Thomas Ades' opera, in three acts, was commissioned by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, who gave the first performance on 10th February 2004, conducted by the composer. Instrumentation: Prospero...
The Fayrfax Carol was commissioned by the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Christmas Eve, 1997. Subtle and lyrical yet with pointed, bitter-sweet harmon...
'Still Sorrowing' - a lament which is also a homage to Romantic sentiments - proved to make the most ingenious use of a prepared' piano that I have heard in a long time. While a recurrent plaint tinti...
In Three Studies from Couperin, Thomas Adès empathetically reworks three pieces by the Baroque composer into music that is distinctively Adès without dismissing the source material. The basic structur...
A turning point for Adès and, it felt, for opera itself. ' The Observer (Fiona Maddocks), 31 July 2016 'Some of Adès's most powerful orchestral writing. . . The music is constantly fascinating. . . Ca...
'Powder Her Face' is the libretto for 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 festiv...