TM Krishna: Ragam Kanada/Sahana/Bilahari/Mohana Kalyani/Devagandhari

In this, the second piece of his recital at the FEA-curated CROSSROADS concert in Mumbai, TM Krishna performed an epic Ragam Kanada. Violinist HN Bhaskar switches to Ragam Sahana during his solo section. Krishna then follows with the Thyagaraja composition Yee Vasudha in aadi thalam. A tanam follows in Ragams Sahana, Bilahari and Mohana Kalyani. Krishna ends the piece with a virutham, Hemantha Kaale, in Ragams Mohana Kalyani and Devagandhari.
Krishna was accompanied by HN Bhaskar on violin, B Sivaraman on mridangam and KV Gopalakrishnan on kanjira.

[@sixthsense66able]

I know TMK and Akkarai are magical, but I think he should sing more with HNB as well.

[@rajalakshmikrishnamoorthy1470]

To my ears..TMK ji is practically having a great, good conversation and communicating with the swaras.. my day begins with TMK ji s voice...some day, i hope to meet him in person...🙏

[@jayashreeajit4579]

One can hear his singing life long without any break. Dedicated to singing and a promising musician. Bhavam plays a vital role with him.. Simply superb singing and all the time gives the feelings or experience what others generally not.

[@kasthurishankaran9985]

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[@nagarajansushila2727]

@@kasthurishankaran9985 o

[@kneelarambham2860]

You cannot listen to his music from next room . He insists that we sit with him and share the experience. Thanks a zillion

[@reenananda3735]

No words to express...what a violinist and TM soaring

[@spskann2196]

So nice.Beyond words. Our country's gift. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@5849sam]

H.N.Baskar is perfect match for TMK. So beautifully follows the musician. He proves that he belongs to Lalgudi school. TMK is living legend. His style is typical and enjoyable. Thanks for posting.

[@diogeneb]

HN Bhaskar learnt from his father HK Narasimhamurthy and then from MSG

[@yadurajanss6488]

ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಘನ ಘನ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರು. ಎಂಥ ಆಪ್ಯಾಯಮಾನವಾದ ಸಂಗೀತ.

[@ambareeshiyer]

TMK is the most precious gem in carnatic music today....i have never heard a better rendition of mohana kalyani...The title should be "transcendence". I wish someday he did an elaborate RTP in Mohana Kalyani....Thanks a ton FEA for such fantastic work. B shivram, HNB, & KVG did a fantastic work; especially the application of sankeerna nadais in between rendition of Ee vasudha......just top class.

[@radhasrisailam1930]

Wonderful!!!! My best Artist , Wonderful Singer I am Fan of him from Decades,, clecked photography also with him,

[@jayashreeajit4579]

, 👍 same here

[@mdsmenon]

Awesome transition from Kanada to Sahana. Real genius!

[@deich31]

He's so warm and gracious with his fellow performers. Such a delight.

[@rukmanimanian3103]

Violin by H N Bhaskar simply Awesome 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿

[@tulasirao8803]

TMK, s style is totally different and superb

[@balajivenkat299]

Extremely grateful to you Sir ! In times of distress your singing kept me going !

[@trilochansastry8576]

Exquisite, everything is just so right, sweet, mellifluous, soothing. Above all original. TMK is immersed fully and seems inspired. Simply singing and changing from raga to raga. Superb violinist and percussionists. A treat. Mano dharma at its best.

[@rukmanimanian3103]

Amellifous Amazing concert by T M Krishna His style is something unique and very soothing Fantastic

[@srirambhattarharikathasing1338]

ఏదో అలౌకిక దివ్య రసానుభూతి.. మధుర రసానుభూతి..సంగీతామృత పానం చేస్తూ ..అందరికీ పంచుతున్నారు...అవధులు లేని సంగీత లోకంలో విహరిస్తూ వెలకట్టలేని ఆనందాన్ని అందిస్తున్నారు..వారికి నమస్సుమాంజలులు సమర్పించుకుంటున్నాను..🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹🌹🙏

[@shankaraiaheggidi1858]

The violin is in perfect sync

[@shankaraiaheggidi1858]

Sorry the guitar

[@vshivkumar1]

@@shankaraiaheggidi1858 Huh?

