As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting…

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It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department...

It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department...

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording...

People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago.

People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are...

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are...

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the...

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially...

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic...

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put...

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put...

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural...

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me...

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or...

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very...

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very...

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a...

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a...

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.

Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.