Thomas Adès

In Seven Days - 2008

Piano and Orchestra

Commissioned by the Southbank Centre and the Los Angeles Philharmonic

Instrumentation

3(II=alt.fl+picc, III=picc).3.3.3(III=cbsn) - 4.3.2.btrbn.1 - timp - perc(4): vib/glsp/crot/t.bells/handbells/cyms/2 susp.cym/tgl/claves/bongos/cabaca/3 hanging bells or bell plates [ossia t.bells]/3 large gongs/tam-t/4 rototom/SD/BD - strings (preferred string strength 8.8.6.6.4, minimum 6.6.4.4.4)

Recordings

Past Performances

  • April 28 2008
    Ether 08, Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
    London Sinfonietta, Nicolas Hodges (pno), Tal Rosner (video)
  • May 27 2008
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
    Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Tal Rosner (video)
  • September 5 2008
    MuziekGebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Nicolas Hodges, Radio Kamer Filharmonia
  • November 29 2009
    Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
    Nicolas Hodges (pno), Orchester der Oper Zürich, Thomas Adès (with video installation)
  • April 28 2010
    Ether 08, Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
    London Sinfonietta, Nicolas Hodges (Piano), Tal Rosner (Video Artist)
  • May 27 2010
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
    Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Tal Rosner (Video Artist)
  • November 29 2010
    Tonhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
    Nicolas Hodges (Piano), Orchester der Oper Zürich, Tal Rosner (Video Artist)
  • January 6-8 2011
    Avery Fisher Hall, New York, USA
    Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic
  • February 13 2011
    City Halls, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    London Sinfonietta, Nicolas Hodges
  • February 18 2011
    Royal Festival Hall, London, United Kingdom
    London Sinfonietta, Nicolas Hodges
  • March 11 2011
    Symphony Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    London Sinfonietta, Nicolas Hodges
  • April 1-3 2011
    Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA
    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolas Hodges
  • January 15 2012
    Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
    London Symphony Orchestra
  • January 22 2012
    Gulbenkian Grand Auditorium, Lisbon, Portugal
    Chamber Orchestra of Europe
  • November 15-17 2012
    Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, USA
    Thomas Adès (Conductor), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dawn Upshaw (Soprano), Kirill Gerstein (Piano)
  • November 30, December 1 2012
    Powell Symphony Hall, St Louis, USA
    Kirill Gerstein (Piano), David Robertson (Conductor), STL Symphony

© Thomas Adès 2013