There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there...#Harrison Birtwistle
The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same...#Harrison Birtwistle
The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they...#Harrison Birtwistle
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.#Harrison Birtwistle
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.#Harrison Birtwistle
My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the...#Harrison Birtwistle
Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music...#Harrison Birtwistle
