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===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>
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