The final programme of the festival is an all-night concert of chamber music from Java called Tembang Sunda , with interludes of a more earthy song form called Celempungan.
Puspa Nugraha, from
Sunda Java, led by Uking Sukri.
10.30 Tembang Sunda in pelog tuning
12.00 Sacred Mountains Tim Malyon journeys from the mountains of Wutai to explore high peaks as places of revelation, geographical manifestations of the divine, and sources of celestial inspiration for writers of all faiths.
12.20 Celempungan and tembang Sunda in pelog tuning
2.20 Jack May reads Sundanese tales, translated by Simon Cook.
2.40 Celempungan and tembang Sunda in sorog tuning
4.40 Jack May reads from diaries of early visitors to Java.
5.00 Celempungan and tembang Sunda in salendro tuning
(A BBC/South Bank Centre/Sounds Like Birmingham co-promotion, in association with BT)
* Approximate time