Fragmen - Jaya Suprana

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He is considered to be one of the most prominent indonesian composer, famous for his integration of western classical music with traditional oriental feel of java. One can indulge in gamelan-like sound produced by the piano that surprises many. The entry is like a chant played by suling or traditional javanese flute.

Fragment - Jaya Suprana

This gentle and calm melody contrasted by the entry of the solo gong that is set at a faster tempo. The upward moving broken chords are somewhat a reminiscent of the interlocking feature of the gamelan ensemble.

The most challenging part of performing this piece lies on consistency of the left hand accompaniment. Especially when it gets a bit virtuosic towards the end of the piece. At the same time, upon successful to overcome this challenge, one may indulge in a readily accessible Javanese music.

Sheet music can be found here (this is not by me, so not the usual mediafire link)