Antara Benua dan Benua (Between Two Worlds)

After the tour of Antara dan Benua dan Benua in Java in 2006, Ensemble Gending played this program in 2007 on a few Dutch podia: Provadja in Alkmaar, during the International Gamelan Festival in Amsterdam, Theatre Kikker in Utrecht, November Music in Den Bosch, Korzo in The Hague and in Spain: in the Teatro de la Abadia in Madrid. The provisional last concert will be during the Pasar Malam Besar in The Hague. In total this concert has been played 11 times. During this period it developed musically but also on behalf of the contribution of Rob van de Poel who designed for every piece a video show based on pictures from the tour, pictures from scores and poetry used by the composers. The change between Javanese and Western composers gave a colourful palette with a multiplicity of expression. In short, a concert that was in all ways accessible for a broad audience.