[@hariharanr123]

omg! HNB, what a talented human! God Bless!

[@ashaketharam]

AMAZING combo of musicians and ragams..EXCELLENT !

[@parvathidevi3098]

Very defined and clarity amazing in each gamaka

[@fluteteju]

A very unique interpretation and exploration of the raga.. So natural and creative..

[@hkmusicstudio6220]

Violin matches perfect to tmk voices

[@sundaraiyengar2057]

Great singer you.can hear for hours

[@sakki_talks59]

Simply awesome

[@YS-uo4dl]

Superb !! Thanks for sharing this. Absolute joy in listening to this performance.

[@vishnushanbhogue7882]

So good this concert. TM.K should do an xperiment that during aalaapana avoiding violin , following his vocal….

[@venkateshkl7115]

Expansive manodharma in kaanada!!!!

[@manjushavaliveti3575]

TMK Sir,🙏🙏🙏Beatific musical performance. Feeling ecstatic. Dear First Edition Arts Channel Thank you v.much 🙏

[@chandrappabk4515]

The god of music ❤

[@leelavaibhavi4988]

Violinist playing very nicely

[@krishnamanian]

Indeed it's an enriching experience. Enjoyed the program. "M.K. Subramanian"

[@sjanaki7618]

Unique handling 👌👌

[@hcadambi1]

Fantastic music!. Thanks 🙏.

[@ushaganesh8085]

Enriching experience. The artist as well the accompaniments play in tandem.

[@maheshyadavalli1560]

@First Edition Arts Channel -> Please change the title since many people seem to be confusing and are even attacking the presenter through their comments without reading the video description. Such a beautiful piece doesn't deserve anyone's hatred.

[@kiranmukund9436]

Sahana super TMB

[@sharadaarkalgud1215]

Alapana is in kaanada

[@sharadaarkalgud1215]

Krithi is in sahana raga.

[@anup_gopalakrishnan]

HN Bhaskar🥰

[@gowriramshankar4371]

So beautiful ♥️

[@ajayanth9220]

I wish TMK sings oothukadu krithis once ... Like Alaipayuthe , Thaye yashoda, kuzhal oodhi, asaindhadum ... I saw kanada in video title, and wished there was some Alaipayuthe in it. :)

[@craji4818]

Super

[@ggirish7641]

Soulful

[@tveenagayatri]

Awesome 👏 sir

[@SonalDiwanjiMusicInstitute]

Very nice

[@lakshmis748]

👌👌👍👍🙏🙏

[@vikramnitin9]

@First Edition Arts Channel - I really appreciate the great work you've been doing, posting such wonderful videos with high-quality audio. I have a small comment about the title of your videos, however. At least in Carnatic music (I cannot comment on Hindustani), the composition is as important as the Raga. It gives shape to the Raga delineation and defines the scope of elaboration. In this light, it is somewhat misleading to label a video with a generic "Raga X", when that can be a varnam, a kriti, a tukada, a padam, or even an RTP in Raga X. Several times, I have clicked on a video titled "Raga X", expecting to hear an elaborate rendition of the Raga, only to hear a stand-alone varnam and come away disappointed. Although in most cases the video description does contain the name of the composition, it would be nice if this information was provided directly in the title of the video. I understand that this means that the title cannot be as compact, for lack of a better word, but it would go a long way towards helping people understand what a video contains.

[@FirstEditionArtsChannel]

Dear Vikram, we agree that the name of the compositions in the titles would make it easier for the viewer to judge what they will be watching and make the decision whether they wish to watch it or not. However, one does put as much detail in the accompanying description as well. These descriptions are not long essays that could be tedious to read before watching the videos. So if the viewer wishes to know more about the content of the video, expecting them to take the trouble to read the brief synopsis should not be considered too much to ask.

[@vikramnitin9]

​@@FirstEditionArtsChannel Fair enough. While most videos do indeed have the composition name in the description, it would be nice if you could fix the small fraction of those that don't (or take care of this for future videos). Eg - Alamelu Mani: Ragam Kalyani, TM Krishna : Ragam Ravi Chandrika, etc. Thank you for your response!

[@govindaraousha8501]

TMK's nizhal pole HNB !

