Bala sarasa murali - Keeravani - Adi | Fourth Saptaratna | On Lord Krshna's flute & music

Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi’s fourth ratna, Bala sarasa murali (in Keeravani) is one of the most popular and often rendered compositions among the Saptaratnas where he describes Lord Krshna’s flute & his music. In this piece, the composer’s knowledge of musical subtleties comes to the fore in the 5th madhyamakala charanam where he has mentioned two important types of graces and ornamentation (gamakas) - aahatam & pratyaahatam. Special Introduction of the Third Ratna by Sangeetha Choodamani Shri Neyveli R Santhanagopalan P bāla sarasa mura‌ḷi sudhārasa bhāva madhura lahari vihāra gō- (pāla) AP neela naḷina ruchira daḷa lōchana nigama sāra mrdu vachana jita madana C 1 kōlāhala naṭana padāmbuja dhara kinkiṇi rava tāna gaṇa gaṇa jāla vraja lōla madhukāla kanaka dukoola 2 niravadhi ramya smēra mukhāmbuja kusumita kalhāra daḷa lōchana 3 kamaneeya ati tējastaṭāka khēlita makara gaṇa iva abhivrta gōpa vadhoojana ramaṇa manōhara rāsa vihāra tamāla sumāla gō- 4 sajjana munigaṇa sura sannuta gōvardhana giridhara shishira bhuvana pada narttana maṇigaṇa kiraṇa jvalitamaya kuṇḍala maṇḍita kaṇṭha udāra gō - 5 vallavee rati kalaha lōlatara madhura manōhara shikhaṇḍaka jāla mrga gaṇa vairi sunakha gaṇa bhooṣhaṇa mrgamada tilaka samujjvala phāḷa agaṇita maṇi gaṇa pravara virachita kaṭaka dhara karatala mukura kapōla tvatadhara madhu ruchita kalita lalitāhata pratyāhata maya svarajāla 6 sura vandita mathurāpuri sadana sarōruha vadana sundara gamana kalita kalāpa chikurāyata nayana ruchira kanaka vasana rādhā ramaṇa mandāra vana māla dharāyata sundara parimaḷa kusuma sukēsha santatam anuchintita mama hrdaya sarōja madhupa kāḷinga naṭana gō- 7 hē dayākara sāgara roopa himakara veekṣhaṇa hrta santāpa mādhava kōṭi dinakara shōbha mama hrdaya naṭana makuṭa kalāpa gō- LEAD VOICES Anahita Ravindran Apoorva Ravindran Bhargavi Balasubramanian Dathre S Pathangi Dhruv S Pathangi Ganesh Raman Samanvi INSTRUMENTS Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mrdangam & Khanjira) Anahita Ravindran (Chitravina) Apoorva Ravindran (Violin) Arjun Sambasivan R (Keyboard) Srinath Hariharan (Violin) Vishaal Sapuram (Chitravina) SUPPORT VOICES DISCIPLES OF CHITRAVINA N RAVIKIRAN Sampath Kumar N Sapna Ganesh Prasad DISCIPLES OF BHARGAVI BALASUBRAMANIAN Aditya Anandan Akshaya Ganesan Bindu Ramkumar Sagar Sridhar Sanjana Ganesh Prasad DISCIPLES OF VISHAAL SAPURAM Medha Anantuni Samarth Anantuni DISCIPLES OF ANAHITA RAVINDRAN Prameela Mandayam Srimathi M S Srinidhi M S DISCIPLES OF APOORVA RAVINDRAN Sahana Ramanathan Snigdha J Uma Radhakrishnan AUDIO EDITING & MASTERING Sreenidhi Venkat VIDEO EDITING Bhargavi Balasubramanian TITLE DESIGN Divya Ramesh CONCEPT, CURATION & DIRECTION Bhargavi Balasubramanian Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi, a composer of time-transcending brilliance and encyclopedic erudition, is said to have lived approximately between 1700-1765. The vastness of his multi-dimensional creations is only matched by the depth of his knowledge and exemplary attitude. He was a consummate master of melody, form, rhythm, meter, poetry, dance, drama, epics, mythology, cultural history and geography who was at equal ease in Sanskrit as well as Tamil. The enchanting magic his creations weave have endeared him to thousands of musicians, music lovers and students alike and awed scholars over the years. #Saptaratna #Keeravani #NeyveliSanthanagopalan