Berlayar Ke Mata Hari XIV ‘The Mask’
Solar piece for gamelan Slendro and Pelog with Tumbuk Nem, digital sounds, alto flute, metal percussion and dancers
- Duration: 12' 40"
- In 1 movement
- Composed in 1999
- First performance: 03.12.99 LASALLE Gamelan Ensemble Studio Theatre LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts (Singapore)
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Programme notes:
In ‘The Mask’, the first piece of the cycle entitled ‘No face’, the characters hide behind their personas and personae. In so doing they are unable to connect with one another. While the chorus comments on the ephemeral nature of beauty, only the faceless blind Seer sees all.