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20171210 | ~British Composer Awards 2017 Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Andrew McGregor report from the awards ceremony held last Wednesday at the British Museum. Celebrating the art of composition and showcasing the creative talent of contemporary composers and sound artists, the British Composer Awards are presented by BASCA and sponsored by PRS for Music; in association with BBC Radio 3. With thirty composers nominated for the British Composer Awards, spanning 33 works across 11 categories, from a community project exploring the refugee crisis and featuring Donald Trump quotes, to a work examining societal perceptions of women through the metaphor of birds, to a composition calling on humankind to re-programme its attitude towards the natural world by giving nature a musical voice, the 2017 nominations underline the many ways in which contemporary composers are using music to engage in current affairs. 2017 British Composer Awards Nominations: Amateur or Young Performers The Feast That Went Off With A Bang by Ed Hughes The Hogboon by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Who We Are by Kerry Andrew Chamber Ensemble Khadambi's House by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian Skin by Rebecca Saunders The wreck of former boundaries by Aaron Cassidy Choral Affix Stamp Here by Leo Chadburn Proclamation of the Republic by Andrew Hamilton The Temptations of Christ by Barnaby Martin Community or Educational Project Anything but Bland by Brian Irvine BIRDS and other Stories by Emily Peasgood Crossing Over by Emily Peasgood Contemporary Jazz Composition Loop Concerto for jazz trio & large ensemble by Benjamin Oliver Muted Lines by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian You Are My World by Robert Mitchell Orchestral Forest by Tansy Davies Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) by Emily Howard Two Eardley Pictures by Helen Grime Small Chamber In Feyre Foreste by Robin Haigh Omloop Het Ives by Laurence Crane Tuvan Songbook by Christian Mason Solo or Duo Inside Colour by Deborah Pritchard Merula Perpetua by Sally Beamish Piano Sonata No. 2 by Stuart MacRae Sonic Art cloud-cuckoo-island by Hanna Tuulikki Luminous Birds by Kathy Hinde Untitled Valley of Fear by Sam Salem Stage Works 4.48 Psychosis by Philip Venables Empty Hand, Peaceful Mind by Ben Gaunt The Tempest by Sally Beamish Wind Band or Brass Band Anemoi by Joseph Davies Four ɀtudes by Edward Gregson In Ictu Oculi by Kenneth Hesketh. ~British Composer Awards 2017 presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Andrew McGregor. | |
01 | 20071008 | BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcoast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Julian Anderson: Heaven Is Shy of Earth Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo) BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Andrew Davis (conductor). Featuring Julian Anderson's Heaven Is Shy of Earth, with mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager. Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK |
02 | 20071009 | BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcast by Radio 3 over two weeks, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Edward Cowie: National Portraits (excerpt) BBC Singers Nicholas Kok (conductor) Huw Watkins: Partita for Solo Violin Alina Ibragimova (violin). Featuring Edward Cowie's National Portraits and Huw Watkins's Partita for Solo Violin. Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK |
03 | 20071010 | BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award 3/8. With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Param Vir: Between Earth and Sky BBC Symphony Orchestra Alexander Rumpf (conductor). Featuring Param Vir's Between Earth and Sky, conducted by Alexander Rumpf. Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK |
04 | 20071011 | BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award 4/8. With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Jonathan Harvey: Body Mandala BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Brian Ferneyhough: Fifth String Quartet Arditti Quartet. Featuring Jonathan Harvey's Body Mandala and Brian Ferneyhough's Fifth String Quartet. Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK |
05 | 20071015 | BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award 5/8. With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcoast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Michael Nyman: A Handshake in the Dark BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra John Storgaards (conductor). Michael Nyman's A Handshake in the Dark, with the BBC SO and Chorus led by John Storgaards Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK |
07 | 20071017 | BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award 7/8. With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcoast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Guto Puw: Oboe Concerto David Cowley (oboe) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Garry Walker (conductor). Guto Puw's Oboe Concerto, with David Cowley on oboe. Garry Walker conducts the BBC NOW. Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK |
08 | 20071018 | BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award 8/8. With Catherine Bott. Listeners choose which piece should win the BBC Radio 3 Listeners' Award in the 2007 British Composer Awards, organised with the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. The 12 entries will be broadcoast over the next fortnight on Radio 3, all of them BBC commissions that had their premieres last year. To vote, call 08700 100 300 [rates apply] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. Django Bates: Alison in Space Alison Balsom (trumpet) Colin Currie (percussion) Django Bates (keyboard) Judith Bingham: An Ancient Music Simon Paisley Day (narrator) BBC Singers Endymion Andrew Carwood (conductor). Django Bates's Alison in Space and Judith Bingham's An Ancient Music are showcased. Awards scheme designed to celebrate the work of contemporary classical composers in the UK |