(excerpts from correspondence with the Jadal ensemble 
reproduced in the program of 23.9.2001)

François-Bernard Mâche, Kurunta 

... "I wonder if one of these pieces, for example "Muwatalli", could not take its place in your program, either as it is, or possibly in an equally monodic version, but which I would "orchestrate" with recorder and darboukka contributions. Please let me know what you think. I quite like the idea." (Paris, September 7, 2000) 

"So this is 'Kurunta'. It's the name of a son of the Hittite king Muwatalli, and I've used it as the title of a piece derived from my first of the "Three Sacred Songs". The writing is totally different, to facilitate synchronization." (Paris, July 17, 2001) 

"For the Kurunta score, will you have a darboukka player? If so, he could add a few ornaments here and there. The rhythms I've used are Arabic: mahdjar, arabi, aussat, kouch rene, fakhta, zawan chami, youn hawassi..." (July 25, 2001)