Although they use pumpkins for percussion, they find them expensive. They routinely try out new instruments - recently a carrot recorder and a cucumber didgeridoo. This being Europe, the orchestra refuses to use genetically modified vegetables. Each musician makes his or her own instruments. This is a combination of playing and cooking, with the cook's dicing of onions mixed in.
Sensitive microphones pick up even the softest tones, such as the brushing of salad leaves.
It's melodic, then rhythmic, then dissonant - occasionally familiar. Gradually, the smell of the coming feast wafts across the audience. The Age Company Ltd 2001. Any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.