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Work: Inferno

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ComposerAdès, Thomas (b. 1971)
PeriodContemporary
Year2019
Work typeDance
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Los AngelesDudamel, Dante, and Beethoven 6

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Beethoven, Adès
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel
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Thomas Adés' new ballet score debuts in LA... without dancers

Inferno, after Dante's Divine Comedy, is a 46-minute ballet score rich in astounding, ingenious, sumptuous effects with a particular genius for unlikely combinations of instruments, and only a few obvious Lisztian references.
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Mark and Elisabeth descend to Hell to find the right soundtrack for Dante Week and to mark the 700th anniversary of the poet’s death.