“The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.” ModernAreasAcademicFestivalsNew MusicModern MusicMusic Festival Author:Gavin Bryars
“Still, American composers working in France have had a pretty hard time.” StillsHardFranceHard TimesComposer Author:Gavin Bryars
“Somehow in the 20th Century an idea has developed that music is an activity or skill which is not comprehensible to the man in the street. This is an arrogant assertion and not necessarily a true one.” MenIdeasStreetsCenturyHe ManActivitySkillsMusic IsArrogant20th CenturyAssertionTrue Ones Author:Gavin Bryars
“Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.” YearsAssured 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
“When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.” IfsKnowsFirstsWould BeWantedJesusPiecesBloodGlassesVersionsCdsPhilip Author:Gavin Bryars