TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP Modern Classical documents a quartet concert focused

documents a quartet concert focused on vocals compositions and improvisations

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TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP Modern Classical documents a quartet concert focusedOn composing Tom Phillips' Irma: In February and March of 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. The following notes on the piece arise out of that involvement and try to show how the piece can be made into a performance state. Irma is a curious score it is printed on a single sheet 50cms x 50cms. The notation consists of fragments from Toms continuing treatment of the victorian novel by W. H. Mallock, which he calls A