RICHARD AYRES

Ayres score is a fizzy cocktail of hyperactivity, Baroque poise, Straussian pastiche, tantalising tango and much more. Zany and anarchic, it nevertheless has a human core. - Barry Millington on The Cricket Recovers, Evening Standard

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Music

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Carnival with the Aurora Orchestra

Was huge fun to be able to dream up this piece and then to watch such brilliant people bring it to life.

Jane Mitchell and Scott Graham Lighting design by Simisola Majekodunmi Production design by Jon Bausor Script by Kate Wakeling

Welcome to our international carnival: an Orchestral Theatre staging of Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, narrated by Birgit Minichmayr.

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Bruckner Casco

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.’

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Radion sinfoniaorkesterin konsertti | RSO Musiikkitalossa

Nicholas Collon, kapellimestari Louise Alder, sopraano Kazutaka Morita, patarummut Richard Ayres: ”No. 57 (K's Strange Day)” patarummuille

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

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No. 45 Peter Pan, Staatstheater Mainz, December 2022

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

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

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

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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.

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

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AVI (excerpt), performed by Slagwerk Den Haag

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

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Staatsoper Stuttgart, No. 45 (Peter Pan)