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- for string quartet, gamelan, narrator and sheng (or oboe)
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- Instrumentation:
- for violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, gamelan, narrator and sheng (or oboe)
- Contents:
- I. Balinese gamelan
II. Fighting crickets
III. The day of silence
IV. A flock of pigeons
Samples
 | Score (567k) | Page 1 of the violin part with gamelan cues | © Jack Body |
Availability
- This work has 4 scores and a recording
Programme Note
This work uses four short passages from Canadian composer and ethnomusicologist, Colin McPhee’s famous account of his experiences while living in Bali in the 1930s. A joint composition between Jack Body and Wayan Yudane who composed the gamelan sections. A Creative New Zealand grant assisted the composition of this work.
- Text Note:
- Text: Colin McPhee (from A House in Bali)
- Funders:
Performance History
| 02 Oct 2009 |
Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya at the Adam Concert Room, University of Victoria, in Wellington |
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| New Zealand String Quartet | ||
| 03 Oct 2009 |
Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet and Gamelan Taniwha Jaya at the Adam Concert Room, University of Victoria, in Wellington |
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| New Zealand String Quartet |