For orchestra

Composed especially the Duo Contemporain (Henri Bok, bass clarinet, and Miguel Bernat, percussion), who premiered it during their 1995 tour of Australia, Enyato IV is in three short movements: two radiant dances each marked Giocoso (playful) framing an introspective recitative (Profondo e misterioso).

The generic title Enyato is extracted from Edwards’ maninya text, an arbitrary nonsense poem dating from 1981, which has had a formative influence on much of his music. Through their musical associations, the ‘words’ maninya and enyato have acquired the meanings dance-chant and contrast, respectively.
Enyato IV was commissioned by Eva Griffith in memory of Heinz Harant