Secret theatre; Silbury air; Carmen arcadiae (1987)

Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle, CH (born 15 July 1934) is a British composer. (...) It is not easy to link Birtwistle's music to any particular school or movement. For a time, he was described as belonging to the Manchester School, a phrase invented as a parallel to the Second Viennese School to refer to Birtwistle, Goehr and Davies. The phrase has since somewhat fallen out of use, since the three composers were united only by their early studies in Manchester, not by a common musical style. Birtwistle's music is complex, written in a modernistic manner with a clear, distinctive voice. (...)