As the title suggests, this piece draws broadly on the baroque. There are no quotes, instead I allowed what I have absorbed subconsciously to guide the composing; in this case a processional, a gigue, some stile concitato, a chorale. Composing for me is a way of engaging with the anachronism of our entanglement with music history. The title is an oblique nod to Laurence Crane’s piano piece 20th Century Music (1999) which is “dedicated to everyone involved with 20th Century Music”.
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