Thomas Ades: Full of Noises - Softcover

Service, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571278981 ISBN 13: 9780571278985

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2018

Synopsis

Thomas Adès: Full of Noises is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative mind and influences of one of the most intriguing and successful contemporary composers and conductors, now in an updated paperback edition.
Here, Adès opens up for the first time about how he creates his music, where it comes from, and what it means, in a series of provocative and challenging interviews with Tom Service, the writer with whom he has had the closest relationship in his career.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Service writes about music for the Guardian, where he was Chief Classical Music Critic, and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. He has presented Radio 3's flagship magazine programme, Music Matters, since 2003. He was the inaugural recipient of the ICMP/CIEM Classical Music Critic of the Year Award, and was Guest Artistic Director of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Review:

“Energetic, honest, and warm, these conversations between friends reveal the intricacies of the creative process and a deep and abiding love of music.” ―Publishers Weekly

“Traverse[s] much of the geography of classical music, then and now . . . Arresting and memorable.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“Thomas Adès: Full of Noises is a brilliant self-analytical plunge into the mind of one of our greatest artists, the composer Thomas Adès, for whom composing begins with musical notes slipping and sliding across a sheet of paper with a will of their own, and writing an opera feels like swimming alone in a deep ocean. This book is a probing guide to the creative process, as virtuosic in its way as one of Adès's musical compositions.” ―Peter Gelb, general manager, Metropolitan Opera

“[Adès] has outgrown his status as the wunderkind of a vibrant British scene and become one of the most imposing figures in contemporary classical music” ―Alex Ross, The New Yorke

“[Adès] is one of the most accomplished and complete musicians of his generation.” ―Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

“Even as the UK is brimming with wonderful young composers, I think few would dispute that Tom Adès may be the most extravagantly gifted of them all.” ―Sir Simon Rattle, Gramophone

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0571278981
• ISBN 13: 9780571278985
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240