it whenevver we wnt; it is coming soon dont wory; hta was a reord of chinnachiru kilye which i bought and carried to paris

[@ShriramVasudevanMusic]

Legendary Thani by G Harishankar.

[@ckranganathan9216]

My Father CR Krishnan also used to sit behind Mali in his concerts. Mali was a god to my father. My father himself picked up flute from Mali. I am looking for some vedio where my father is there along with Mali. Can someone close to Mali identify and tell me. I am very eager. My father was mad of Mali.

[@srikanthiyer6555]

Sir by any chance are you from ccuddalore

[@ckranganathan9216]

@@srikanthiyer6555 no. We are from chennai with Palghat origins

[@theclock...]

Subscribed ❤

[@saurabhnac]

43:07 Glorious passages

[@mohanff2]

Mali was a intimate friend of my uncle, the late Shri N.Gopala Ayyar ( a descendant of Kavi Kunjara Bharathi ). We have met him quite a few times in Delhi and once I had the honor of proposing the song sequences for a private concert ! I still remember "Smarane sukham" in Janaranjani !. I met him for the last time at Dallas airport in the 1980s during a huge storm ! He remembered my uncle and said a few kind words - a sensitive soul !

[@vrvenkataraman828]

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[@s.varadharajan2824]

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[@kousihanmaru8250]

Flute god maali unfortunately we missed the god.no one can do this parrot clutch style.we cannot compare anyone with maali.

[@VaradhaYamunan1729]

Am I the only one who feels two sparrows exchanging romance not finding each other's whereabouta and finally find themselves and slowly getting nearer to each other through the lustful tones in entire episode of 44:22 and onwards??? This is pure genius. One more Vivaldi of Carnatic Music this guy has proved himself swaras can root from every creature 😍 on this valentine's day, imagining two romancing sparrows. It's my lucky day 😍😍😍

[@trramanathan]

I was there for the concert and witnessed entirely. Hall was full in the earlier concert itself.We.were fortunate to see his brilliance and his known behavior of stopping playing abruptly. After.this he went to US and passed away. The same year was the last year for philosopher J.Krishnamurthy also.He gave his last talk in his ashram at Besant Nagar, think a day before this Mali's kutchery, which also i attended.

[@seetharamanbalakrishnan5183]

A soulful concert takes to vrindavan like krishna

[@18krishh]

The wonderful playing by Harishankar we miss today

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

It is apparent in this video that Mali recognizes the genius in Harishankar. Birds of the same feather.

[@meenakshisuresh6765]

Kindly Share the ragga and Accompaniment details.

[@Ranjith_Das]

Dear sir, thank you so much for enhancing the quality of this recording!!! This is amazing!!! Can you please tell me how do you do it? There is one and only recording of the late MD Ramanathan in KZbin where the quality is not that great! I was wondering whether there is any way to enhance the quality? Thank you 🙏

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

You can do it with a good audio editing software but it requires some playing around to get the best effect. If it is a video you will need to separate the audio file, work on it, and reinstate it back onto the video.

[@Flutebadri]

Great master, I belong to this great shishya parampara 🙏.

[@rajananantharaman4298]

Thanks

[@manojkk1303]

Sweet

[@santhanakrishnansrinivasan8568]

The violinist accompanying is Dwarram Mangathayaru !

[@chandrumaiya1952]

Best one.

[@shibuct8601]

Great

[@ckranganathan9216]

Also want to record that my uncle Flutist Dindigal SP Natrajan was the Pradama Sishya of Mali. I heard my Uncle SP Natrajan was technically very sound and Mali treated him at highest level. Dont know these are the stories i am told by my Father CR Krishnan who himself was a sishya of Mali and also a flutist.

[@santhanakrishnansrinivasan8568]

I heard SP Natarajan during my BE days at IISc Bangalore. accompanied by M Chandrasekharan!

[@santhanakrishnansrinivasan8568]

WOnderful concert it was !!

[@AxViki]

Nice

[@anoopkrishnan484]

Can some one tell me why he is stopping repeatedly "58.43" when he is playing the concluding swaram, Is it becaz other vidwans are missing the talam or tempo.. I couldnt understand .. all are senior vidwans as well??

[@Krsna927]

Yes. Looks like others are not able to match him there. Moreover, it's said that Mali was somewhat eccentric and used to sometimes stop abruptly in the middle of concerts. Strange are the ways of legends! 😇

[@kraghuraman8439]

Is Shri Trichy sankaran in the photo.if any bodyknows you can message.secondly who is the,mugarsing vidwan .please inform. Mugarsing vadhya, is difficult to play and also moratu vadhyam. I enjoyed Shri mali's flute recital.

