Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.

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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 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.

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...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in...

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 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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

Craft is part of the creative process.

Craft is part of the creative process.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...