Gending Vogel Flats

Bill Alves

About this work:
Vogel Flats is a beautiful area in the Angeles National Forest, and "gending" is a generic Indonesian word for gamelan piece. This particular marriage of Asian gamelan with European violin is cast in a non-traditional and rather mysterious mode of the Javanese pelog scale.
Year composed: 2002
Duration: 00:11:30
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 10+ players
Instrumentation: ,1 Violin soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: For violin and Javanese gamelan (pelog)

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