Régis Campo: Fancy
(Lemoine) World Premiere
Kiyonori
Sokabe, trumpet; Kanako
Abe, piano
Osaka, Japan
11
January
Qigang Chen: Enchantements oubliés (Billaudot) World
Premiere
Bamberger Symphoniker; J.
Nott, director
Futh,
Germany
15
– 18 January
Benjamin
de la Fuente: Le Cri de l’Oie (Jobert) World Premiere
Valérie
Philippin, soprano; François Mulard,
baritone; Michel Hermon, bass; Rosalind Crisp,
choreography; Ensemble Ars Nova; Philippe Naon, director
Le Phénix, Valenciennes, France
15
January
Stephen
Montague: Almost a Lullaby (UMP)
Isabel Ettenauer, toy
piano
Nicossia,
Cyprus
16
January
Stephen
Montague: Almost a Lullaby (UMP)
Isabel Ettenauer, toy
piano
Limassol,
Cyprus
16
January
Ellen
Taaffe Zwilich: Saxophone
Quintet (Presser) World Premiere
Ashu,
saxophone; Chicago Chamber Musicians
Leo Rich Theatre, Tucson, Arizona, USA
16
January
Régis Campo: Fancy
(Lemoine) French Premiere
Kiyonori
Sokabe, trumpet; Kanako
Abe, piano
Maison
de la culture du Japon,
Paris, France
17
January
Karol
Beffa: “Création”
(Billaudot) World Premiere
Orchestre
National de Capitole de Toulouse; R. Capuçon, violin
Festival Présences à Toulouse, France
18
January
Krystof Maratka: Chant
G’Hai (Jobert) French
Premiere
Orchestre
National de France; Hu Chenyun,
suona; Krystian Järvi, director
Festival Présences, Halle
aux Grains, Toulouse, France
20 January
Stephen Montague: String Quartet No. 1: in memoriam
(UMP)
Smith
Quartet
WCNY-FM
"Fresh Ink 2008" series, USA
21
January
Raoul Lay: La
mort marraine (Billaudot) World Premiere
Ensemble Télémaque; J. Cordier, narrator; R. Lay, director
Théatre
du Cadran, Briançon, France
24 January
Edith Canat de Chizy:
Corazon Loco (Lemoine) Netherlands Premiere
Ensemble Vocal Sequenza 9.3; Catherine Simonpietri,
director
Teater
Chassé, Breda, Netherlands
26 January
François Paris: Handspiel 4
(Billaudot) World Premiere
Ensemble Musicatreize; R. Hayrabedian,
director
Musée
d’Art Contemporain de
Marseille, France
31 January
Philippe Leroux:
L’entourage intime
(Billaudot) World Premiere
Ensemble Musicatreize
Arsenal de Metz,
France
3 – 10 February
Philippe Hurel: D’un
trait (Lemoine) World Premiere
Concours
international de violoncelle “Note et Bien”
Boulogne-Billancourt,
France
4 February
Régis Campo: Les
cris de Marseille (Lemoine) World Premiere
Régis Campo: Trois
chansons pour Claude Lejeune (Lemoine) World Premiere
Régis Campo: Io,
Galileo (Lemoine) World Premiere
Régis Campo: Quatuor à
cordes No. 3 “Ombra Selice” (Lemoine) World
Premiere
Régis Campo: Note-Book
pour quatour à cordes (Lemoine) World
Premiere
Ensemble Clément Janequin et Dominique Visse; Quatuor Diotima
Péniche
Opéra, Paris, France
7 February
William Bolcom: Octet:
Double Quartet (Presser) World Premiere
based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by Gloria Nissenson
Guarneri
String Quartet; Johannes String Quartet
Krannert
Center, Univeristy of
Illinois, USA
8 February
Jean-Marc Singier: New
Work (Lemoine) World Premiere
Saxophone and
ensemble
2e2m
CNR,
Paris, France
8 February
Claire-Mélanie Sinnhuber:
Tintamarre
(Jobert) World Premiere
Ensemble Vortex &
Ensemble Hic et nunc
Radio Suisse Romande
Geneva, Switzerland
9 February
Lowell Liebermann: String Quartet No. 4 (Presser) World Premiere
Orion String Quartet
Canandaigua Lake
Chamber Music Festival
Temple B’rith Kodesh, Rochester, New
York, USA
