Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès’ rise to international prominence has been a phenomenon. He is now one of the world’s foremost musicians, renowned as both a composer and performer worldwide. From exquisite chamber pieces to stage works, his diverse body of work immediately connects with audiences, and assesses the fundamentals of music afresh.
Works
Title | Year | Description | Duration | Composer |
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Aquifer | 2024 | orchestra | 17 | Thomas Adès |
Wreath | 2024 | string quintet | 22 | Thomas Adès |
Forgotten Dances | 2023 | solo guitar | 14 | Thomas Adès |
Air | 2021-22 | violin and orchestra | 15 | Thomas Adès |
Növények | 2020–22 | Seven Hungarian Poems for mezzo-soprano and piano sextet | 17 | Thomas Adès |
Four Spells from The Tempest | 2022 | orchestra | 16 | Thomas Adès |
Suite from 'The Tempest' | 2022 | violin and piano | 9½ | Thomas Adès |
Az ág | 2022 | solo piano | 1 | Thomas Adès |
Five Spells from The Tempest | 2022 | orchestra | 22 | Thomas Adès |
Märchentänze | 2021 | version for violin and orchestra | 13 | Thomas Adès |
Four Berceuses from 'The Exterminating Angel' | 2021 | clarinet, viola and piano | 11 | Thomas Adès |
Tower | 2021 | fanfare for 14 trumpets | 2½ | Thomas Adès |
Alchymia | 2021 | clarinet quintet | 20 | Thomas Adès |
The Exterminating Angel Symphony | 2020 | orchestra | 20 | Thomas Adès |
Gyökér (Root) | 2020 | mezzo-soprano and four percussionists | 4 | Thomas Adès |
Shanty – Over the Sea | 2020 | strings | 8 | Thomas Adès |
Dawn | 2020 | Chacony for orchestra at any distance | 7 | Thomas Adès |
Märchentänze | 2020 | violin and piano | 13 | Thomas Adès |
Paradiso | 2019-2020 | orchestra and female choir | 24 | Thomas Adès |
Inferno | 2019 | orchestra | 45 | Thomas Adès |
O Albion | 2019 | string orchestra | 3 | Thomas Adès |
Inferno Suite | 2019 | orchestra | 18½ | Thomas Adès |
Colette Suite | 2018-19 | a suite of music for chamber orchestra from the film “Colette” | 14 | Thomas Adès |
Dante | 2019-2020 | ballet in 3 parts, for orchestra with pre-recorded voices and female choir | 93 total (Inferno: c.45, Purgatorio: c.24, Paradiso: c.24) | Thomas Adès |
Purgatorio | 2019-2020 | orchestra and pre-recorded voices | 24 | Thomas Adès |
Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face | 1995/2018 | large orchestra | 18 | Thomas Adès |
Souvenir | 2018 | solo piano from the film “Colette” | 4 | Thomas Adès |
Berceuse from The Exterminating Angel | 2018 | solo piano | 5 | Thomas Adès |
Three Berceuses from The Exterminating Angel | 2018 | viola and piano | 9 | Thomas Adès |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra | 2018 | piano and orchestra | 22 | Thomas Adès |
An Evening Hymn | 2017 | voice and piano | 5 | Thomas Adès, Henry Purcell |
Four Songs | 2012/2017 | Purcell, realised by Thomas Adès for voice and piano | 12 | Thomas Adès, Henry Purcell |
Luxury Suite from Powder Her Face | 1995/2017 | large orchestra | 27 | Thomas Adès |
By Beauteous Softness | 2017 | voice and piano | 4 | Thomas Adès, Henry Purcell |
Lieux retrouvés (orchestral version) | 2016 | cello and small orchestra | 17 | Thomas Adès |
The Exterminating Angel | 2015-16 | opera in three acts | 115 | Thomas Adès |
Blanca Variations | 2015 | solo piano | 5 | Thomas Adès |
Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face | 2015 | two pianos | 15 | Thomas Adès |
Habanera from 'The Exterminating Angel' | 2015-16 | solo guitar | 2½ | Thomas Adès |
Totentanz | 2013 | mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra | 35 | Thomas Adès |
