The Glory of Abheri

Here is a digitally remastered audio of 1962 concert, which has been restored for the purpose of posterity.

My esteemed friend, Shri. T K Ramkumar was the first person to listen this remastered version and here is his reflections..

Sharing of listening experience by Shri. T K Ramkumar...

It is a month since Balamuralikrishna left us, but his music continues to haunt and haunt a trifle more. 

I chanced to listen once again to the 1962, IFAS Bombay, nagumOmu in AbhEri today. How many times one has heard it and found something new each time!  Despite his not being around, yet in every minute of the seventy one minutes presentation he was very much in it.  That was new this time.  And more, specifically, some tears moistened the eyes after the AlApana. 

No critic or connoisseur, worth the salt, would have missed listening to this particular rendition for three reasons--
a. The soul stirring presentation by Balamuralikrishna,
b. A live demonstration that the whole can be greater than the sum of parts, and
c. The unforgettable cadences of melody, hung on the phrase g m p g r s used elegantly as a hook, for a full nine minutes.

Balamuralikrishna's genius in rendition, M S Gopalakrishnan's genius in bowing, and T V Gopalakrishnan's genius in stroking made this, one of the many pieces of the 'magic of Krishna Traya' that they conjured.  They were truly a league of their own. 

Listen once again to this time worn but ever fresh AbhEri and savour genius.