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I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.
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Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural parts - a descriptive preamble, the action of taking the cards, the development of the cards' manipulation and the revelation of what has been achieved.
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The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested in working with a musician, especially on a project for radio.
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Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.
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I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.
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One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
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I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.
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It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation.
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I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.
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I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.
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