"I've got to be writing difficult music that no one wants to listen to," the 66-year-old Jenkins said, adding that instead of doing what the critics prescribe for him, "I write accessible nonsense." "It's always a vote of style over content, really," he added in an interview ahead of the US premiere at New York's Carnegie Hall of his "Euphonium Concerto" (March 6, presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York). "If you write tonal, accessible music it can't possibly be any good because it's not pushing boundaries and it's not 'of today'." No matter what the critics say, people listen to Jenkins, who trained at the Royal Academy of Music and whose mane of ragged white hair is unmistakable. His music, including the "Adiemus" album which started life as an advertising jingle for Delta Airlines, has sold more than 3 million albums in 50 countries.