Christoph-Mathias Mueller was appointed Assistant Conductor to the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester by Claudio Abbado in 2001, and later served as Abbado's 'right hand' at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
Performer Biography
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales has been the UK's foremost soundtrack orchestra for 12 years, working on programs and films including 'War and Peace' and 'Doctor Who'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
A recurring concept in Kenneth Hesketh's work is the 'unreliable machine', which refers to René Descartes' theory that the body is a complex machine prone to malfunction and decay.
Composer Biography
Kenneth Hesketh is a Professor of Composition and Orchestration at the Royal College of Music and an Honorary Professor at Liverpool University.
Recording & Production
This recording was produced in association with the BBC National Orchestras of Wales and BBC Radio 3.
Performer Biography
Christoph-Mathias Mueller, the conductor on this album, made his international breakthrough in 2000 by winning the conducting competition in Cadaqués, Spain.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kenneth Hesketh's early interests include classical architecture, medieval iconography, poetry, and Bauhaus constructivism, and more recently, entropy, mutation, and existentialism.
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