Editing Thomas Adès (section)

==Compositions==
{{Further|List of compositions by Thomas Adès}}

===Orchestral===
;''[[Asyla]]''
:for orchestra, commissioned for the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]] (CBSO) by the [[John Feeney (newspaper proprietor)|John Feeney]] Charitable Trust, was premiered in [[Symphony Hall, Birmingham|Symphony Hall]], Birmingham in October 1997 by [[Simon Rattle]] and the CBSO.<ref>[http://thomasades.com/compositions/asyla Thomas Ades – Asyla 1997] Accessed 3 May 2013</ref> It received its London premiere at the [[BBC Proms]] on 15 August 1999 by the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by the Composer.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/archive/search/1990s/1999/august-15/11657 Prom 38, 15 August 1999] Accessed 3 May 2013</ref> This work received the [[University of Louisville]] [[Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition]] in 2000, making Adès the youngest ever to receive the award.<ref name=grawemeyer.org>{{cite web|title=2000 – Thomas Ades |url=http://grawemeyer.org/music/previous-winners/2000-thomas-ades.html |work=grawemeyer.org |date=30 November 1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231164623/http://grawemeyer.org/music/previous-winners/2000-thomas-ades.html |archive-date=31 December 2013 }}</ref>
:On 7 September 2002, [[Simon Rattle]] gave his first concert as principal conductor of the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]] with ''Asyla'' and [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]], both of which have also been released on CD and DVD by EMI.
:''Asyla'' has since been performed across the world, including on a recent tour of the Far East by Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.
;''[[America: A Prophecy]]''
:commissioned for the [[New York Philharmonic|New York Philharmonic Orchestra]]'s ''Millennium Messages'' in November 1999 and it received its UK premiere at the [[Aldeburgh Festival]] in June 2000. A recording of the work is available on EMI Classics (2004).
;''[[Violin Concerto (Adès)|Concentric Paths]]''
:Adès's [[violin concerto]] received its premiere in September 2005 with a performance by the [[Chamber Orchestra of Europe]] with [[Anthony Marwood]] as soloist, which received critical acclaim.
;''[[Tevot]]''
:for orchestra, was premiered in Berlin by Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic on 21 February 2007, and received its American premiere as part of the ''[[Berlin in Lights]]'' Festival at [[Carnegie Hall]].
;''[[In Seven Days]]''
:for piano, orchestra, with video installation, was premiered by the [[London Sinfonietta]], conducted by Adès at [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London on 28 April 2008. Video segment was created by [[Tal Rosner]], Adès's then partner.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/feb/17/london-sinfonietta-ades-review London Sinfonietta/Adès – review | Music]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref> The work was co-commissioned by the [[South Bank Centre]] and the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]].
;''[[Polaris (composition)|Polaris]]''
:for orchestra and five video screens (moving images by Tal Rosner), was written for the opening of [[Frank Gehry]]'s New World Arts Center in Miami, Florida, and premiered by the [[New World Symphony (orchestra)|New World Symphony Orchestra]] under [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] on 26 January 2011. The work was co-commissioned by the [[New World Symphony Orchestra]] with the [[Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation]], the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]], the [[New York Philharmonic]], the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]], the [[San Francisco Symphony]] and the [[Barbican Centre]], London.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fleshler|first1=David|title=The New World Symphony opens its new multimedia home|url=http://theclassicalreview.com/2011/01/the-new-world-symphony-opens-its-new-multimedia-home/|website=theclassicalreview.com|access-date=23 November 2016}}</ref>
;''[[Totentanz (Adès)|Totentanz]]''
:for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and large orchestra, commissioned by [[Robin Boyle]] and dedicated to [[Witold Lutosławski]] and his wife Danuta, was premiered on 7 July 2013 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra as part of that year's BBC Proms.
;[[Piano Concerto (Adès)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra]]
:for piano and large orchestra, commissioned by the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] and premiered by the BSO and the pianist [[Kirill Gerstein]] in [[Symphony Hall, Boston]], on 7 March 2019.
