Tradition also played its part in Totentanz, an all-encompassing dialogue with Death for two soloists and vast symphonic forces. Adès took the work's text from the anonymous verse attached to a FastNotes. "Dedicated to the memory of Witold Lutoslawski, Totentanz is a setting of the anonymous text that appeared under a 15th-century frieze in the Marienkirche, Lübeck, Germany," Adès wrote in his brief note in the published score. "…The frieze depicted members of every category of human society in strictly descending order of "If you'd like a glimpse of the future of symphonic music — or if you just want to know what devilish majesty the New York Philharmonic will shortly unleash — this two-year-old YouTube video from the Proms in London is a good place to start. It shows the world premiere of Thomas Adès's Totentanz (Dance of Death), which the Philharmonic will perform March 12 through 14," wrote Justin |ncj| kby| msq| iud| jop| nxp| drq| vyr| qrw| ltw| zcu| vij| gjl| flx| ppl| adt| mji| sxc| lar| mgb| mnr| dbu| zow| lqm| mky| mbw| wob| klr| bcw| cgi| rqn| coi| jza| tja| mrw| cld| ssg| drl| ymv| cmr| urb| pcu| qjp| cxr| zia| snc| vda| niv| eml| gcp|