Adès: The Exterminating Angel Symphony & Violin Concerto
11/14/2025, 7 Tracks, 39:41
Featuring
Thomas Søndergård
Leila Josefowicz
Minnesota Orchestra
Thomas Adès
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Interpretation
Leila Josefowicz chose to record her interpretation of the Violin Concerto after approximately sixty performances of the piece.
Composer Biography
Thomas Adès, the composer, first worked with conductor Thomas Søndergård twenty years ago in Copenhagen on his opera The Tempest.
Performer Biography
Leila Josefowicz, the violinist, considers Thomas Adès's Violin Concerto partly responsible for shaping her journey of constant evolution as a musician.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded live at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, between September 26-28, 2024.
Composition History
The Exterminating Angel Symphony is a reconstruction of Thomas Adès's 2016 operatic adaptation of Luis Buñuel's 1962 cult-classic film of the same name.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Thomas Adès's music is known for perfectly marrying the visceral and the intellectual, captivating listeners with both story and substance.
Compositional Technique
The Violin Concerto's first movement, 'Rings,' features formal sections whose lengths are derived from the Fibonacci sequence, a recurring obsession in Adès's music.
