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Work: Stormen (The Tempest): Suite no. 1, Op.109 no.2

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ComposerSibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1927
Work typeOrchestral
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Thomas Adès and The Cleveland Orchestra conjure tempests old and new

Thomas Adès © Roger Mastroianni, courtesy of The Cleveland Orchestra
Having often been featured as a composer on Cleveland Orchestra programs, Thomas Adès makes his podium debut with the orchestra, leading his own music coupled with analogous works of Sibelius.
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Whiplash! To hell and back with Thomas Adès and the LPO

Thomas Adès conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra © London Philharmonic Orchestra
“Abandon hope all ye who enter here” could have been the strapline for this brilliantly constructed, brilliantly played concert featuring music by Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Thomas Adès himself. 
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Calm before the storm: the LPO unearths rare Dvořák and Sibelius

The London Philharmonic’s Shakespeare400 series continues with a potted Tempest, preceded by a piano concerto notable for its pastoral heart
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