{"id":9171,"date":"2020-10-11T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=9171"},"modified":"2020-10-11T13:12:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T12:12:13","slug":"musical-opinion-a-journey-of-becoming-philip-sawyers-in-conversation-with-richard-whitehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2020\/10\/11\/musical-opinion-a-journey-of-becoming-philip-sawyers-in-conversation-with-richard-whitehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Opinion &#8211; A journey of becoming. Philip Sawyers in conversation with Richard Whitehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The emergence of Philip Sawyers as a major symphonist of his generation has been among the more significant aspects of latter-day British music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A wonderful interview with composer Philip Sawyers by critic Richard Whitehouse in the October 2020 issue of Musical Opinion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-9007 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/philip-sawyers-symphony-no-4-hommage-to-kandinsky-nimbus\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NI6405_cover-web-1.jpg\" 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