Lou Harrison "Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan." Gamelan Si Betty 2017. Video: jody diamond.

Gamelan Si Betty, built by Lou Harrison and William Colvig, directed by Jody Diamond. Players from Gamelan Galak Tika, directed by Evan Ziporyn. Piano: Nick Joliat. A project in 2017 to celebrate the centennial of Lou Harrison, including a new recording with pianist Sarah Cahill. Performance at MIT, December 12, 2017. There are three movements. I. Bull's Bell (slendro) II. [untitled] (pelog), III. Belle's Bull (slendro). The score, published by both the American Gamelan Institute and frog peak music (a composers' collective), includes notes for the gamelan by Jody Diamond in cipher notation, the piano score in western notation, and information on tuning the piano to match the gamelan. There is a tuning chart for Si Betty made by Julie Rohwein at http://gamelan.org/sibetty/overtone-s... If you have performed this piece, or are interested in performing it, please write to [email protected].