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
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
If nothing is at risk, nothing is established. Brian Ferneyhough establishrisk 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
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
With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes. Brian Ferneyhough achievementarchetypecorrect 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
My own position is, that it is largely up to the work itself to suggest the nature of these referential points without dimensions in and through the processes by which the distance between them is maintained. Brian Ferneyhough dimensiondistancelargely share on social