;''[[The Exterminating Angel (opera)#Symphony|The Exterminating Angel Symphony]]''
:a four movement orchestral rendering of music from the [[The Exterminating Angel (opera)|opera]], premiered on 4 August 2021 at the [[Symphony Hall, Birmingham|Symphony Hall]], Birmingham, by the [[City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla]].<ref>[https://www.fabermusic.com/music/angel-symphony  ''The Exterminating Angel Symphony'', Faber Music]</ref>
;''Air – Homage to Sibelius''
:for violin and orchestra, commissioned by [[Roche]] for the [[Lucerne Festival]] and premiered on 27 August 2022 at the [[Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre|Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL)]] by [[Anne-Sophie Mutter]] and the [[Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra]], conducted by Adès.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Air – Homage to Sibelius {{!}} Faber Music |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/e5b21c50-0b07-4835-8f79-75355dd86d23 |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=www.fabermusic.com |language=en}}</ref> The work received its UK premiere on May 30th, 2024 when it was performed by the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] and conducted by Adès himself. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Myth and Magic – Thomas Adès {{!}} London Symphony Orchestra |url=https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/myth-and-magic-thomas-ades/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=londonsymphonyorchestra |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Operas ===
[[File:Powder her face.JPG|thumb|260x260px|A scene from a production of ''Powder Her Face'' by [[Pier Luigi Pizzi]] at the [[Teatro Comunale Bologna]], 2010]]
;''[[Powder Her Face]]''
:Adès's 1995 [[chamber opera]] with a libretto by [[Philip Hensher]], won both good reviews and notoriety for its musical depiction of [[fellatio]]. The opera was commissioned by [[Almeida Opera Festival]], London, and has since been given new productions around the world. The Duchess depicted in the opera is the [[Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll]] whose scandalous behaviour in Britain in the early 1960s was revealed during a divorce trial with the introduction into evidence of photographs of her various sexual acts. Adès's "Concert Paraphrase" on ''Powder Her Face'' for solo piano was premiered by the composer for the Vancouver Recital Society on 14 March 2010 in Vancouver; the work was co-commissioned by the VRS, San Francisco Performances, and the Barbican Centre in London.
;''[[The Tempest (opera)|The Tempest]]''
:with a libretto by [[Meredith Oakes]] adapted from [[Shakespeare]]'s play, was premiered to critical acclaim at the [[Royal Opera House]], [[Covent Garden]] London in February 2004, followed by performances at the [[Opéra national du Rhin|Strasbourg Opera]] and the [[Copenhagen Opera House]] in 2005. Its US premiere was by the [[Santa Fe Opera]] in July 2006. The original production was revived by the [[Royal Opera House]] London in March 2007 to acclaim. A production by [[Frankfurt Opera]], staged by [[Keith Warner]] and conducted by [[Johannes Debus]] in January 2010 was the first in Germany.<ref>''[http://www.oper-frankfurt.de/en/page0.cfm?stueck=178&stueckdatum=1066 The Tempest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718124953/http://www.oper-frankfurt.de/en/page0.cfm?stueck=178&stueckdatum=1066 |date=18 July 2011 }}'' at Oper Frankfurt, January 2010. Accessed 6 November 2012.</ref> [[EMI]]'s recording of the Covent Garden performance of ''The Tempest'' won Adès the title of Composer of the Year in the 2010 [[Classical BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bso.org/t-z/thomas-ades.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414095735/http://www.bso.org/t-z/thomas-ades.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2013|title=Boston Symphony Orchestra Members – Boston Symphony Orchestra|website=www.bso.org|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref> The Metropolitan Opera, New York, included ''The Tempest'' in its 2012–13 season, conducted by Adès and produced by [[Robert Lepage]].<ref>''[http://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/tempest-ades-tickets.aspx The Tempest]'' at [[Metropolitan Opera]], 2012. Accessed 6 November 2012.</ref><ref>[[Tom Service]]: [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/arts/music/thomas-ades-conducts-the-mets-premiere-of-the-tempest.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Sailing Into Stormy Musical Waters"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 19 October 2012</ref> The same production was seen in Vienna in the summer of 2015.
;''[[The Exterminating Angel (opera)|The Exterminating Angel]]''
:adapted from [[Luis Buñuel]]'s 1962 [[surrealist]] film ''[[The Exterminating Angel (film)|El ángel exterminador]]'', was premiered at the 2016 [[Salzburg Festival]],<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/29/the-exterminating-angel-review-thomas-ades-salzburg "''The Exterminating Angel'' review – Adès delivers unmissable operatic adaptation"] by Andrew Clements, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 30 July 2016</ref> and performed at the [[Royal Opera House, Covent Garden]], [[Metropolitan Opera]], New York and [[Royal Danish Opera]], Copenhagen, the four co-commissioners and co-producers of the opera.

