Let the hypnotising pulses and shifting patterns of minimalism entrance you. Emerging in the sixties in America with pioneers like Philip Glass, this compositional style soon sent shockwaves throughout the world of contemporary art music. Dutch musicians like Simeon ten Holt were among those swayed to its cause, finding a personal musical language in the effect created by repeating formulas. Julia Wolfe, one generation their junior, discovered ways to employ the techniques of minimalism to give her compositions maximum expressive power.