Will Harrison
Will Harrison
writing ideas pages
There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.
attitude writing littles
My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
thinking usa american-music
I don't think there is much American music.
attitude alaska looks
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
thinking way gone
I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
ideas layers things-change
I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change.
thinking doors influence
I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door.
I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
pieces influence
The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila.
stories opera different
The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles.
writing people becoming
People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me.
writing music-is basic-things
One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
ideas musical matter
My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
theatre pieces opera
My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.