Two Quick ‘On & Off’ Questions: Jay Capperauld

In preparation for our upcoming ‘ON & OFF 2015’ tour we’ve asked the five composers who have written new works to answer two quick questions. We’ll be posting their answers in the coming weeks in the build up to the tour (18th-21st February).
First up is Jay Capperauld who we commissioned to write a new piece for us after he won the Heidi Cupp Award in our inaugural call for works in 2013:

WUE: In what way does your piece, Circumstantial Awareness at Zero-Depth Entry, respond to the ‘On & Off’ theme?

Jay: “On & Off” inspired me to explore the idea of coexisting opposites within one cohesive expression.  In this case, I am attempting to find a level playing field between logic and non-logic – both in a musical and psychological sense – with the intention of allowing each an equal precedence to influence and govern the compositional decisions made in the work.

WUE: What music are you into at the moment?

Jay: At the moment I’m listening to a lot of Birtwistle, Romitelli and Feldman. But I’m probably always subconsciously listening to Ivor Cutler.

Thanks Jay. Here is our favourite Ivor Cutler tune: