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    Thomas Ades is a British composer and conductor born in 1971 in London. He studied music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama starting at age 14. He then attended Cambridge University, where he composed his first nine pieces before graduating in 1992. Ades is known for incorporating elements of folk and popular music genres into his compositions. The third movement of his work Asyla, titled "Ecstasio," was intended to evoke the atmosphere of a 1990s rave scene in London.

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    Thomas Ades is a British composer and conductor born in 1971 in London. He studied music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama starting at age 14. He then attended Cambridge University, where he composed his first nine pieces before graduating in 1992. Ades is known for incorporating elements of folk and popular music genres into his compositions. The third movement of his work Asyla, titled "Ecstasio," was intended to evoke the atmosphere of a 1990s rave scene in London.

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    Thomas Ades is a British composer and conductor born in 1971 in London. He studied music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama starting at age 14. He then attended Cambridge University, where he composed his first nine pieces before graduating in 1992. Ades is known for incorporating elements of folk and popular music genres into his compositions. The third movement of his work Asyla, titled "Ecstasio," was intended to evoke the atmosphere of a 1990s rave scene in London.

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    Thomas Ades is a British composer and conductor born in 1971 in London. He studied music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama starting at age 14. He then attended Cambridge University, where he composed his first nine pieces before graduating in 1992. Ades is known for incorporating elements of folk and popular music genres into his compositions. The third movement of his work Asyla, titled "Ecstasio," was intended to evoke the atmosphere of a 1990s rave scene in London.

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    Thomas Ades

    About Me
    Born in London, March 1
    st
    1971

    Started studying music at the age of 14 at the Guildhall
    School of Music and Drama

    Studied percussion and piano with Michael Blackmore
    and Erika Fox

    Attended Cambridge in 1989, where he composed his first 9 pieces by the
    time he graduated in 1992

    Is a recorded pianist as well as a conductor


    Perspective and Background on
    Folk Music

    Criminal Justice and Public Order Act
    Has appreciation for both Folk and popular music
    The title of the Third movement of Asyla, Ecstasio, was
    intended to evoke a rave scene in London at the time

    Example of Rave music and setting in 1997
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8G8cdbPmp8


    Ecstasio
    Repeats the first theme 8x , with the 9
    th
    repetition being interrupted
    by a melody in the trombone voice
    For the second theme, all strings are playing unison, outlining a D
    Maj triad. This is repeated 4 times and is then interrupted by a 2/6
    measure
    Percussion voices set up the idea of 32 and 64 repetitions, an
    interruption, then the entire idea repeats.
    Similar to composers such as Bartok, Ades used elements of other
    musical genres and put them into this work
    Asyla
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4eakb95H5c

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