Experience the delicacy and zing of Adams

Experience the delicacy and zing of Adams

'Drawing on what Adams terms 'the ecstatic energy' of Beethoven, Absolute Jest takes flight from the Beethovenian scherzo, recasting quotations from the Ninth Symphony... in a score which is rich in Adams's vast, glittering textures and soaring melodies.'

Adams

Absolute Jest; Naive and Sentimental Music

Doric String Quartet; Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian

Chandos CHSA 5199   71:25 mins

Freya Parr

Published: June 12, 2018 at 1:16 pm

'Drawing on what Adams terms 'the ecstatic energy' of Beethoven, Absolute Jest takes flight from the Beethovenian scherzo, recasting quotations from the Ninth Symphony... in a score which is rich in Adams's vast, glittering textures and soaring melodies.'

Adams

Absolute Jest; Naive and Sentimental Music

Doric String Quartet; Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian

Chandos CHSA 5199 71:25 mins

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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