===Choral music===
;''The Fayrfax Carol''
:[[a cappella]] choral composition. Written originally for King's College, Cambridge, 1997, the piece has been recorded by ensembles such as the [[BBC Singers]] and also the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. The work received its U.S. West Coast premiere by [[International Orange Chorale of San Francisco]].

===Chamber music ===
;''Five Eliot Landscapes''
:Adès's first opus, published in 1990.
;''Arcadiana''
:a seven-movement, 20-minute [[string quartet]] (Op. 12), was recorded in 1998 along with other work from the 1993 to 1994 period.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2365 Arcadiana – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music (23 April 2001). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Cardiac Arrest''
:a work for chamber ensemble of 7 players. The piece is based on song by Madness. It received its premiere at Meltdown, [[Purcell Room|Purcell Room, London]] in 1995 by Composers Ensemble.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2928 Cardiac Arrest – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Catch''
:a chamber work for clarinet, piano, violin and violincello. It premiered in 1993 at St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol by Lynsey Marsh, Anthony Marwood, Louise Hopkins and Thomas Adès.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2052 Catch – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music (27 February 1999). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Chamber Symphony''
:a work for 15 players, ''Chamber Symphony'' lasts approximately 13 minutes and was given its first performance at the Cambridge Festival of Contemporary Music, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge by Contemporary Music Festival Ensemble under the baton of Thomas Adès in 1991.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2009 Chamber Symphony – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music (21 October 1996). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Concerto Conciso''
:a work for piano and chamber ensemble (10 players). The piece was given its premiere at the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham by the [[Birmingham Contemporary Music Group]] under Thomas Adès in 1997.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2822 Concerto Conciso – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music (18 November 1997). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Court Studies''
:this chamber work for clarinet, violin, cello and piano lasts approximately 8 minutes and was given its premiere in 2005 at the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh Festival by the Composers Ensemble.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=4600 Court Studies from The Tempest – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Four Quarters''
:this string quartet was commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation, and, was premiered in 2011 at Stern Auditorium, [[Carnegie Hall]], New York by the [[Emerson String Quartet]].<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=5205 Four Quarters, The – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music (14 March 2011). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Les baricades mistérieuses''
:for clarinet, bass clarinet, viola, cello and double bass. Written for Wilfred Mellers's 80th birthday, it was first performed at Dartington International Summer School's Great Hall by The Composers Ensemble in 1994.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2551 Les baricades mistérieuses – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Lieux retrouvés''
:for cello and piano. Co-commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival, [[Wigmore Hall]] and Carnegie Hall. First performed at Aldeburgh Festival, [[Snape Maltings]] Concert Hall, Suffolk by [[Steven Isserlis]] and Thomas Adès in 2009;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fabermusic.com/repertoire/lieux-retrouv%C3%A9s-5279|title=Lieux retrouvés|website=www.fabermusic.com|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref> 2016 BBC Proms UK premiere of version for orchestra
;''Life Story''
:a work for soprano and chamber ensemble of 3 players, ''Life Story ''is set to [[Tennessee Williams]]'s text. It was written for The Composers Ensemble and received its first performance in 1993 at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge University.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2504 Life Story – Solo Voice – Repertoire]. Faber Music. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''[[Living Toys]]''
:for chamber ensemble of 14 players. The work was commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the [[London Sinfonietta]]. Conducted by [[Oliver Knussen]], the work was premièred in 1994 at the [[Barbican Hall]], London.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2373 Living Toys – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music (24 August 1997). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''The Origin of the Harp''
:a chamber ensemble work for 10 players was commissioned by the [[Halle Orchestra]]. It began life in 1994 at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester under the baton of the composer himself.<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=2485 Origin of the Harp, The – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music (6 October 1994). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>
;''Piano Quintet''
:premièred at the 2001 Melbourne Festival, Australia by Thomas Adès (piano) and the Arditti Quartet. Recording of the work with Adès at the piano and the [[Arditti Quartet]] (released in 2005 by [[EMI]] with [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]]'s ''[[Trout Quintet]]'' – with Adès and the [[Belcea Quartet]]).<ref>[http://www.fabermusic.com/Repertoire-Details.aspx?ID=3267 Piano Quintet – Chamber/Ensemble Works – Repertoire]. Faber Music. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.</ref>