Composing the historical

This project asks how and why elements of the historical are voiced in the work of nine contemporary British composers. It does this through a set of interviews with Evelyn Ficarra, Roxanna Panufnik, Shirley Thompson OBE, Judith Weir CBE, Rowland Sutherland, Kerry Andrew, Martin Butler, Tom Armstrong and Ed Hughes. Wherever possible the interviews are illustrated with musical examples in audio to make the most of the online format. The interviews were conducted between October 2018 and July 2019 by Ed Hughes, Mimi Haddon, and Evelyn Ficarra.