Performed by the University of Birmingham Gamelan Ensemble at the university on 15th June 2015 as part of the Summer Festival of Music. 

Directed by Andy Channing.

Gilak Baleganjur

Topeng Keras

Performed by the University of Birmingham Gamelan Ensemble at the university on 15th June 2015 as part of the Summer Festival of Music. 

Directed by Andy Channing and featuring dance by Diana Rahman.

Tari Pendet

Performed at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester on 25 February 2017 by Sarah Young (voice), Malcolm Goodare, Hamish Bain, Alastair Smith, Ernests Ozolins, Anna Beresford, Anna Galloway, Ellen Swann and Alex Dakin (cellos), and conducted by Nicola Warner.

Text by John Donne, Holly Singlehurst and Eli Carvajal.

Photo by Virginia Saul.

Through the autumn in the northern hemisphere the sun drops lower and lower in the sky until, at the winter solstice, it appears to stand still and then slowly turns and begins to rise once more. This low point in the year is so often used as a metaphor for pushing through the darkness towards the waiting light, but what is missed when all attention is focused on a
brighter future?

The text of this piece is constructed from excerpts drawn from three poems: A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy's Day, Being the Shortest Day (17th century) by John Donne, Melancholy May (2012) by Eli Carvajal, and The Hare (2015) by Holly Singlehurst. Only small fragments of the Donne are used, and reconstructed into something new. The Singlehurst and Carvajal excerpts appear almost unchanged from the original poems, although now in a new context, but towards the end text from the Donne and Singlehurst are freely combined.

Sun Turning

Gamelan degung-inspired encore piece arranged and performed by Aidan Maier, Amy Goldstraw, Emma Whallett, Georgios Stenos Frantzios, Joanna Pearce and Sara Salloum at the University of Manchester on 20th April 2018.

Doctor Who Theme

Gamelan degung directed by Robert Szymanek and performed by Aidan Maier, Amy Goldstraw, Emma Whallett, Georgios Stenos Frantzios, Joanna Pearce and Sara Salloum at the University of Manchester on 20th April 2018.

Babalen

Genderewo

Ngagending

Lutung Binung

Germinal (excerpt)

Performed at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester on 1 March 2018 by Rocío Bolaños (bass clarinet), Daniel Brew (electric guitar) and Alice Purton (cello) of Distractfold.

Recorded by Giorgos Stenos Frantzios and Simon Hellewell.
Photo by Ricardo Climent.

This piece follows on from the first 'steam daemons', for clarinet and piano, in seeking to illustrate a particular moment in sound: a brief proliferation of momentary shapes unlocked by heat from the water's surface – unpredictable silver wisps dancing playful arabesques, converging in a writhing plume.

Aidan Maier

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