Chéngchéng

Gamelan Angklung, Two Harps & Percussion Quartet

Work Details

Chéngchéng
(1992)
WORK DURATION
15:00
WORK CODE
GF/CC
Instrumentation
Gamelan Angklung, 2 Harps & Percussion Quartet
Premiere
The "Gamelan Lila Muni" with student performers, Rochester, NY, USA, 8 May 1992

Chéngchéng (cengceng) are the small hand cymbals used in some styles of Balinese Gamelan. They are played in fast interlocking hocket figurations and provide shimmering rhythmic patterns to the gamelan sound. The percussion parts in Chéngchéng are inspired by the rhythms and timbres of this technique.