Work

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.

Commissioned:

Written for the Kronos Quartet

Difficulty:

Advanced

Influences:

• Indonesian

Performance History

	06 Mar 1996	Performed by the Kronos Quartet
	11 Mar 2013	Performed by Kronos Quartet at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
	14 Mar 2013	Performed by Kronos Quartet, Aurora Centre, Christchurch