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Title: Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’
Condition: New
Author: Thomas Adès
Contributor: Thomas Adès (By (composer))
Format: Sheet Music
ISBN-10: 0571541887
EAN: 9780571541881
ISBN: 9780571541881
Publisher: Faber Music Ltd
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 13/07/2023
Description:

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.

‘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)

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