Three-piece Suite from Powder Her Face
Suite No.1
large orchestra
- Year
- 1995/2007
- Duration
- 00:12:00
- Category
- Full Orchestra
Instrumentation
3(III=picc).3.3(I in Bb.II in A.III in A=bcl).2.cbsn(=bsn) – 4331 – timp – perc(3): glsp/xyl/2 susp.cym/antique.cym/hi-hat/SD/2 kit BD/BD/small rototom/3 brake drums/tam-t/tgl/3 tpl.bl/small rattle/Monkey drum/small whip/vibraslap/guero/high bongo/washboard/tamb/popgun – harp – pno – strings
Commission
Commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival, the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra
Reviews
'This is Ades at his most fantastical (scarifying textures and curdled harmonies) holding up a distorting mirror to the scandalous and unseemly and thoroughly relishing the imagery in his mind’s eye.'
Independent (Edward Seckerson), 11 January 2012
'A melange of foxtrots and waltzes which sometimes appears raunchy, sometimes delicate and mysterious.'
The Telegraph (Ivan Hewett), 2 June 2010
'Transcriptions that cunningly transfer the sleazy brittleness of the opera's original ensemble scoring on to a full orchestral canvas to create a three-movement sequence haunted by faded, exhausted dance forms'
The Guardian (Andrew Clements), 10 January 2012
Availability
Score and parts for hire
See also Luxury Suite from Powder Her Face and Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face
Scores and publication
Upcoming performances
- — Theater Magdeburg (Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Theater Magdeburg (Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) — Germany — Composer
Previous performances
- — De Oosterpoort (Groningen, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — De Lawei (Drachten, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — De Nieuwe Kolk (Assen, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — Philharmonie (Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Kölner Philharmonie (Köln, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Kölner Philharmonie (Köln, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Orchestra Hall (Detroit, MI, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Orchestra Hall (Detroit, MI, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Orchestra Hall (Detroit, MI, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — BOZAR (Brussels, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Philharmonie (Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Philharmonie (Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Oslo Konserthus (Oslo, Norway) — Norway — Composer
- — Oval Hall (Sheffield, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Holstenhallen (Neumünster, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Musik- und Kongresshalle (Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — RNCM Theatre (Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Halle aux Grains (Toulouse, France) — France — Composer
- — Aberdeen Music Hall (Aberdeen, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — City Halls (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Auditorio Principe Felipe (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) — Spain — Composer
- — Teatro Jovellanos (Gijon, Spain) — Spain — Composer
- — Tampere Hall (Tampere, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Auckland Town Hall (Auckland, New Zealand) — New Zealand — Composer
- — Royal Albert Hall (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) — Australia — Composer
- — Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) (19:30) — Australia — Composer
- — Stadthalle Reutlingen (Reutlingen, Germany) (20:00) — Germany — Composer
- — Stadthalle Reutlingen (Reutlingen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Auditorium della RAI 'Arturo Toscanini' (Turin, Piedmont, Italy) — Italy — Composer
- — Auditorium della RAI 'Arturo Toscanini' (Turin, Piedmont, Italy) (20:30) — Italy — Composer
- — L'Auditori (Barcelona, Spain) — Spain — Composer
- — No Venue (Madison, WI, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Department of Music, University of Wisconsin (Oshkosh, WI, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Sibelius Hall (Lahti, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Nationaltheater (Munich, Bavaria, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Nationaltheater (Munich, Bavaria, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — No Venue (Marburg, Hessen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Grosser Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany) (20:00) — Germany — Composer
- — Grosser Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks (Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany) (20:00) — Germany — Composer
- — Symphony Hall (Birmingham, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Teatr Wielki Opera Naradowa (Warsaw, Poland) — Poland — Composer
- — Shanghai Conservatory of Music (Shanghai, China) — China — Composer
- — No Venue (Sewanee, TN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox (Spokane, WA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox (Spokane, WA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Zellerbach Hall, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Theater Putbus, Markt 13, 18581 (Putbus, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — No Venue (Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Theater Vorpommern (Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) — Italy — Composer
- — Concert Hall (Turku, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Concert Hall (Turku, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Meymandi Concert Hall (Raleigh, NC, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Usher Hall (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Meymandi Concert Hall (Raleigh, NC, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Usher Hall (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Caird Hall (Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Royal Theatre (Victoria, BC, Canada) — Canada — Composer
- — Flagey (Brussels, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Philharmonie (Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — BOZAR (Brussels, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Triangel (St Vith, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (Hasselt, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Gates Concert Hall, University of Denver (Denver, CO, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto, ON, Canada) — Canada — Composer
- — Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto, ON, Canada) — Canada — Composer
- — Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey) — Turkey — Composer
- — Auditorio (La Coruña, Spain) — Spain — Composer
- — Auditorio de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, Spain) — Spain — Composer
- — Don Powell Theater SDSU (San Diego, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Tennessee Theatre (Knoxville, TN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Tennessee Theatre (Knoxville, TN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Casa da Música (Porto, Portugal) — Portugal — Composer
