Contemporary British composers talk about their music, with the
emphasis on the aesthetic sensibilities and psychological processes
behind composing rather than technique. This book features
interviews with leading and upcoming British composers who use the
same raw materials but produce classical music that takes very
different forms. Uniquely, Andrew Palmer approaches the sometimes
baffling worldof contemporary music from the point of view of the
inquisitive, music-loving amateur rather than the professional
critic or musicologist. Readers can eavesdrop on conversations in
which composers are asked a number of questionsabout their
professional lives and practices, with the emphasis on the
aesthetic sensibilities and psychological processes behind
composing rather than technique. Throughout, the book seeks to
explore why composers write the kindof music they write, and what
they want their music to do. Along the way, readers are confronted
with an unspoken but equally important question: if some composers
are writing music that the public doesn't want to engage with,
who's to blame for that? Are composers out of touch with their
public, or are we too lazy to give their music the attention it
deserves? ANDREW PALMER is a freelance writer and photographer. He
is editor of Composing in Words: William Alwyn on His Art (Toccata
Press, 2009), author of Divas... In Their Own Words (Vernon Press,
2000) and co-author of A Voice Reborn (Arcadia Books, 1999). Since
1998 he has been a corresponding editor of Strings magazine (USA).
Interviewees include: Julian Anderson, Simon Bainbridge, Sally
Beamish, George Benjamin, Michael Berkeley, Judith Bingham,
Harrison Birtwistle, Howard Blake, Gavin Bryars, Diana Burrell, Tom
Coult, Gordon Crosse, Jonathan Dove, David Dubery, Michael
Finnissy, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Alexander Goehr, Howard Goodall,
Christopher Gunning, Morgan Hayes, Robin Holloway, Oliver Knussen,
James MacMillan, Colin Matthews, David Matthews, Peter Maxwell
Davies, John McCabe, Thea Musgrave, Roxanna Panufnik, Anthony
Payne, Elis Pehkonen, Joseph Phibbs, Gabriel Prokofiev, John
Rutter, Robert Saxton, John Tavener, Judith Weir, Debbie Wiseman,
Christopher Wright
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