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6 Pieces for Gamelan Sendro / Eklekto, Ensemble 0
Mode Records

6 Pieces for Gamelan Sendro / Eklekto, Ensemble 0

$20.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Dahinden
Format
CD
Label
Mode Records
Released
Oct 15, 2021
Catalog #
MOD-CD-330
UPC
764593033028

About

For this recording project, the fearless French musical collective ensemble 0 (pronounced “zero”) began a new kind of collaboration with the Swiss percussion ensemble Eklekto and Gamelan Oksitan- this last the traditional Javanese ensemble of gongs and metallophones based in France. Their transcultural bridge has foundations that go back to Claude Debussy’s fascination with the radiant tones of gamelan music that he heard at the 1889 Paris Exposition. Yet neither Debussy nor many other sympathetic composers who followed actually composed for those instruments. They faced challenges of different tuning systems, intricacies of unfamiliar instruments, the weight of another classical tradition, but perhaps no obstacle greater than the cultural gulf of that colonial era. It was not until the 1970s that non-Indonesian composers began to bridge that divide, none more committed than the American composer Lou Harrison. Compositions by Harrison are paired here with works by Larry Polansky, Petar Klanac, Billy Martin, and Roland Dahinden. The diversity of approaches represented on this collection provides a glimpse towards a vibrant future, a future that Lou Harrison helped create.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Philemon and Baukis 13:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    Philemon and Baukis
    Duration
    13:18
    Composer
    Lou Harrison
    Performer
    Céline Flamen
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0
  2. 2 4-Voice Canon No. 7 for Gamelan 07:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    4-Voice Canon No. 7 for Gamelan
    Duration
    07:42
    Composer
    Larry Polansky
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0
  3. 3 Spe Salvi 07:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    Spe Salvi
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Petar Klanac
    Performer
    Júlia Gállego, Céline Flamen, Damien Darioli
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0
  4. 4 Heartstrings I 01:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Heartstrings I
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Billy Martin
    Performer
    Júlia Gállego, Céline Flamen
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0
  5. 5 Heartstrings II 03:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Heartstrings II
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Billy Martin
    Performer
    Júlia Gállego, Céline Flamen
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0
  6. 6 Heartstrings III 02:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    Heartstrings III
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Billy Martin
    Performer
    Júlia Gállego, Céline Flamen
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0
  7. 7 Navigate 19:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    Navigate
    Duration
    19:49
    Composer
    Roland Dahinden
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0
    Conductor
    Roland Dahinden
  8. 8 Bubaran Robert 02:15
    Track
    8
    Title
    Bubaran Robert
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Lou Harrison
    Performer
    Céline Flamen
    Ensemble
    Eklekto, Ensemble 0