- — Wiener Konzerthaus (Vienna, Austria) — Austria — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Helsinki Music Centre, Paavo Hall (Helsinki, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis, MN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis, MN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Orchestra Hall (Minneapolis, MN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Görlitz Theatre (Görlitz, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Wolkenturm (Grafenegg, Niederösterreich, Austria) — Austria — Composer
- — Grosses Festspielhaus (Salzburg, Austria) — Austria — Composer
- — Blossom Music Center (Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Symphony Hall (Phoenix, AZ, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Symphony Hall (Phoenix, AZ, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts (Scottsdale, AZ, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Kleines Haus (Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — De Singel (Antwerp, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Concertgebouw (Bruges, Belgium) — Belgium — Composer
- — Musikverein (Vienna, Austria) — Austria — Composer
- — Festspielhaus (Sankt Pölten, Niederösterreich, Austria) — Austria — Composer
- — Musikverein (Vienna, Austria) — Austria — Composer
- — Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto, ON, Canada) — Canada — Composer
- — Das Meininger Theater (Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — The Forum (Harrisburg, PA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — The Forum (Harrisburg, PA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Klein Auditorium (Bridgeport, CT, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris, France) — France — Composer
- — Auditorium, Maison de la Radio (Paris, France) — France — Composer
- — Koncertsalen, Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (Copenhagen, Denmark) — Denmark — Composer
- — Erikshallen Store (Heddinge, Denmark) — Denmark — Composer
- — Victoria Concert Hall (Singapore, Singapore) — Singapore — Composer
- — National Theatre (Brno, Czech Republic) — Czech Republic — Composer
- — Hult Center for the Performing Arts (Eugene, OR, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Seiji Ozawa Hall (Lenox, MA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Aspen Chapel (Aspen, CO, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Mahaffey Theater (St Petersburg, FL, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Mahaffey Theater (St Petersburg, FL, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Mahaffey Theater (St Petersburg, FL, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Atlanta Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Atlanta Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Atlanta Symphony Hall (Atlanta, GA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) — Australia — Composer, Conductor
- — Theater Zittau (Zittau, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Görlitz Theatre (Görlitz, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Theater Bautzen (Bautzen, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Görlitz Theatre (Görlitz, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Lausitzhalle (Hoyerswerda, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Görlitz Theatre (Görlitz, Sachsen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan) — Japan — Composer
- — NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan) — Japan — Composer
- — Royal Concert Hall (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Usher Hall (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — De Geerhallen, Louis de Geer Konsert & Kongress (Norrköping, Sweden) — Sweden — Composer
- — Beethovenhalle (Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — Auditorium Maurice-Ravel, l'Orchestre National de Lyon (Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France) — France — Composer
- — Auditorio, Palacio de Congresos Príncipe Felipe (Oviedo, Spain) — Spain — Composer
- — No Venue (San Diego, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Schoenberg Hall, University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Nicholas Music Center, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ, USA) — USA — Composer
- — New World Center (Miami Beach, FL, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — Hong Kong Cultural Centre (Hong Kong, China) — China — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Bridgewater Hall (Manchester, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Berwaldhallen (Stockholm, Sweden) — Sweden — Composer
- — St John's Smith Square (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — No Venue (Aspen, CO, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Concert Hall (Turku, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — USA — Composer, Conductor
- — Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — USA — Composer, Conductor
- — Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — USA — Composer, Conductor
- — No Venue (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — Het Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands) — Netherlands — Composer
- — Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (Portland, OR, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (Portland, OR, USA) — USA — Composer
- — No Venue (Tampere, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — No Venue (Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France) — France — Composer
- — Madetoja Concert Hall, Music Centre (Oulu, Finland) — Finland — Composer
- — Konzerthaus (Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) — Germany — Composer
- — No Venue (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Town Hall (Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC, USA) — USA — Composer
- — John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC, USA) — USA — Composer
- — John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts (Washington, DC, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Hilbert Circle Theatre (Indianapolis, IN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Hilbert Circle Theatre (Indianapolis, IN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Hilbert Circle Theatre (Indianapolis, IN, USA) — USA — Composer
- — No Venue (Turin, Piedmont, Italy) — Italy — Composer
- — No Venue (Lucerne, Switzerland) — Switzerland — Composer
- — Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Carnival Center for the Performing Arts (Miami, FL, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Carnival Center for the Performing Arts (Miami, FL, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Severance Hall (Cleveland, OH, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Severance Hall (Cleveland, OH, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Severance Hall (Cleveland, OH, USA) — USA — Composer
- — Royal Albert Hall (London, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
- — Snape Maltings Concert Hall (Snape, Suffolk, United Kingdom) — United Kingdom — Composer
Recordings
- Beyond — 2025 — Orchid Classics
- Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies From Couperin, Dances From Powder Her Face — 2010 — EMI Classics (4578132)