Thomas Adès

Large Orchestra

Commissioned by the John Feeney Charitable Trust for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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Past Performances

October 1 1997
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
CBSO, Simon Rattle
November 20 1997
Ordway Music Theatre, St Paul, USA
Jeffrey Tate, Minnesota Orchestra
November 21-22 1997
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, USA
Jeffrey Tate, Minnesota Orchestra
November 27 1997
Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
CBSO, Simon Rattle
November 29-30 1997
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
CBSO, Simon Rattle
August 29-30 1998
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
CBSO, Rattle, Sir Simon Rattle
October 24 1998
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hans Vonk, Radio PO
March 10 1999
Helsinki Festival, Finlandia Hall, Finland
Finnish Radio SO, Sakari Oramo
May 27-29 1999
Allen Theatre on Playhouse Square, Cleveland, USA
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Cleveland Orchestra
June 20 1999
Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk, United Kingdom
BBC Symphony Orchestra
August 15 1999
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom
BBC Symphony Orchestra
June 2 2000
Ojai Festival, , USA
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle
June 4 2000
Ojai Festival, , USA
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle
October 21 2000
Silvestre Revueltas Hall, Mexico City, Mexico
Carlos Miguel Prieto, Mexico City PO
November 12 2000
Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Martyn Brabbins, Philharmonia, Philharmonia Orchestra
November 19 2000
Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Philharmonia Orchestra
April 21 2001
Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
Ingo Metzmacher, London Philharmonic Orchestra
October 12 2001
International New Music Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
Estonian State Symphony Orchestra, Olari Elts
November 29 2001
Louis de Geer Hall, Norrkoping, Sweden
Stefan Solyom, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
December 6-8 2001
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, USA
Leonard Slatkin, National Symphony Orchestra of Washington
December 11 2001
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, USA
student ensemble
February 8 2002
Presences Festival, Paris, France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
February 9 2002
Ars Musica Festival, Flagey Studios, Brussels, Belgium
Olari Elts, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders
February 27-28 2002
Salle Pleyel, Paris, France
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Orchestre de Paris
September 7-9 2002
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
September 21 2002
BBC 2, 1pm, United Kingdom
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
September 22 2002
Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
Nertherlands Radio SO
February 6 2004
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London, United Kingdom
The Royal Ballet (ch. Cathy Marston)
March 27 2004
CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, Australia
Markus Stenz, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
August 16 2004
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Netherlands Youth Orchestra
November 21 2004
Redwood City, , USA
Eric Kujawsky, Redwood Symphony Orchestra
October 27 2005
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
November 5 2005
Beijing Music Festival, Poly-Theatre, Beijing, China
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
November 11 2005
Pudong Center, Shanghai, China
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
November 18 2005
Chiang Kai-Shek Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
November 20 2005
Bayside Performing Arts Centre, San Mateo, USA
Eric Kujawsky, Redwood Symphony
November 21 2005
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
January 28 2006
Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
December 2-3 2006
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
February 9 2007
Présences, Paris, France
CBSO
March 29 & 31 2007
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
CBSO, Sakari Oramo
June 28 2007
Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
Christoph von Dohnanyi, Philharmonia Orchestra
October 27-29 2007
The Jewel of Russia Festival, ,
Anthony Marwood, cond Timothy Redmond, dir Alexander Zeldin, O. of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, Various soloists
November 29 2007
Háskólabíó, Reykjavík, Iceland
Carolin Widmann, Iceland Symphony Orchestra
January 12 2011
Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Gabriel Feitz
January 13 2011
Gustav-Siegle-Haus, Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Gabriel Feitz
January 21-22 2011
Civic Centre Theatre, Lubbock, USA
Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, Tomasz Golka
September 20 2011
Palace of Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Concerto Budapest, Andras Keller
January 28 2012
Grande Auditório da Culturgest, LISBON, ,
Thomas Adès (Piano), Gulbenkian Orchestra
March 24 & 26-27 2012
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Italy
Thomas Adès (Conductor), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Audrey Elizabeth Luna (Ariel), Lisa Milne (Miranda), David Portillo (Ferdinand), Christopher Maltman (Prospero)
October 27 & 29 2012
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA
Carlos Kalmar, Oregon Symphony Orchestra

Asyla - 1997

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