We have a new section up at our Bouvet Foundation media project sister web site, ‘the bas/bou files’:
Gamelan Orchestra from the Yogyakarta Kraton.
You will find both a narrative, a web photo gallery and a downloadable pdf ebook there. Enjoy, and please share this info with others…
Javanese traditional music performed by the palace gamelan music ensamble directed by (pengeprak) Mateus Anwar Widodo, in the Srimanganti Pendopo (performance pavilion) of the Yogyakarta Kraton (Sultan’s Palace).
The melodious gamelan music is being played by the Niyagas (gamelan players) dressed in traditional Javanese costume. The Pesinden (female and male) are singing with distinct, beautiful voices. The Pengeprak, the man who beats a wooden slit drum called the Keprak, directs the performance, and usually also is the dance master. With the sound of keprak, he gives order to the gamelan players, to the singers and to the dancers.