Year 2, #10

Saturday, 17 May 2003
Laweyan, Solo

Dear Friends,

Last Saturday night we had the 10th klenengan of the 2nd fiscal year at Laweyan in Solo. It started at 8:00 pm and ended at 2:40 am (record late!). Remember, we only have one more klenengan in this fiscal yearónext monthís. As of July we start our third fiscal year. Weíll be asking later in the month for information from all of you on new pledge commitments. Thanks in advance!

It was a somewhat smaller group this monthóBp. Ali was performing wayang in Wonogiri, along with a few of the musicians. Bp. Karnoís daughter is getting married next week so he has been too busy all week to come to any events. Bp. Raji was in Bali, together with most of the foreign students, at an event for STSI. Bp Panggah was in France and (we think) Bp. Darsono/Jebres still in Australia.

There was a sad element to the evening, as the musicians paid tribute to Bp. Mulyono who died a week ago Sunday at the age of 57. Pak Mulyono was a respected rebab, bonang, and gender player and a musician at both the Kraton and Mangkunegaran, and was a regular at Laweyan. Itís not clear exactly what he died of, but it was some sort of internal illness heíd had for about Ω yearómost likely his liver. The news didnít get around about his death as efficiently as that kind of news usually gets around here, and there were actually a few musicians finding out about his death just last night.

Acara Gendhing

  1. None of the gendhing were even discussed ahead of time this month, as Pak Wahyo didnít attend in April and he usually heads up the planning for next month.

  2. Gd. Agul-Agul kt 8 kerep mg 16 pl 5 pt ngelik

    Rb: Dalimin
    Gd: Kamso
    Kd: Wakidjo
    Pn: Wakidi
    Bn: Yadi
    Gb: Wakiyo

  3. Gd. Dhandhun kt 2 kr mg 4 kalj. Ldr. Bedhat (wilet)-ada2 girisaóSrpeg PinjalanóAyak-ayakan sl 6

    Rb: Wahyo
    Gd: Kamso
    Kd: Yadi
    Pn and sabet: Wakidjo
    Bn: Dalimin
    Gb: Narto

  4. Gd. Rebeng kt 4 kr mg 8 pt Lasem

    Same exact line-up as above

  5. Gd. Guntur kt 2 kr mg Majemuk kalj. Ldr. Moncer, pt jugag, sl 6

    Rb: Wahyo
    Gd: Kamso
    Kd Gd: Yadi
    Cib: Wakidjo
    Bn: Dalimin
    Gb: Wakiyo

  6. Pt pl 6 jugag, Bawa (Yasa) dhawah Gd. Onang-Onang kt 2 kr mg 4 kalj Ldr. Sri Rejeki

    Same line-up but gambang Bp. Narto

  7. MULYARARAS for Bp. Mulyonoógadhon, no sindhen

    Gd. Menyan Kobar kt 4 kr mg 8, sl 9

    Rb: Yadi
    Kd: Wakidjo
    Gd: Kamso

  8. Ketw Gd. Ela-Ela Penganten kt 2 kr mg Ldr, pt sanga wantah from the middleófrom middle 1, in pelog

    Rb: Yadi
    Gd: Kamso
    Kd Gd: Wakidjo
    Cib: Wakidi
    Gb: Wakiyo
    Bn: Dalimin

  9. Jn Uler Kambang, sl 9 (Warti)
    Kewt. Sinom Parijotho, sl 9 (Munirah)
  10. Pt jugag, Bawa (Budi) dhawah Gd. Wangsaguna kt 2 kr mg ìwutuhî with Sembunggilang kalj. Ldr. Giyak-GiyakóAyak-ayakan

    Rb: Ngahono
    Gd: Sular
    Kd: Wakidi
    Bn: Wiyono
    Gb Narto

    (It seems that every time Pak Ngahono steps up to rebab he gets pushed and tested from all sides more than in other cases, and doesnít seem to have any authorityóI feel bad for him sometimes! He really doesn't go easily up to the rebab seat. He wanted to just do Gambirsawit ìfor onceî, but the bonang playeróan old-time rival from SriWedari-- pushed it into Wangsaguna in the 3rd kenongan. Youíll hear on the tape he really wasnít ready for that, and struggled through the rest of the merongÖ.Then he wanted to do Ldr. Gonjang Ganjing and Bp. Yadi insisted on irama wilet from the ìpeanut galleryî with his clapping, then the bonang player went even farther by going into Giyak-Giyak instead of Gonjang Ganjing Liktho.)
  11. pt pl 7 jugag, Bawa (Sukimin) dhawah Gd. Montro mg Ldr. Asmaradana pl 7

    (Youíll hear that Pak Ngahono was REALLY forceful after the bawa to communicate MontroÖ.)

    rb: Ngahono
    gd: Sular
    Kd: Pahang
    Bn: Dalimin

  12. Ayak-ayakan Pamungkas pl 7

Musicians Attending

  • Rebab: Dalimin, Wahyo, Yadi, Ngahono
  • Gender: Kamso, Sular
  • Kendhang: Yadi, Wakidjo, Wakidi, Pahang
  • Sindhen: Tukinem, Mulyani, Parni, Tarini, Harjutri, Sumini, Warti, Munirah Gerong: Panut, Yasa, Sukiman, Budi
  • Gambang: Narto, Wakiyo
  • Suling: Tarno
  • Siter: Joko Tipes, Parno
  • Gender Penerus: Joko Sabar, Tulus
  • Bonang: Yadi, Dalimin, Wiyono
  • Bonang Penerus: Rajimin
  • Slenthem: Pardi, Ripto
  • Kenong: Sarsidi
  • Kempul/Gong: Prapto
  • Kethuk: Mujiono
  • Balungan: Pahang, Wiyono, Warjino, Tulus, Harta, Sutat, Ngatno, Ngahono

Audience

  • Wawan and a friend
  • Mulyadi/Lojiwetan
  • a member of karawitan Laweyan
  • Parmo (dhalang and gender player from Baturetna) Lukman
  • Mas Budi and mbak Harjutriís son (whoís clearly studying to be a dhalang at age 9)
  • Katherine, England
  • Sophie, England
  • Esther, England
  • Kaoru, Japan
  • Masako, Japan

Budget

We spent Rp. 4,330,000, or $515.00 ($1 = Rp 8400 at the banks), $15 over our monthly limit.