Wednesday 29 August 2012

Thomas Adès slams Wagner and Brahms

Thomas Adès, British composer, pianist and conductor, has made his opinion clear on certain classical composers in a new book of interviews 'Full of Noises', describing the music of Wagner as 'fungal', Brahms's Symphony No.4 as 'a waste of space' and even claims Mahler can be quite 'self-loathing' but also occasionally brilliant. 





'Full of Noises' will be published in October, promising a book full of controversial opinions. 
Adès is about to have his opera The Tempest premiere at New York's Metropolitan Opera, and is working on his third opera The Exterminating Angel. Busy man!

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