Violin
SKU:
AP.12-0571541887
Composed by Thomas Ades.
Performance Music
Ensemble; String - Violin
and Piano. Form:
Concerto. Living
Composer. Book. Faber
Music #12-0571541887.
Published by Faber Music
(AP.12-0571541887).
ISBN 9780571541881.
English.
Thomas
Adès's Violin Concerto
Concentric Paths, written
in 2005, is one of the
most important additions
to the violin concerto
repertoire since
Ligeti's. Cast in three
contrasting
movements?each linked by
a preoccupation with
circling musical figures?
the concerto, subtitled
Concentric Paths now
occupies a place in
standard repertoire. Two
lithe, rhythmically
driven movements, Rings
and Rounds bookend Paths,
an intensely emotional
and gritty exploration of
passacaglia-like
sequences, which peaks in
a lyrical outpouring of
exceptional beauty. This
is the violin part and
piano reduction.
In just 20
minutes, this
three-movement piece does
something magical. The
way it swirls ethereally
in the first movement,
exerts a tragic and
vice-like grip in the
chaconne-like second part
and finally propels you
into the uninhibited
flight of the finale is
like being spun into an
infinite space.
The
Guardian (Tom
Service).
