Product Description
"Glittering Gamelan" (2014) duet
(prepared piano) 3
minutes
A short duet
composed as an encore for Danish/British duo Ingryd Thorson and Julian Thurber
for a concert in the 2014 Samsø Piano Festival, Denmark, which included
three other duets in this collection.
It was inspired by
a particular type of gamelan music from Indonesia - "Gamelan
Balaganjur" - which translates as "Gamelan of Walking Warriors".
This style of music has its historical origins in military music - music used
in battle. These days it is performed in Indonesia in competitions by large
bands of dancing musicians, with pitched and unpitched percussion. Their music
is incredibly elaborate, and has very little repetition. It involves constantly changing speeds with
layers of complex rhythmic gestures that require very impressive ensemble
skill.
This duet is quite
noisy, especially if you use the optional piano preparations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoglbOxEDjE
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