Journal Entries

Marilyn Forever Saarbrücken I was invited to the German premiere of Marilyn Forever at the Saarland Opera. This is the sixth different production of the opera and contained many things

Welcome to my new website – completely redesigned by Larry Larson, and with input from my daughters Ziella (Twitter), Orlanda (YouTube and video) and Mashka (Instagram) 

At the beginning February my fourth string quartet was performed in  the beautiful Teatro Verdi, Pisa by the Smith Quartet for whom it was commissioned. There is a gap of

At the end of January as part of the Dark Music Days Festival in Iceland, Rúni Brattaberg sang From Egil’s Saga, a setting in 12th century Icelandic of poetry by

Jesus’ Blood Torino April 2019 A couple of weeks after we had done the all-night performance of Jesus’ Blood at the Tate Modern, my ensemble did a concert as part

All-night Jesus’ Blood April 2019 The Academy of St Martin in the Fields proposed a project for a 12 hour performance of Jesus’ Blood from 8pm April 12 to 8am

Handel Street Projects In December 2018 I did a performance with an ensemble of just 4 players in Fedja Klikovac’s Handel Street Gallery. It’s a very small space and can

Jesus’ Blood – Book of Hours Dundalk, Ireland In Dundalk I directed a performance of Jesus’ Blood using those musicians who were already performing in the festival. In addition I

Rev Richard Carter, St Martin in the Fields Memorial service for those who died homeless in the previous year Service is about becoming part of the orchestra of heaven Gavin

In April 2018, Gavin will lead a five-day masterclass in composition at CAMP, a residential arts facility in the high French Pyrenees.This course will take Gavin’s work as a starting

Father John Misty’s album Pure Comedy, for which Gavin arranged two pieces, is to be released in April, followed by a tour of live eprformance. In the meantime here are

Carla Bley and Big Ears Festival 2017 It was something of a shock to the system to find myself on the front page of the US Edition of Rolling Stone

Father John Misty Some time ago, in March 2016, Josh Tillman got in touch with me through the pianist Thomas Bartlett. Thomas plays on most of the tracks on the

My Pencils Part One – The Aztec Scoremaster 101 In January and February 1982 I worked in New York on the first part of Medea, which culminated in a draft

1. Cadman Requiem at Kings Place October 24 2015 Over a year ago I planned a concert with my ensemble and David Wordsworth’s Addison Singers to be part of the