Barbara Hannigan conducts her iconic version of Haydn Symphony No.49 La Passione, in which the harpsichord plays a role inspired by Rilke’s Orpheus, Euridice, Hermes. The programme also features works by Claude Vivier and György Ligeti.

Academy Chamber Orchestra

Barbara Hannigan Conductor

My song “Solitude at the Water’s Edge”, based on Emily Kilpatrick’s translation of a poem by Renée de Brimont will be workshopped alongside other new songs based on French poetry in translation.

Lucy Goddard Mezzo-soprano
Julian Chan Piano (in 31-tone tuning)

Echo Shift, my collaboration with Cameron McMillan and dancers from the Central School of Ballet will be performed alongside other contemporary ballet works.

Cameron McMillan Choreographer
Dancers from the Central School of Ballet

Music featuring performances by:
Elliott Park Conductor
Sofiia Matviienko Flute
Nikolai Iaushev Bass Clarinet
Isaac Shieh Natural Horn
Maho Harada Violin
Charlie Howells Viola
Bella Lorenzo-Giguere Cello

https://www.centralschoolofballet.co.uk/summer-performances/

Echo Shift, my collaboration with Cameron McMillan and dancers from the Central School of Ballet will be performed alongside other contemporary ballet works.

Cameron McMillan Choreographer
Dancers from the Central School of Ballet

Music featuring performances by:
Elliott Park Conductor
Sofiia Matviienko Flute
Nikolai Iaushev Bass Clarinet
Isaac Shieh Natural Horn
Maho Harada Violin
Charlie Howells Viola
Bella Lorenzo-Giguere Cello

https://www.centralschoolofballet.co.uk/summer-performances/

I will give the first performance of some of my work for harpsichord (in a specially devised meantone tuning) alongside some 17th century repertoire as it would have been heard when it was composed.

James Batty Harpsichord

https://www.wandsworthfringe.com/whats-on-2023/community-concert-celebrating-members-of-our-diverse-community

A short programme performed in the Crypt, featuring works by Beethoven, Telemann and J.S. Bach.

Lizzie Knatt Recorders
James Batty Piano

https://www.sjss.org.uk/events/teatime-treats-2

Recording session for my new work for pipa (traditional Chinese instrument), created in collaboration with pipa virtuoso Cheng Yu, to be premiered online through the Psappha YouTube channel at a later date (TBC).

Cheng Yu Pipa

My new piece Half the Story, written for two members of the London Symphony Orchestra, will receive its first performance alongside pieces by Vivek Haria, Zhenyan Li and Mathis Saunier.

Juliana Koch Oboe
Chi-Yu Mo Clarinet

More info here

For their 2022 Christmas Concert, LMO are joining forces with Tottenham Community Choir and High Holborn Chamber Choir to present a varied programme of music by Vaughan Williams, Holmès, Stravinsky and Coleridge-Taylor, which also features my rework of “Domine fili unigenite” from Vivaldi’s Gloria, commissioned by Tottenham Community Choir.

Oliver Till, Rachel Maby, Nicki Williamson Conductors
Timothy Edlin Bass-baritone
London Medical Orchestra
Tottenham Community Choir
High Holborn Chamber Choir

https://www.lmo.org.uk/christmas2022

My new work for baroque instruments Vivaci Sensi, inspired by Barbara Strozzi’s song Mentita and Patrick Hamilton’s play Gas LIght, will be premièred by Noxwode alongside an exciting programme of 17th century music around the theme of “Lies and Morals”.

NOXWODE
Conor Gricmanis, Claire Rhiannon Edwards Violins
Thomas Kettle Viola
Miriam Nohl Viola da Gamba
Josie Jobbins Bass
Jonatan Bougt Theorbo
Eva Dolinšek Harpsichord

https://davosfestival.ch/festival/lies-and-morals-barockkonzert-07/

My song You Never Asked at the end of a week of mentoring with Gavin Bryars.

Elmhirst Composers’ Collective: James Batty, Rebecca Galian Castello, Anian Wiedner, Kinna Whitehead.

Hugo Tucker Tenor
Isaac Louth Viola da Gamba
Alexandra Kremakova Harpsichord

My new work for baroque instruments Vivaci Sensi, inspired by Barbara Strozzi’s song Mentita and Patrick Hamilton’s play Gas LIght, will be premièred by Noxwode alongside an exciting programme of 17th century music around the theme of “Lies and Morals”.

NOXWODE
Conor Gricmanis, Claire Rhiannon Edwards Violins
Thomas Kettle Viola
Miriam Nohl Viola da Gamba
Josie Jobbins Bass
Seb Gillot Harpsichord
Richard Gowers Organ

The Carice Singers will give the second performance of my piece Waneth the Watch, the Weaker Ones Dwell alongside pieces by another five composers composed as part of the 2021 Cheltenham Composer Academy and two masterpieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams in his 150th anniversary year.

