Yes good point. If we look across work in translation as well the argument seems even weaker.

Sally Rooney - single handedly marginalising male writers for nigh on ten years, what can be done.

Yeah, I share that fear I’m afraid.

This is so horrible Gregory. I do hope your daughter is OK.

It’s gorgeous isn’t it. I love her (I think) last electronic work - L’isle Re-sonante. And also the Trilogie. After that I really like the Occam pieces - especially the string quartet. We went to see Davies performing one of the harp pieces a year or so ago and it has really stayed with me.

93 years old now and in my view one of the greatest living composers, still producing extraordinary, otherworldly, incredibly profound music.

Listening to this I see now that her more recent “Occam” series of pieces for solo instruments and small ensembles are both a development out of the long form electronic works and a return to ideas she was exploring decades ago.

My feeling was: well ok it’s a start.

Tell it like it is, Victor.