Summary: Julian Anderson is the London Philharmonic Orchestra's new Composer in Residence. Before a performance of his 1998 work The Stations of the Sun, Julian spoke to broadcaster Christopher Cook about his plans for the residency, learning through collaboration and the challenges of writing melodies in the 21st century. In the second half of the talk he reveals some of the inspirations and compositional structures he used when composing The Stations of the Sun in 1998.
