Imitator

About Imitator

Things I either consciously imitated or self-consciously worried I was imitating:

• Minimalism
• David Lang’s rhythm
• Aleatoric notation – how original!
• Violin techniques in Andrew Norman’s Try
• The idea of prelude and fugue
• Composers who know what they’re doing
• Aphex Twin: 4
• Stravinsky: Les Cinq Doigts
• The ending of Nicholas Deyoe’s Lullaby 2
• Some of the trombone techniques in Brutal Music No. 2 by Andrew Tholl
• A couple of my own pieces
• Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint
• Concerto form
• The way Ben Phelps quotes stuff so well
• Aron Kallay playing Kate Moore’s Bloodmoon October
• Holst: The Planets
• Parts of the piece you’re about to play or hear

Commissioned by, written for, and dedicated to Ensemble Mise-En.