Gavin Bryars Ensemble's lyrics & chords

In 1981 John White and Gavin Bryars put together a combined ensemble for a Regional Arts Contemporary Music Network tour which featured, more or less equally, works by each of both composers, played by a group which included many of the formidable musicians performing John's music for Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at the National Theatre.

When Bryars started his own ensemble he worked on the principle that pervaded their early work - that first and foremost the ensemble should comprise musicians with whom he wanted to work rather tha...read more