A march composed in 1940 by John Bee, a popular British cinema organist,  arranged for saxophone quartet by his great nephew, Mick Foster. Performed by Mick Foster (sop, ten, bari saxes) and John's great, great niece Sarah Foster (alto sax).

Shoulders Square - John Bee

Ether (in mortal form)

Here's a little taster of some of the pieces we will be playing on Saturday, performed by Rachel Swindells (suling) and Simon Cook (kacapi).  The snippets are Sekar Manis - Arang-Arang - Mupu Kembang - Kingkilaban

KACAPI SULING taster

A live recording of Jessica Gale (primo) and Mark Zarb-Adami's (secondo) performance of Schubert's Fantasie in F minor at Arborfield Green on Thursday 2nd August as part of the Lunchtime Recital Series.

Schubert Fantasie in F minor - Jessica Gale & Mark Zarb-Adami

Ono Maling (there is a thief) is my long forgotten piece which I wrote in 2002. I remember it was on a Sunday early morning when I woke up with a simple tune (the saron tune in this piece) in my head. I then carried on working on this simple tune and completed the whole piece in the next 2-3 hours. 

This piece was inspired by my childhood experience living in a small village in Solo, Java region. It was in the middle of the night when my family was woken up by the chaotic noise from the outside; people shouting maling, maling....while hitting the kenthongans (bamboo slit drums) as loudly as they could. My mother did not let me to run chasing the thief as my big brother and his friends did.

This piece was played by the Alpha Beta Gamelan Group. The group has been long gone but some of the members are still active in playing gamelan, both new and traditional music.

KACAPI SULING taster

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