Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries. Brian Ferneyhough arguebitterlycentury Change image and share on social
Certainly being in California has encouraged a sustained commitment to rethinking the nature, purposes, and relevance of the contemporary arts, specifically music, for a society which by and large seems to manage quite well without them. Brian Ferneyhough artcaliforniacommitment share on social
In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent. Brian Ferneyhough attemptbackformal Change image and share on social
By reason of weird translation, many such sets of instructions read like poems anyhow. Brian Ferneyhough instructionpoemread Change image and share on social
This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion. Brian Ferneyhough digestiondintextend Change image and share on social
Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the specifically technical sense of entering spaces where prevailing criteria of success scarcely apply. Brian Ferneyhough applycriterionenter share on social
I'm perplexed, though, by your application of the term 'negative' to my figural imagery. Brian Ferneyhough applicationfiguralimagery Change image and share on social
Why, in such a case, should the performer essay any sort of considered approach at all? Brian Ferneyhough approachcaseconsider Change image and share on social
It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony. Brian Ferneyhough adjustcomposeeasy Change image and share on social
I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists. Brian Ferneyhough aspectbritishday Change image and share on social
