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===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>
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