I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The pieces I've written for 'Outside' magazine are definitely my best work, and they're virtually all about the outdoors.
I love performing outside because it's as if the heavens are open and the elements become part of the stage show as well - you know, the wind and the rain and the thunder. It's almost as if there's a sense of invocation in performance.
Buildings are forms of performances.
Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. And if you fail there, you have failed it all.
If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.
Most of my instruments are handmade.
I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.
I've always done very 'composed' music and worked-out solos. But sometimes it's fun not knowing where you're going.
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