Gavin Bryars Quotes

Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years. - Gavin Bryars

Like an apparently strict musical form it breaks the five minute whole into its structural parts - a descriptive preamble, the action of taking the cards, the development of the cards' manipulation and the revelation of what has been achieved. - Gavin Bryars

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour. - Gavin Bryars

It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music. - Gavin Bryars

It makes sense to invest in new work. It's almost like having a research department in a scientific laboratory. You have to try things out. You'll make some bad mistakes. Some things will fail but at least you'll energise the organisation. - Gavin Bryars

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended. - Gavin Bryars

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder. - Gavin Bryars

I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles. - Gavin Bryars

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