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Thomas Adès

Compositions

Ballet/Dance

  • Dante

    2019-2020

    ballet in 3 parts, for orchestra with pre-recorded voices and female choir

    93 total (Inferno: c.45, Purgatorio: c.24, Paradiso: c.24)

  • Dante ballet Part 1

    orchestra

    45 minutes

  • Paradiso

    2019-2020

    Dante ballet Part III

    orchestra and female choir

    24 minutes

  • Purgatorio

    2019-2020

    Dante ballet Part II

    orchestra and pre-recorded voices

    24 minutes

Baritone

  • mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra

    35 minutes

Baritone and Orchestra

  • Brahms

    2001

    baritone and orchestra

    5 minutes

Brass Ensemble

  • Tower

    2021

    for Frank Gehry

    fanfare for 14 trumpets

    2 minutes 30 seconds

Cello

Cello and Orchestra

Chamber/Ensemble Works

Chamber/Small Orchestra

Chorus with Orchestra/Ensemble

Clarinet and Ensemble

Countertenor

Full Orchestra

Guitar

Male Voices

Mezzo-soprano

  • mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra

    35 minutes

Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra

Mezzo‐soprano and Ensemble

  • Növények

    2020–22

    Seven Hungarian Poems for mezzo-soprano and piano sextet

    17 minutes

Mixed Chamber Ensemble

Mixed Voices

Multiple Voices and Orchestra

Opera

Orchestral

Organ

Percussion Ensemble

Piano

Piano and Ensemble

Piano and Orchestra

Piano/Keyboard/Organ

  • Vesper

    2023 arr. 2026

    (for Henry Purcell)

    solo piano

    6 minutes

Solo Instrumental

Solo Voice

Solo Voice(s) with Orchestra

  • mezzo-soprano, baritone and orchestra

    35 minutes

Soprano

Soprano and Ensemble

  • soprano and chamber ensemble of 3 players

    9 minutes

String Orchestra

String Quartet

String Quintet

  • Wreath

    2024

    for Franz Schubert

    string quintet

    22 minutes

Trumpet

Two Pianos

Viola

Violin

Violin and Orchestra