Thomas Adès (b. 1971)

Three Studies from Couperin

chamber orchestra

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Details
For
chamber orchestra
Product Type
Score, Parts
Author / Composer
Thomas Adès
Product number
1689521
Release Year
2022
Extent
80 Pages
Description

In Three Studies from Couperin, Thomas Adès empathetically reworks three pieces by the Baroque composer into music that is distinctively Adès without dismissing the source material. The basic structures of harmony and duration in ‘Les Amusemens’, ‘Les Tours de Passe-passe’, and ‘L’Âme-en-Peine’ remain unchanged, but the retouching of rhythm, texture and orchestral colours reveals an enthralling music that could be no other composer.

The Three Studies has earned critical praise and populari...