Berlayar Ke Mata Hari XV ‘Carré blanc’

Gamelan ensemble, metal percussion, keyboards, alto flute and pre-recorded tape

Programme notes

Third piece of piece of the cycle entitled No Face, Carré blanc refers to the French symbol for censorship. Here, masks enable characters to transcend their own inhibitions and to connect.

Handwritten sketches and drafts

to be found in the loose bundle of manuscripts and in the black cover logbook #1

Completion of the composition

24-VIII-1999

Recording

link is the audio of the premiere

Duration:

7' 17"

Composed In:

1999

Dedicated to:

Parts:

For score and parts, please email <rc@robertcasteels.com>

First performance:

03.12.99 Studio Theatre LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore

First performed by:

LASALLE Gamelan Ensemble,

Commissioned by:

Download Link:

BKMH_15_Casteels.pdf