The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests a relative indifference of the strata to one another during the process of construction. Brian Ferneyhough alienassemblageconstruction 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
As a necessary prerequisite to the creation of new forms of expression one might, I suppose, argue that current sensibilities respond uniquely to the notion of exhaustion as exhaustion, although that does de facto seem rather limiting. Brian Ferneyhough arguecreationcurrent share on social
In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.' Brian Ferneyhough arisechaoticcontact Change image and share on social
Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events. Brian Ferneyhough changeeventforesee Change image and share on social
In any case, the fewer boundaries that exist hindering free movement between all forms of articulate human cognition, the better. Brian Ferneyhough articulateboundarycase Change image and share on social
Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me. Brian Ferneyhough backcarefulcompositional Change image and share on social
So: we're all tired. Now what? Manuscripts written in Club Med? Brian Ferneyhough clubmanuscripttire Change image and share on social
Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside. Brian Ferneyhough continuityemphasisfamily 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
