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
The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for their livelihoods and to other musics. Brian Ferneyhough accumulationcanoncomposer Change image and share on social
I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake. Brian Ferneyhough destructivedistortexclusively Change image and 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
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
If nothing is at risk, nothing is established. Brian Ferneyhough establishrisk 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
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