This piece was inspired by the sunken territory of Doggerland that used to connect the East of England with mainland Europe 8,000 years ago. The music is based on fragments of two texts: the Old English poem “The Seafarer” and its translation by Ezra Pound, and “Thet Freske Riim” in Old Frisian—the oldest preserved variants of the languages spoken either side of Doggerland. The piece explores the musical relationships between these two languages and over the course of the short piece they find common ground—almost like a celebration of this lost territory.

The Carice Singers
George Parris Conductor

https://spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/events/lend-an-ear-the-legacy-of-ralph-vaughan-williams/

Blind Spots, a piece I created based on Basque culture in collaboration with the two performers, will be premièred as part of the Artists of the Winter Festival.

Océane Deweirder Mezzo-soprano and Dancer
Lore Amenabar Larrañaga Quarter-tone Accordion

My piece Joyful, joyful, based on the celebrated hymn, will form part of a mass focused on climate action.

Ruth Springer Mezzo-soprano
Miriam Brittenden Mezzo-soprano
Jacob Lewis Violin
James Batty Piano

At the culmination of the Theorbo Today project, my piece The Seafarer will be premiered along with commissions by four other composers.

Janet Oates Soprano
Felicity Hayward Soprano
Sergio Bucheli Theorbo
Toby Carr Theorbo

At the culmination of the Cheltenham Composer Academy 2021, The Carice Singers will première six new compositions, including my piece Waneth the Watch, the Weaker Ones Dwell. Time and venue TBC.

The Carice Singers
George Parris Conductor

The Hill Quartet record my piece “Errizomenoi” (in 31 tones to the octave), in addition to new works by Yu Hng Ng and James Chan.

Bridget O’Donnell, David López Ibañez Violin
Julia Doukakis Viola
Benjamin Michaels Cello

The CHROMA Ensemble and Royal Academy of Music musicians will record my piece “Kairos II” in a filmed workshop session alongside other new compositions inspired by the medieval Book of Hours by composers Stephen Balfour, Thomas Vaughan Jones, Yu Hng Ng, Crystalla Serghiou and Bernardo Simões.

Lucy Driver Flute
Stuart King Clarinets
Max Ruisi Cello
Esther Beyer Harp
Jonathan Phillips Vibraphone
Katherine Tinker Piano

The Riot Ensemble, alongside musicians from the Royal Academy of Music, will workshop my piece “Hyphidelity” for large ensemble, inspired by underground mycorrhizal communications between trees, as well as a new work by Sun Keting.

Riot Ensemble
Aaron Holloway-Nahum Conductor

A concert of miniature works for clarinet and cello presented by Géraldine Fastré and Bruno Ispiola, featuring my piece “Miroir”.

World première of a new piece for guitar and string quartet, alongside pieces by Stephen Balfour and Edward Cowie.

Saki Kato Guitar

Bell Quartet

Fantasia for solo piano features alongside chamber works by Ellen Drewe, Iason Maroulis, Thomas Marples, Matthew Olyver and Elliot Teo.

Xiaowen Shang Piano

The culmination of the Royal Academy of Music’s Sound and Vision festival, featuring the première performance of a new song, Kalugin’s Dream, alongside music by Jared Bennett, Max Burstyn, Geoffrey King, Zhenyan Li, Lazar Liebenberg, Freddie Meyers, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Tom Waits and Henry Mancini.

Ben Knight Voice

Milana Sarukhanyan Voice/Narrator

Joseph Matthews Trumpet

Mirko Škarica Accordion

Nil Mladin Piano

Luke Bainbridge Drums

Matthew Read Bass

Watch the video here

World première of À une raison for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, alto saxophone, viola and accordion, alongside works by Xan Gill, Thomas Vaughan Jones, Zhenyan Li, Jenifer Morphet and David Nunn, and an interpretation of John Cage’s Fontana Mix.

Océane Deweirder Mezzo-soprano

Mina Middleton Alto Flute

Hannah Corcoran Alto Saxophone

Paula Mengel Viola

Lore Amenabar Larrañaga Accordion

Tom Fetherstonhaugh Conductor

Hear the recording here

World première of Aguagon for clarinet, cello and piano, alongside works by Stephen Balfour, Xan Gill, Thomas Vaughan Jones and David Nunn, inspired by a short clarinet solo written for by Stravinsky for Picasso on a telegram.

Mark Simpson Clarinet

Zoë Martlew Cello

Huw Watkins Piano

World première of Miroir for clarinet and cello.

Géraldine Fastré Clarinet

Bruno Ispiola Cello