Carnatic thani avarthanam - Palghat Mani Iyer - Adi Talam

Full recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg2rCuObeYo

Excerpted percussion solo (Thani Avarthanam) from a rare television broadcast of Alathur Shri Srinivasa Iyer (Vocal), Lalgudi Shri G. Jayaraman (Violin) and percussion maestro Palghat Shri T. S. Mani Iyer (Mridangam).

Courtesy: www.sangeethapriya.org

Note: Audio and video are out of sync in the original and this problem has been only slightly corrected here

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Carnatic
• Palghat
• Mani
• Iyer
• Mridangam
• Alathur
• Brothers
• Lalgudi
• Jayaraman

[astrohari25]

The ability to play attractive things vs. the ability to play things attractive.....2 entirely different things in my opinion...mani iyer,UKS,Palghat Raghu fall into the 2nd classification...the hallmark of these towers when compared to buildings.

[ludakrishnan]

this man is a legend

[naveenshanv]

that look fake but not

[monksatya]

there is a kind of intellectual rigour in what he plays, unlike a lot of newer mridangists, where it is solely about virtuosity. he is truly great...

[sonofthedestroyer]

it was sarcasm i used earlier

[sonofthedestroyer]

did i say that? I must have meant that he dosent play complicated things.

[ajay226]

haha i agree, but then why did you say above that many would agree that he's average? i sure as hell think that he's wayyyyy above that, 10-fold. if anything, he deserves to be on that pedestal that "jhnlasik" mentioned.

[dmakkuni]

Agree with you both. There is something inexplicable about the way in which Mani Iyer plays that just catches your breath. Any time you hear him playing, its divine whether in accompaniment or in a thani. Never yet heard a match and doubt I ever will.

[worlddominator62]

sonofthedestroyer, What you said is so true.

This isn't the most difficult thing to play, not the fastest, not the most mathematically challenging, but for some reason, this simple yet delightful piece sounds amazing. It's hard to explain, it's just too sweet