At Composers’ Disposal, Players With Gusto (But No Pulse)

“Bach had to wait 110 years before the first complete performance of his B minor Mass, by which time he had long since departed to the great choral extravaganza in the sky. For today’s composers, though, the elapsed time between composition and performance can be a matter of seconds – as long as you are willing to accept that your performers may not be entirely, you know, real.”