RICHARD AYRES

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Bruckner has been both a puzzle and an inspiration to me. What amazes me most is his sense of scale and how he manages to maintain such intense emotions in such large forms. I think the Seventh Symphony is the most perfect and memorable example of his work. I want to create a very intimate portrayal of Bruckner and his music, seen through his eyes and my imagination.’

No. 56 Islands premiere at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam (NL), December 8th 2022. With Asko|Schönberg, Jurjen Hempel (conductor), NEST (visuals). Photo: De Schaapjesfabriek

No. 45 Peter Pan, Staatstheater Mainz, December 2022

Asko|Schönberg performing No.50 (The Garden). Photo: Herre Vermeer.

Peter Pan, by the Welsh National Opera. Photo: Clive Barda.

No. 50 (The Garden) (2018), with Geoffrey Paterson (conductor), London Sinfonietta, and Joshua Bloom (bass). Animations by Martha Colburn. 

No. 42 (In the Alps), in a project by Olivier Fredj with illustrations by Jean Lecointre. Performed by the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble with soprano Barbara Hannigan.

Close to you, one of three songs that Richard Ayres made for the band Bec Plexus, for the album STICKLIP.

AVI (excerpt), performed by Slagwerk Den Haag

No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven) performed by the Aurora Orchestra at the BBC Proms 2020

Staatsoper Stuttgart, No. 45 (Peter Pan)