Performed by Mark Menzies (violin) at the concert 4:7, "It's OK to Auscultate", University of Auckland Music Theatre, 28 May 2021.
Mark Menzies Photo: Supplied
Helen Bowater wrote for Mark Menzies in 2003.
The name ‘Lautari’ refers to a caste of Roma musicians. Bowater says that she was inspired to write the piece by a performance of a song about Nicolae Ceauşescu, the oppressive Romanian dictator by the renowned group of Lautari, Taraf de Haidouks.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer, engineer: Tim Dodd