[@sbaskaran7638]

It is like eating hot rasam rice upfront before indulging in sambar sadam as per the south Kanara tradition. Equally enjoyable. Can anyone provide meaning of Hemantha Kale ? is it “ loaded”?

[@rrajan5476]

It is indeed.. It is on Jesus Christ There is a saying in Tamil: avalai ninaithu uralai idippaneen! Why to bang the pounding mill, when your grouse is on parched rice TMK has issues with the Carnatic (read Brahmin) establishment. So he sings in praise of each and everything he feels inimical to the CM establishment Recently a Tamil hymn

[@ashokkumarchempakasseril857]

Excellent

[@profraguram3050]

Divine

[@prasadthevarkat4146]

V good

[@suchitrarajan6916]

Super

[@sureshdoraiswamy3716]

HMM.. ..i noticed he has a different violin than now....interesting

[@srinivasangkailasam8952]

H N Bhaskar -outstanding Violinist.

[@venkatasubramaniann.a.7531]

Jaya

[@sreelathavenugopal7058]

Just wondering how Unnimukundan playing violin with TMK😂♥️

[@sajanvellalloor2819]

Very hard full of repeatation...he uses lla lla hua...etc for singing raga

[@scm50able]

Wonderful.

[@venkateshkl7115]

There is no composition in kanada.....its in sahana

[@hariramkumar94]

S. He sang Raaga Kanada first and then he sang sahana

[@jankiswamy7481]

This is DEFINITELY SAHANA. ...I have learnt it ....I think, it is a printing mistake...

[@nagarajnagaraj7757]

Sound recording has no sufficient volume to hear the concert .Not enjoyable. DSN

[@kalyan2.02]

Pramatham

[@ranganathannarayan2478]

It is more like Canada than Kannada

[@SuperSribala]

It's neither Canada or kannada as u mention. It is kaanada.

[@kumudhadevaraj7270]

@@SuperSribala 😂

[@krishnanr.5677]

Canada is buggered up by this fellow. Looks more like sahana.

[@hishshih3392]

Can u tell me the Carnatic equivalent of this raga kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4iqdn-EZ7Bkndk

[@hishshih3392]

@@dhakshan but u.mean this? It doesn't seem to be same as the link I send.. listen to bridavan sarang here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3TdnZqQjq9qsJY Adana is different?

[@hishshih3392]

@@dhakshan I think there is no equivalent for raga Adana in Carnatic..right? and the singing also in Carnatic is very slow as compared to the song I send of ustad bade ghulam Ali khan. Right?

[@dhakshan]

@@hishshih3392 Maybe this one is too fast than what is there in average in carnatic. The Kaanada we sing now in carnatic has some shades similar to this. However, the recording you posted reminds me of Dikshtar's 'Rangapuravihara'. That's why I said brindavana saranga. Don't go with my words. I am not an expert

[@sharadaarkalgud1215]

One should have respect for such great artistes.

[@grpyoga]

இவன் பாடுவதைக் கேட்டாலே மாஸ்குல பாங்கு ஓதாரா மாதிரிதான் இருக்கு. லுங்கியும், குல்லாவையும் விட்டுட்டானா.

[@baaskarr9194]

Appo neenga kaekala paaakarrenga

[@krishnamanian]

Somehow I feel that violinist is a bit slow. "Manian'.

[@ambareeshiyer]

HNB did a commendable work on violin; however, he could exercise more restrain while TMK was doing raaga alaapana. In his attempt to follow each and every phrase, the golden sangathees are missed and can't be heard by the rasika. Plus it would allow the manodharma of the vocalist to manifest in its full beauty - giving the listeners an absolute joy. I feel, he should follow more of the concluding phrases like akkarai or varadarajan rather than emulating the whole of the sangathees like nagai muralidharan (who is again a genius). I'm not drawing any comparisons here...but feel the beauty could be enhanced more by exercising more restrain during raga alaapana. My favourite all time violinist is MSG (guru of HNB's father) so i love HNB's playing as well. Great work team.

[@karthikvenky133]

@@ambareeshiyerThat was my impression too at first...but wonder if after listening to tmk and akkarai together for so long on FEA, I may be having a fixed expectation (of slow, unhindered alaap?) looking forward to this fresh new collaboration

[@jayamathur7741]

Excellent