Invitation to the Voyage
Heptameron in Raga Kharaharapriya Pathet Pelog barang on Pelog seven and Slendro one, in decaennea jati tala in quintuple irama, on the eponymous poem by Charles Baudelaire, for gamelan and Indian orchestra
- Duration: 9' 49"
- In 1 movement
- Composed in 1999
- Commissioned by the Singapore Indian Orchestra Choir for the Singapore Arts Festival 1999
- First performance: 22.06.99 Singapore Indian Orchestra Choir and LASALLE Gamelan Ensemble Victoria Concert Hall (Singapore)
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Review
“A fusion of Indian classical and Chinese music and the sounds from the gamelan emerge. It is definitely not for the faint hearted or for those classical conservatives”.
Sharmin Varghese, Kuala Lumpur
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“The rhythms and surprises, never where you expect them, took me on a great voyage! Casteels’ music truly manages to integrate the Western and Oriental spirit. Who can still make us dream nowadays?”.
Marie-France Dumolié, Paris