Interview with Jonny Greenwood & Richard Tognetti

Jonny Greenwood and Richard Tognetti discuss Greenwood's composition for the ACO – 'Water' – at London's Southbank Centre (4/10/14) ahead of the work's UK premiere.

Greenwood’s beguiling work was greeted with rapturous ovations and the critics were similarly enthralled:

‘[the Greenwood]…was an evocative piece, programmatic in parts and using complex compositional devices to imaginative effect.’ Bachtrack, 4 October, National Concert Hall, Dublin

'Greenwood is developing a cunning sense of form, to go with the sharp ear for harmony and texture he’s always had.’ The Telegraph, 8 October, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

‘…Greenwood’s soundscape was organic and persuasive.’ The Guardian, 9 October,Symphony Hall, Birmingham

'Water' is the result of collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra when Greenwood was in residence with the orchestra in 2013. Writing in The Guardian, Greenwood described composing ‘for concerts instead of recordings, which is a new way of thinking about music for me. …I love the impermanence of the music live: it’s played in the room – which is itself infinitely variable from one concert to another – and then it’s gone, soaked into the walls. Unlike recordings, it isn’t identical to the previous performance or the next one.'

One of the world’s greatest guitarists, Greenwood also writes great orchestral music. He composed the award-winning film score for 'There Will Be Blood', was composer-in-residence with the BBC Concert Orchestra and has written scores for films 'The Master', 'Norwegian Wood' and 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.

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