Thomas Ades is the latest British composer to burst on the scene carrying the hopes of British music. “He’s been acclaimed as a pianist, and as a conductor of his own music with (among others) the BBC Symphony Orchestra. For several years he was musical director of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and is currently artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. Then there’s the string of prizes he’s been awarded; the biggest is the Grawemeyer Award, normally given to composers with decades of achievement behind them.” The question is – can he live up to the hype and deliver?