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

It is not Sri Trichi Sankaran - it is Vidw TS Sankaran, one of Mali's prime disciple. Please read the video description. Also please also look at the the beginning of the video - the accompanists are listed there.

[@Sam-hc4sd]

Aha anandabhairavi

[@sauravbasu8805]

Beginner here. Which scale flute is he playing in the beginning ?

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

G

[@hbshantaram]

Mali,music, maths and McDowell go together

[@rosybuddy28]

HE sure as hell consumed a lot of the latter. Often during concerts. And one has to consume vast amounts of it to tolerate his music.

[@depreserge4407]

🙏💕🙏

[@askformrs]

Why does he turn back ? To watch Taala ?

[@thecarnaticworld2627]

Sheer genius of Harishankar sir!

[@vijayrk7329]

what are the green patches on the flute? is it some sort of tape?

[@rangarajannarasimhan341]

it seems he is not happy with the Mridangam artist and constantly putting him down ? !

[@CoconutBurger]

Mannargudi Eswaran on Mridamgam ?

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Yes.

[@VaradhaYamunan1729]

What is the song he played in shankarabaranam?

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Swara rAga sudhA

[@kpgopal]

Would we know the names of the accompanying artistes? and others sitting behind?

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

Yes: Violin: Dwaram Mangathayaru Mrdangam: Manargudi Easwaran Kanjeera: the late G. Harishankar (a genius) Morsing: Puddokotai Mahadevan Sitting immediately behind to Mali's right: the late Vidw. TS Sankaran (Mali's shishya) with the late DR. N. Ramani next to him.

[@kpgopal]

@@bestofcarnaticflute2736 thanks

[@TheRoad.1]

See Shri. TR Mali’s special admiration for Shri. Harishankar. Greats recognize other greats!!

[@sadayarkoil]

Namaskarams for this gem

[@tvm73827]

Who are the accompanists? Could someone be so kind as to post their names?

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

violin: Dwaram Mangathayar mrdangam: Mannargudi Easwaran Kanjira: G Harishankar Morsing: Pudukottai Mahadevan

[@psvenkateswaran1325]

Gem from the archives and polished with your brilliant sound enhancement.

[@VASUDEVAV.]

So pleasant..

[@shrinivasnayak2617]

VALAREA. SAN GADA MUND. EDHEA. HA THINU. KITTI YA. ATHI YA. PUR VA MAYA. SARAS. VAT HEE. KADA KSHA PRA THI. BHA DHA NA NAYA SAN GEE THA JNAN A KAA LATHIL. POLINJU. POYA. THIL. A THI. YA YIE. DHU KSHI KUNNU. ADHEA. HA THIN THEA. JIEE VITHA. RIEE THI. AYIE RI KAM. ETHI NU. KAA RANA. MA YA THU. EN GI NEA. EAZHU. THI. YA THIL. ADHEA. HA THIN THEA. AATH MAVU. EA NNODU. PORU KUM. EA NNA SHI KUNNU.E NADABRHMA THINU PRANAMAM. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹💕

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

??????

[@savanthkumarnaidutrichinap1914]

The music philosopher, the distilled. musician, the eminent musician of India Mali,. who refused to take the Padmabhushan award. if I am correct. It was the saddest day ever I had in my life. when I read in the news paper that he died at a very young age.

[@rameshj3373]

Sir. which ragas are played in this video? The second one which song which raga?

[@padmanabhanbalasubramanian3218]

Kalavathi is the name of the ragam for 2nd song

[@madhumitaraghavan1179]

Ennadu Juthuno by Thyagaraja Swamigal In Kalavati Ragam is the second keerthanai The first one is O Jagadamba in Ananda Bhairavi, the third one is Manavyalakinchara in Nalinakanthi, the fourth one is Shiva Shiva Shiva Enaradha in Pantuvarali followed by Swara Raga Sudha in Sankarabharanam and finally, the Boat (Folk) Song along with Mangalam

[@gayathrin2122]

Is it the second part of the concert?

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

This is the whole concert. Mali was feeling unwell and stopped it short - he says so in this video.

[@mandayamkrishnan9666]

What year was this concert?

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

The date and venue are described right at the start of the video.

[@rameshj3373]

The song just before manavyala

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

endhuku joothunu - kalAvathi rAgam. Note that this is not the Hindusthani kalAvathi which is equivalent to Carnatic valaji.

[@rameshj3373]

Thank you. I am hearing this song for first time

[@gururajarao3851]

Public TV

[@bestofcarnaticflute2736]

meaning???

[@rajananantharaman4298]

Thanks