Composer and conductor Thomas Ade虁s joins the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in a performance of music from his own opera The Tempest alongside Sibelius鈥檚 tone-poem The Swan of Tuonela
Composer and conductor Thomas Ade虁s joins the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in a performance of music from his own opera The Tempest alongside Sibelius鈥檚 tone-poem The Swan of Tuonela
Composer and conductor Thomas Ade虁s has long been a fan of Sibelius: 鈥楬e鈥檚 obsessed with nature 鈥� you鈥檝e always got this sense that he is on the edge of some vast wilderness.鈥� Ade虁s drew inspiration from the Finnish composer鈥檚 incidental music for The Tempest when writing his own opera on the Shakespeare play. He conducts suites from both these storm-laden, supernatural works, along with The Swan of Tuonela, in which Sibelius summoned up his skill as a bard of Swedish folk tales. James McVinnie is the soloist in Gabriella Smith鈥檚 organ concerto Breathing Forests, a cavernous 鈥榮onic forest鈥� and howl of protest against natural destruction.
