An example of a type of piece that is unnecessarily difficult. The audience might also have fun, but the performers absolutely do not; they are too worried about solving idle and quite useless rhythmic problems and, overall, mostly creations of asynchronies that could very conveniently simply be played out of time. The piece would result in being easier (less difficult), better played and, MORE often played. I have greatly scaled back my admiration for this composer: Thomas Adès:
Thomas Adès (*1971): "In Seven Days" for piano, video-installation and orchestra [2008]
I heard some of his pieces this year at MiTo, where the two composers in question were him and Francesconi; I didn't like it. Years ago they had played one of his orchestral pieces and I didn't like that either, it is always very showy. But around the world he achieves enormous success...
I partially agree, but perhaps it is because it has been too many months since I last listened to symphonic music; I liked a large part of this composition.
Certainly, it would be necessary to compare it with his other works to get a more complete picture of how he works.
