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...

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.

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

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...

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...

Craft is part of the creative process.

Craft is part of the creative process.

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...

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...

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.

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted...

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted...

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

What was once underground is now coming to the surface.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.