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Equally at home on the concert platform, Thomas Hobbs' repertoire is varied. Engagements include J.S. Bach's St. John Passion (BWV 245) (St Martin in the Fields), the reconstructed J.S. Bach's St. Mark Passion (BWV 247) and G.F. Handel's Saul (St John’s Smith Square), J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass (BWV 232) (Birmingham Town Hall), Monteverdi's Vespers (Three Choirs Festival and with Choir of New College, Oxford), G.F. Handel (The Hanover Band) and Dvorak's Stabat Mater (Exeter Cathedral). Other concert engagements as a oloists have included Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for Tenor and Horn, G.F. Handel's Chandos Anthems, J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248), the role of Evangelist in J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244), Berlioz’s Te Deum, and a performance for Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella. In recital he has given acclaimed performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams' On Wenlock Edge with the Edinburgh Quartet, Finzi’s Young Man’s Exhortaion and Abraham and Isaac, Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin and Robert Schumann's Liederkreis Op.39.
Recently Thomas Hobbs made his debut with the Kammerchor Stuttgart and Frieder Bernius on tour in Germany and Austria singing G.F. Handel’s Israel in Egypt, the reviews of which mentioned his ‘outstanding’ contribution; B. Britten's Les Illuminations (Cambridge); and several appearances in the Royal Academy of Music - J.S. Bach: The Cantatas. In May 2008 he appeared for again for Royal Academy Opera as Conte Alberto in Rossini L’occasione fa il ladro, and in July 2009 he was part of the prestigous Academie at the Aix-en-Provence Festival where performed in concert with Louis Langrée and the Camerata Salzburg.
Highlights this season (2009-2010) include his debut with Collegium Vocale Gent singing W.A. Mozart C Minor Mass on tour in Italy, J.S. Bach’s B minor Mass (BWV 232) on tour with the Bach Akademie, Stuttgart and in recording with the Dunedin Consort, B. Britten’s Nocturne with Paul McCreesh and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Haydn’s Creation with the Manchester Camerata, Evangelist in St John Passion (BWV 245) at Cadogan Hall and Lichfield Cathedral, for Opéra National de Bordeaux, Songs recital at King’s Place and his first Albert Herring at the Royal Academy of Music.