Gavin Bryars Quotations

When Philip Glass asked me if I would be interested in doing a new recording of Jesus' Blood he assumed that I would do something similar to the first version and wanted to know what other pieces would be on the same CD.

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

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.

I am writing something which I find satisfying and which I am prepared to put my name to as a composer.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

Craft is part of the creative process.

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces.

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.

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.