Conversations with musicians, reflections on music, and selected published writing.
Selected published material from my writing archive. The John Tavener interviews and essays are held together in their own archive.
Piano Concerto · Spain · Origin
A conversation with Chick Corea about his Piano Concerto, improvisation, acoustic performance and the balance between live music and technology.
Read the complete interviewA filmed conversation
An interview with Luciano Berio, accessible through the video linked on the existing site.
Watch the interviewThe Guardian
Michael J. Stewart’s obituary of John Tavener, published in The Guardian following the composer’s death.
Read at The GuardianThe John Tavener Archives
The four previously published Tavener pieces, retained together in the dedicated archive section.
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The Chick Corea interview is available here in full. The Berio video and Guardian obituary remain linked to their published locations; the Tavener articles have their own local pages.