Year 10, #5

1 April 2011
Home of Bp. Giarto, Fajar Indah, Solo

On Friday 1 April 2011, we had the fifith klenengan in the TENTH fiscal year of Klenèngan Pujangga Laras. It was held at the home of Bp. Giarto in Fajar Indah, Solo. It started at 8:00 pm and lasted through to 2:15 am. A new venue for us! Kind of small and cramped though, and audience has to sit in chairs outside, blocking off the small road, as there is no extra floor space. But it is always nice to have the klenèngan in different neighborhoods.

Bp. Giarto is an old friend of many of the musicians we all know and have studied with in the past. He was in the first graduating class at Konsèr, but then went on to spend all of his working life in Bengkulu, Sumatra, in the palm oil plantation business. He has recently retired and moved back to Solo, originally being from Wonogiri. He kept his ties through the years though, as he came back once a year to Solo and put on klenèngan, and also put on a few wayang a year in Bengkulu. He himself is also an amateur dhalang, a hobbyist.

(Mas Wakidi arranged the first four gendhing, based on a suggestion by Phil Acimovic actually, that perhaps it would be nice to hear some of the pl nem and sl sanga non-ciblon gendhing! Suggestions in programming are always welcome. Whenever a klenèngan gets planned at the last minute, it’s sometimes hard to find someone willing to prepare the list, and mas Wakidi ends up doing it in that case. So a store of suggestions is always good to have.)

—Kitsie Emerson, Solo/Jakarta

Acara Gendhing

Gd. Pangawé kt 4 arang mg 8, pt ngelik ageng, pl nem

kd: Wakidjo
rb: Yadi
gd: Kamso
bn: Sagimin
gb: Wakiyo

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Gd. Danaraja kt 4 arang mg 8 kalj Ldr Gonjang-ganjing “Liktho”, pt wantah, sl sanga

rb: Yadi
gd: Wito
kd: Wakidjo
gb: Wakiyo
bn: Sagimin

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Gd. Tameng Gita kt kr mg 4 kalj Ldr Surung Dhayung, pt ageng, pl nem

rb: Yadi
gd: Kamso
kd: Wakidjo
bn: Sagimin
gb: Wakiyo

(The inggah of Tameng Gita didn’t go so well, so the musicians decided to repeat it next month.)

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Ktw. Gd. Ela-ela Kalibeber kt 2 kr mg 4, pt Jingking dados Ayak-ayak Gadhung Mlathi dados Srepeg mawi palaran Sinom Wenikenya (Warti), Dhandhanggula Waosan (Hartono “Sajuri”), Dhandhanggula Mataraman (Parni) dados Srepeg Mataraman, rangkep, pt jugag

rb: Supanggah
gd: Wito
kd: Yadi
ciblon: Wakidi
gb: Wakiyo
bn: Sagimin

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DINNER BREAK

Jineman Uler Kambang, pl barang (Yayuk)

Jineman Glathik Glindhing, pl barang (Warti)

gd: Darsono “Jepang”
kd: Wakidjo
gb: Minarto

(The electricity went out at this point, but they kept going...)

Bawa Dhandhanggula (Hartono “Sajuri”) dhawah Langgam Ngujiwat (Yayuk), pl barang

Bawa Sinom (Budi) dhawah Langgam Tak Ngentèni (Dèwi), pl barang

Bawa Dhandhanggula Banjet (Hartono “RRI”) dhawah Langgam Rasa Madu (Harjutri), pl barang

(electricity back on!)

Bawa Sinom (Budi) dhawah Ldr. Jurang Jugrug, pl barang

Bawa “Ada-ada Salyarini” (Hartono RRI) dhawah Ldr. éling-éling dados Ayak-ayak Pamungkas, pl barang

gd: Darsono “Jepang”
kd: Wito
gb: Minarto

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Musicians Attending

  • Kendhang: Wakidjo, Wakidi, Wito
  • Rebab: Yadi, Supanggah
  • Gender: Wito, Kamso
  • Sindhen: Mulyani, Yayuk Triyagan, Parni, Tugini, Dèwi, Harjutri, Yayuk “SriWedari”, Warti, Sumini
  • Gerong: Budi, Iyasa, Hartono (Sarjuri), Widodo, Parno, Tugimin, Hartono (RRI), Budi
  • Bonang: Sagimin
  • Bonang Penerus: Marman
  • Gambang: Wakiyo
  • Gender Penerus: Minarto
  • Siter: Joko Tipes
  • Suling: Mujiono
  • Slenthem: Ripto
  • Peking: Kuat
  • Gong: Karman, Prapto
  • Kenong: Pahang
  • Kethuk: Tulus
  • Balungan: Sutat, Minarto, Ngahana, Joko Sabar, Rajiman, Sular, Pahang

Audience:

  • Phil Acimovic, USA
  • Rachel Hand, UK
  • Bryan Camphire, USA
  • Blake, USA
  • Matt, Seattle, USA
  • Hitomi, Osaka, Japan
  • Kaori, Japan
  • Mulyadi
  • Darsono “Jepang”
  • Sujarwo Joko Préhatin

Budget

We spent Rp. 7, 080,000 , or $813 (Rp.8,700= $1).