Gamelan Concert

[kenjari]

On Sunday, epilimnion and I went to the Boston Village Gamelan (Javanese) concert at the MFA. They were playing on the MFA's instrument, Gamelan Kyai Jati Mulya which was made in 1840 and 1876. It was a really good concert. As an added bonus, their guest artist was I. M. Harjito, one of the professors that I studied gamelan with at Wesleyan University (and oddly enough, when I was living in Middletown after graduation, my apartment was two doors down from his house). I love gamelan music, and hearing it live is far better than a recording, IMHO. The only piece on the program that was familiar to me was the opener, Ketawang Puspawarna, which I know from my gamelan CDs rather than from my experiences playing. The other pieces were good, though, especially the last one, Gendhing Manuhara and ayak-ayakan Rangu-Rangu.

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[nadyezhda.livejournal.com]

you went to Wesleyan around the same time as a friend of mine who played gamelan there (and after, with the Tufts group, while she lived in Boston). I know she lived in the foreign language house for a while in the Russian section. Awesome girl! Her first name and last initial are Danielle L. I'm reluctant to put all of her info out here though...

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

My e-mail my LJ name at mindpspring dot com. Feel free to send her info along - I knew several people named Danielle.