The Secret Sky (Based on poetry by Charles Cameron)
Mark Vigil
About this work:
Written in a lyrical style. This piece is written for a full Balinese gamelan with two solo flutes. There is a limited use of extended techniques but only in the gamelan orchestra. Gamelan instrumentation includes: 2 Pemeda; 2 Jublag; 2 Riong, gong and a bell tree.
Based on this anonymous text:
I am a nightingale of the secret sky.
I have watched many swans float by
on the waves of the hidden river.
I fly from one garden to the next.
A rose is my mosque, and my text
is the grace of the marvelous giver.
Score available only in western notation, no cipher notation.
Commercial recording is not available.
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Year composed: 1992
Duration: 00:06:12
Ensemble type: Orchestra:Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: ,2 Flute soloist(s)
Instrumentation notes: Medium size Balinese gamelan orchestra with 2 flutes