Inferno Suite

Instrumentation

3(III=picc).3(III=ca).2.bcl.3(III=cbsn or cfte) – 4331 – timp(=rototom(s): Eb4 & B4) – perc(3): glsp/t.bells/tgl/clash.cyms/susp.cym/anvil/tam-t/whip/rattle(ratchet)/2 SD/2 TD (with snares)/BD and mounted clash.cym(s) ('machine')/concert BD – harp – pno – strings

Commission

Inferno Suite is a selection of music from the first part of Dante.

Dante was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director

and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation for The Royal Ballet, Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, with the generous support of the Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund.

Inferno was co-commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam for concert performances.

Availability

Score and parts for hire

Scores and publication

• Publisher information

Upcoming performances

• 4 February 2027 — Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland (19:30) — United States — Composer, Conductor
• 5 February 2027 — Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland (19:30) — United States — Composer, Conductor
• 6 February 2027 — Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland (19:30) — United States — Composer, Conductor
• 7 February 2027 — Severance Music Center: Mandel Concert Hall, Cleveland (15:00) — United States — Composer, Conductor
• 15 April 2027 — Atlanta Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA, USA) — USA — Composer

Previous performances

• 21 October 2026 — Helsinki Music Centre (Helsinki, Finland) — Finland — Composer
• 16 October 2026 — Konserthuset (Stockholm, Sweden) — Sweden — Composer
• 15 October 2026 — Konserthuset (Stockholm, Sweden) — Sweden — Composer
• 27 November 2025 — Olavshallen (Trondheim, Norway) — Norway — Composer
• 14 October 2025 — Semperoper (Dresden, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
• 13 October 2025 — Semperoper (Dresden, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
• 12 October 2025 — Semperoper (Dresden, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
• 6 July 2025 — Klein Music Tent (Aspen, USA) — USA — Composer
• 2 February 2025 — Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
• 25 March 2023 — Boston Symphony Hall (Boston, USA) (20:00) — USA — Composer, Conductor
• 24 March 2023 — Boston Symphony Hall (Boston, USA) (13:30) — USA — Composer, Conductor
• 23 March 2023 — Boston Symphony Hall (Boston, USA) (19:30) — USA — Composer, Conductor
• 22 February 2023 — Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London (19:30) — United Kingdom — Composer, Conductor
• 11 June 2022 — City Hall (Sheffield, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
• 22 January 2022 — BOZAR (Brussels, Belgium) (20:00) — Belgium — Composer, Conductor
• 22 January 2021 — Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Lazio, Italy) — Italy — Composer

Recordings

• Thomas Adès: Orchestral Suites — 2025 — LPO (LPO–0131)