Analysis On Thomas Ades' Arcadiana [PDF]

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Analysis on Thomas Ades’ Arcadiana by Bhannavichaya V. 13.00-14.00AM A208, College of Music, Mahidol University

Thomas Ades’ biography !  born 1 Mar. 1971 in London !  British composer, pianist and conductor

Thomas Ades’ concept !  Ades makes you hear things with which you thought you

were familiar as if they were completely new(from https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/ 2012/oct/01/thomas-ades-contemporary-music-guide)

Details of Arcadiana !  7 movements without pause, 21 minutes String Quartet(Op.

12) !  commissioned by the Endellion Quartet !  the piece was first recorded in 1998

Analysis on Arcadiana !  pitch language: pitch creating effect, thinking pitch as sound,

rather than melody or harmony !  form: character piece, in some movement(V) has referred to Classical form(Trio and Scherzo) !  compositional techniques: various use of extended techniques, wide dynamics range and very complex rhythm

Analysis on Arcadiana !  Typical piece: experimental(on notation) and

historicism(referred to Schubert and Mozart) !  The piece is mixed between managed referred to large stylistic movement(due to composer’s experience) and approach to compose(due to composer’s experimental)

Thomas Ades’ Arcadiana !  http://scorelibrary.fabermusic.com/Arcadiana-20604.aspx !  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKa8Wk37RY

Referrence !  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Adès !  http://thomasades.com !  https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/

2012/oct/01/thomas-ades-contemporary-music-guide !  http://scorelibrary.fabermusic.com/Arcadiana-20604.aspx !  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKa8Wk37RY