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Radio 3,25 Mar 2026,59 mins

Series Thomas Adès

Man of Many Talents

Composer of the Week

Available for 28 days

Donald Macleod asks Thomas Adès about his forays into performing and taking up roles as music director for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the Aldeburgh Festival. Thomas also reveals his compulsion to revisit and edit his scores - sometimes years after they were first composed. Mazurka for piano, Op 27 No 2 Thomas Adès, piano The Tempest (Act 3, excerpt) Ian Bostridge (Caliban), tenor Cyndia Sieden (Ariel), soprano Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Thomas Adès, conductor Lieux retrouvés (Les champs) Steven Isserlis, cello Thomas Adès, piano Violin Concerto Christian Tetzlaff, violin BBC Philharmonic John Storgårds, conductor Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face (excerpt) Thomas Adès, piano In Seven Days (excerpt) Nicholas Hodges, piano London Sinfonietta Thomas Adès, conductor Produced by Luke Whitlock

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Mazurka, Op.27, No.2
    Mazurka, Op.27, No.2
    Thomas Adès
  3. 2.
    The Tempest, Act 3, Sc 5: Who was here
    The Tempest, Act 3, Sc 5: Who was here
    Thomas Adès
  4. 3.
    Lieux retrouvés (Les champs)
    Lieux retrouvés (Les champs)
    Thomas Adès
  5. 4.
    Violin Concerto
    Violin Concerto
    Thomas Adès
  6. 5.
    Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face (4th mvt)
    Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face (4th mvt)
    Thomas Adès
  7. 6.
    In Seven Days (Mvts 3 - 7)
    In Seven Days (Mvts 3 - 7)
    Thomas Adès
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