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Radio 3,26 Mar 2026,59 mins

Series Thomas Adès

The Conducting Bug

Composer of the Week

Available for 26 days

Thomas Adès tells Donald Macleod about the joys and challenges of conducting his own music, and reveals the inspiration behind one of his favourite orchestral creations. Tevot (excerpt) London Symphony Orchestra Thomas Adès, conductor The Four Quarters (excerpt) Solem Quartet Totentanz (excerpt) Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano Mark Stone, baritone Boston Symphony Orchestra Tomas Adès, conductor Coffee-Spoon Cavatina Iestyn Davies, countertenor Joseph Middleton, piano Alchymia Mark Simpson, clarinet Quatuor Diotima Produced by Luke Whitlock

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Tevot
    Tevot
    Thomas Adès
  3. 2.
    The Four Quarters (Days & The Twenty-Fifth Hour)
    The Four Quarters (Days & The Twenty-Fifth Hour)
    Thomas Adès
  4. 3.
    Totentanz (excerpt)
    Totentanz (excerpt)
    Thomas Adès
  5. 4.
    Coffee-Spoon Cavatina
    Coffee-Spoon Cavatina
    Thomas Adès
  6. 5.
    Alchymia
    Alchymia
    Thomas Adès
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