The first performance was given by the Endellioon Quartet in the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge as part of the Cambridge Elgar Festival on 16 November 1994.
From the swirling waves of its opening movement ' Les eaux', the yodelling mountaineers of ' La montagne', the pastoral elegance of ' Les Champs' with its hushed, stratospheric solo cello lines, and '...
In a conversation with the violinist Peter Herresthal, we touched on the “invitation' in the score of Ligeti's Violin concerto to provide a cadenza for the work. Peter suggested that I answer this inv...
Life Story Op. 8 (1993), for soprano with two bass clarinets and double bass, was first performed by Mary Wiegold and the Composers Ensemble conducted by the composer at the West Road Concert Hall, Ca...
The full score for this large work for Orchestra, Mezzo-Soprano soloist, and chorus was written in 1999 as part of the New York Philharmonic's Millennium commission. Characteristic of Ades, the Orches...
Full score of Thomas Adès' 1993 composition for large Orchestra. Instrumentation: 3(all=picc).3(III=ca.I+II=ca ad lib).3(II=Ebcl.III=bcl).3(III=cbsn) - 6.3(I=crt ad lib).2.btrbn.1 - perc(6): timp/6 tg...
The first performance of 'Asyla' was given by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, in the Symphony Hall, Birmingham, on 1 October 1997. Das Stimmenmaterial ist vom...
'These Premises Are Alarmed' was written for the Halle Orchestra during Thomas Ades's period as Composer-in-Association with them. The first performance was given by the Halle Orchestra conducted by K...
'Powder Her Face' is an opera by Thomas Ades. It was comissioned by Almeida Opera and premiered in the 'Everyman Theatre' cheltenham on July 1st 1995, as part of the Cheltenham festival.