TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP T-Shirts In his own time

In his own time

nesting conversations between two artists working at the juncture of abstraction and narration

a meditation on the acceptance of passing time

the fan-favorite “Nord” and “Voyage”

Conjured by award-winning composers Dominik Scherrer (The Missing

TOM PHILIPS / GAVIN BRYARS / FRED ORTON - Irma - An Opera by Tom Phillips LP T-Shirts In his own timeOn composing Tom Phillips' Irma: In February and March of 1977, for Brian Enos Obscure Records, I made a version of Irma. The following notes on the piece arise out of that involvement and try to show how the piece can be made into a performance state. Irma is a curious score it is printed on a single sheet 50cms x 50cms. The notation consists of fragments from Toms continuing treatment of the victorian novel by W. H. Mallock, which he calls A