Thomas Adès - Arcadiana [Score Video]

Performed by the Calder Quartet.
0:00 I. Venezia notturna
2:38 II. Das klinget so herrlich, das klinget so schön
4:01 III. Auf dem Wasser zu singen
6:36 IV. Et... (tango mortale)
10:29 V. L'Embarquement
13:04 VI. O Albion
16:30 VII. Lethe
"Six of the seven titles which comprise Arcadiana evoke various vanished or vanishing ‘idylls’. The odd-numbered movements are all aquatic, and would splice if played consecutively. I might be the ballad of some lugubrious gondolier; III takes a title and a figuration from a Schubert Lied; in V a ship is seen swirling away to L’Isle Joyeuse; VII is the River of Oblivion.
The second and sixth movements inhabit pastoral Arcadias, respectively: Mozart’s ‘Kingdom of Night’, and more local fields. The joker in this pack is the fourth movement, the literal dead centre: Poussin’s tomb bearing the inscription Even in Arcady am I.
Arcadiana was commissioned by the Endellion Quartet with funds from the Holst Foundation." (programme note)

[@TheComposerNextDoor]

Adès is just on another level... O Albion... my god I wish I could write something even a fraction as beautiful

[@KinkyLettuce]

O Albion is at the height of Nimrod. absolutely sublime

[@ardaiskol]

Huge thanks for the score! I love this music, thank you, thank youuu!!

[@machida5114]

sodelicious............................

[@torterrakart7249]

Maybe it's a bit late 'cause you already did all the work but I could provide you the score without any watermarks if you want to do the score video again.
Anyways, thank you so much for the video!

[@goosegoose8982]

Based

[@josemiguelmaciasvocar2690]

here before the "Based" guy

[@KinkyLettuce]

thank you for these Ades score!

[@jcbdwsn]

Glad you're enjoying them! Sorry about the watermark showing through in the recent ones.