jangeran
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for score sample in pdf (pages 1-8) programme note: jangeran
was commissioned by the Nusantara Symphony Orchestra ostensibly for on-tour
performances in Tokyo and Osaka as part of the Asian Orchestra Week 2005.
Essentially a fairly obviously shaped and simple elaboration of a supplied
Balinese melody that is made to cross between orchestra and gamelan ensemble,
the real story of jangeran is not in its East-West musical treatments,
but in the nature of the East-West exchanges between orchestra and composer
behind the scenes.
year:
2005
instrumentation:
2222; 4331; 1 perc; Balinese gamelan; strings duration:
9'
commissioned by:
premiered: Jakarta 01.09.2005
further performances:
Yogyakarta 03.09.2005, Jakarta 29.09.2005, Osaka 04.10.2005, Tokyo 06.10.2005, Jakarta 09/10.06.2008
Though it is one of his most-performed works, the composer has never been supplied with a recording and was unaware until after the fact that the work had been performed as "part of a medley", and sometimes with dancers and choral parts added. The work was also, at one time, subject to a dispute (resolved) over artistic ownership.
These grievances have given way to a general fascination (on the part of the composer) with the differences in preconceptions and expectations of people from different cultures.