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Jack Body  

Arum Manis

Duration: 08' 00" Year: 1991
for string quartet and tape

  • Programme Note

    An unusual work combining field recordings of fiddle music played by an Indonesian street-seller of candy-floss (in Indonesian, "arum manis, meaning “sweet aroma”) with a string quartet. The listeners’ ears are charmed by music which passes seamlessly between the tape and the live performers. Composed for the Kronos Quartet, this work was presented at the 1996 International Rostrum of Composers.

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John Rimmer  

Crow

Duration: 17' 00" Year: 1991
for oboe and electronic sounds

Susan Frykberg  

Mother Too

 Year: 1991
For voice, tape, live signal processing and small meditation bells

Neville Hall  

Reflexive

Duration: 09' 00" Year: 1991
for alto saxophone and electronic sounds

  • Programme Note

    The sound of the saxophone has been processed by computer to create a dark and exaggerated sound world. The live saxophone spars with this new environment, sometimes aligning itself with, and sometimes divorcing itself from the electronic backdrop. Throughout, however, the instrument has only been reacting to a reflection of itself.

    The tape part of this work was composed in the University of Auckland EMS and is comprised of computer modifications of a single saxophone gesture. This work won first prize in The University of Auckland Composition Prize Competition in l991 and received a “Mentione d’Onore” in the 16th Concorso Internationale “Luigi Russolo”, Varese, Italy in 1994. It has been frequently performed in New Zealand, Australia, USA and Europe.

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Gillian Whitehead  

The Art of Pizza

 Year: 1991
a chamber opera in two acts for 12 singers and ensemble

  • Instrumentation
    six female voices, six male voices; flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet/bass clarinet, bassoon; horn, trumpet (C), trombone; percussion (2), harp; violins (2), viola, cello, double bass. Tape of electronic sounds required.
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Wayne Laird  

Theatre 3 Soundtrack

 Year: 1991
for guitar, harmonica and ukulele with effects