Full Fathom Five | 2012 | voice and piano | 2 | Thomas Adès, Henry Purcell |
Come unto these yellow sands | 2012 | voice and piano | 2 | Thomas Adès, Henry Purcell |
Thrift | 2011 | solo piano | 5 | Thomas Adès |
Reveilles | 2011 | trumpet and piano | 2 | Thomas Adès |
The Four Quarters | 2010 | string quartet | 20 | Thomas Adès |
Polaris | 2010 | voyage for orchestra | 14 | Thomas Adès |
Lieux retrouvés | 2009 | cello and piano | 15 | Thomas Adès |
Mazurkas | 2009 | solo piano | 8 | Thomas Adès |
Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face | 2009 | solo piano | 15 | Thomas Adès |
In Seven Days | 2008 | piano and orchestra | 30 | Thomas Adès |
Tevot | 2007 | large orchestra | 20 | Thomas Adès |
Three-piece Suite from Powder Her Face | 1995/2007 | large orchestra | 12 | Thomas Adès |
Three Studies from Couperin | 2006 | chamber orchestra | 13 | Thomas Adès |
Court Studies from 'The Tempest' | 2005 | clarinet, violin, cello and piano | 8 | Thomas Adès |
Violin Concerto | 2005 | violin and chamber orchestra | 20 | Thomas Adès |
Scenes from 'The Tempest' | 2004 | vocal soloists and orchestra | 25 | Thomas Adès |
Overture to 'The Tempest' | 2004 | orchestra | 3 | Thomas Adès |
The Tempest | 2003 | opera in 3 acts | 122 | Thomas Adès |
Brahms | 2001 | baritone and orchestra | 5 | Thomas Adès |
Piano Quintet | 2000 | piano quintet | 20 | Thomas Adès |
January Writ | 1999 | SATB (divisi)/Organ | 5 | Thomas Adès |
America | 1999 | mezzo-soprano and large orchestra with optional large chorus | 15 | Thomas Adès |
Asyla | 1997 | large orchestra | 25 | Thomas Adès |
Concerto Conciso | 1997 | piano and chamber ensemble of 10 players | 8 | Thomas Adès |
The Fayrfax Carol | 1997 | SATB div chorus with optional organ | 5 | Thomas Adès |
Traced Overhead | 1996 | solo piano | 12 | Thomas Adès |
These Premises Are Alarmed | 1996 | orchestra | 3 | Thomas Adès |
Powder Her Face | 1995 | chamber opera in 2 acts and 8 scenes for 4 singers and 15 players | 115 | Thomas Adès |
Cardiac Arrest | 1995 | chamber ensemble of 7 players | 3 | Thomas Adès, Madness |
Les baricades mistérieuses | 1994 | chamber ensemble of 5 players | 4 | Thomas Adès, François Couperin |
The Origin of the Harp (version for chamber orchestra) | 1994 (arr. 2024) | orchestra | 9 | Thomas Adès |
The Origin of the Harp | 1994 | chamber ensemble of 10 players | 9 | Thomas Adès |
Life Story | 1994 | soprano and piano | 9 | Thomas Adès |
Arcadiana | 1994 | string quartet | 21 | Thomas Adès |
Sonata da Caccia | 1993 | chamber ensemble of 3 players | 14 | Thomas Adès |
Living Toys | 1993 | chamber ensemble of 14 players | 17 | Thomas Adès |
Life Story | 1993 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 3 players | 9 | Thomas Adès |
...but all shall be well | 1993 | orchestra | 10 | Thomas Adès |
...but all shall be well | 1993 | reduced orchestra | 10 | Thomas Adès |
Fool's Rhymes | 1992 | SATB chorus, harp, piano, organ and percussion | 6 | Thomas Adès |
Under Hamelin Hill | 1992 | chamber organ (1-3 players) | 8 | Thomas Adès |
Darknesse Visible | 1992 | solo piano | 7 | Thomas Adès |
Still Sorrowing | 1992 | solo piano | 9 | Thomas Adès |
Catch | 1991 | chamber ensemble of 4 players | 9 | Thomas Adès |
Chamber Symphony | 1990 | chamber ensemble of 15 players | 13 | Thomas Adès |
Five Eliot Landscapes | 1990 | soprano and piano | 15 | Thomas Adès |
Gefriolsae Me | 1990 | anthem for male voices with optional organ | 3 | Thomas Adès |
O thou who didst with pitfall and with gin | 1990 | anthem for male voices | 6 | Thomas Adès |
The Lover in Winter | 1989 | four songs for countertenor and piano | 8 | Thomas Adès |