In Dialogue w/ Gamelan Nua

The initial concept of Pizza Party came from reading an article about people tweeting about pizza. Rather than using the graph that was generated from this, I just took the idea of a group of people going out and eating some pizza, and the ups and down of someone ravaging a pizza. Or at least how I eat pizzas. The piece is divided into six slices, The First Slice: Pipping Hot!, Marchgherita, Pineapple Knights, So cheesy, Crusts and Dips, and Cold Pizza.

Pizza Party - Kevin Free

This composition was inspired from my work with Tibetan sound bowls and gongs. It is a meditative work, beginning with a slow gong entry, modifying the structure to western timing. The kendhang enters giving a sense of movement to the moderate progressing through sensuous sound of the gamelan instruments, as emphasised by the inclusion of triple timings.

Kreasi Chi Gong - Elaine Nolan

Clusterfuck was (as the name suggests) composed in the midst of a deadline crunch! Musically speaking, the concept is based around a simple line of four even notes. One at a time, certain sounds in the melody morph into grace notes, leaving behind an expectant pause in their wake. As the piece continues, these grace notes build up. First only one, then two, three and finally four grace notes, where the beat itself becomes hidden within this cluster of grace notes. These different grace-note variations are heard one by one, and then in canon across four of the Balungan instruments: first Slenthem, then Demung, followed by Peking and, lastly, Saron. As this canon (peppered with grace notes) is repeated, long sustained notes on the Suling float above. The piece comes to a close after each of the four variations of the melody are heard simultaneously across the Balungan instruments, ending with the haunting sound of the Suling.

Clusterfuck - Sinéad Finegan

Dora and Sembodo
1. Hana caraka
2. Data sawala
3. Padha jayanya
4. Maga bathanga

The work gets its title from the two servants named in a Javanese legend developed by King Aji Saka. Inspired by a quadriptych of the legend the work contains a four movement structure: Aji Saka’s faithful servants Dora and Sembodo were sent a message to bring the pusoko (heirloom) to Java. When Dora came to Sembodo and told him Aji Saka’s order Sembodo refused since he remembered Aji Saka previous order: no one except Aji Saka himself was allowed to take the pusoko. Dora and Sembodo each felt suspicious towards another and suspecting each other tried to steal the pusoko. So they ﬁght each other to death.

Dora And Sembodo - Alan Perrin

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