An Hour 13- Michael Parsons - Part 1 Track

An informal conversation with the English composer Michael Parsons, which took place on the 5th of March, 2010 in the London home of the composer

Michael Parsons on Wikipedia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Parsons

The Scratch Orchestra Constitution- http://eveessex.com/scratch/index.php?/project/the-constitution/

The music featured on the program-
1) Michael Parsons- Piano Piece February 2002 (excerpt) performed by John Tilbury & Michael Parsons on 2 Pianos*
2) Cornelius Cardew- Paragraph 7 from The Great Learning (excerpt)3) Michael Parsons- Apartment House Suite performed by Apartment House, dir. Anton Lukoszevieze (violin, cello, clarinet, trombone, mandolin, piano, percussion). Conway Hall, London, 14 June 1998
4) Michael Parsons- Piece for harp & string quartet performed by Apartment House. Conway Hall, London, 4 June 2002
5) Michael Parsons- Levels for 16 open strings performed by Post String Quartet. The Warehouse, London, 2009

*From the CD- Michael Parsons, Piano Music 1993- 2007 played by John Tilbury. Copies of this CD (including original cover design by Trevor Clarke) can be ordered through Experimental Music Catalogue: www.experimentalmusic.co.uk