Work
A House in Bali
for string quartet, gamelan, narrator and sheng (or oboe)
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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.
Contents note
I. Balinese gamelan
II. Fighting crickets
III. The day of silence
IV. A flock of pigeons
Text note
Text: Colin McPhee (from A House in Bali)