Drop the Needle - Evolution of the Symphony: The Symphony in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Prologue Issue)

Thomas Adès

“Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more – it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.”