“I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.” WritingNamesPreparedSatisfyingComposer Author:Gavin Bryars
“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.” ThinkingWritingRememberCrossesSaxophoneViolaOboes Author:Gavin Bryars
“Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.” WritingCentury19th Century Author:Gavin Bryars
“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 was not alien.” WritingArtIdeasArtistPiecesTaughtCollegePaintingPerformancesResponseTheatreAliensVisualsVisual ArtWriting MusicInstallationVisual Artist Author:Gavin Bryars