and 22 February, Mannes
School of Music
9 February
Richard Wernick: Suite
No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello (Presser) World
Premiere
Gwendolyn Krosnick, cello
Oberlin College,
Oberlin, OH, USA
10 February
Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi
la nuit (Heugel)
musikFabrik
Bayer Erholungshaus, Leverkusen,
Germany
11 February
Xu Shuya:
In Nomine II (Jobert) Netherlands Premiere
Nieuw
Ensemble; Ed Spanjaard, director
Muziekgebouw,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
16 February
Gérard Pesson:
Siegfried Idyll (Treppenmusik)
(Lemoine) Italian Premiere
Accentus
Chamber Choir; Laurence Equilbey, director
Pérouse,
Italy
17 February
Lowell Liebermann: Strong Quartet No. 3 (Presser) World Premiere
Ying Quartet
Eastman School of
Music, Rochester, New York, USA
20 February
Erik Satie / Régis
Campo: Sports et Divertissements (Lemoine) World Premiere
Orchestre
symphonique de Montréal; Kent Nagano, director
Palais
des Arts, Montréal, Canada
20 February
Krystof Maratka: Luminarium (Jobert) Turkish Premiere
Abank
Chamber Orchestra; Hen Halevy, clarinet; Cem Mansur, director
Salle Philharmonique, Istanbul, Turkey
25 February
Ralph Shapey:
Piano Quintet (Presser) World Premiere
Gilbert Kalish, piano; The Juilliard Quartet
Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School, New York, USA
27 February
Chen Yi: Momentum (Presser) Canadian Premiere
Toronto Symphony
Orchestra
Toronto, Canada
and 28 February
28 February
William Bolcom:
Eighth Symphony (Presser) World Premiere
Tanglewood
Festival Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
Symphony Hall,
Boston, MA, USA
and 29 February
and 1 March
29 February
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich:
A Poem for Elliott (Presser) World Premiere
Jeffrey Mumford:
a celebration of Elliott (Presser) World
Premiere
Part of “Ten for
Carter” series, in celebration of Elliott Carter’s 100th Birthday
Network for New Music
Concert, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre, Symphony
Space, New York, USA
29 February
Edward Cowie: Don Quixote (UMP) Southern Hemisphere Premiere
Richard Hand, guitar
Concert Hall, New
Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand.
2 March
Martin Matalon:
“Création” (Billaudot) World Premiere
Mc Gill University,
Montreal, Canada
4 March
Edith Canat de Chizy:
Burning (Lemoine) World Premiere
Concours
International de Piano d’Orléans
Carré
Saint-Vincent Scène Nationale, Orléans,
France
6 March
Marc-André Dalbavie: Sonnets (Billaudot) World Premiere
Orchestre
National de Lyon; P. Jaroussky, counter-tenor; T.
Fischer, director
Lyon, France
and 8 March
6 March
Martin Matalon: La
Makina (Billaudot) World Premiere
McGill University,
Montreal, Canada
8 March
Samuel Adler: A Bridge to Understanding (Presser) World Premiere
Empire State Youth
Orchestra; Helen Cha-Pyo, conductor
Troy Savings Bank
Music Hall, Troy, New York, USA
8 March
Behzad Ranjbaran: Fountains of Fin (Presser) World Premiere
Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing,
Brooklyn, New York, USA
11 March
Jeffrey Mumford: in
soft echoes… a world awaits (Presser) World
Premiere
Emma Shook, violin; Eliesha Nelson, viola; Martha Baldwin, cello
Cleveland Institute
of Music, OH, USA
11 March
William Bolcom: Lucrezia
(Presser) World Premiere
Comic Opera, libretto
by Mark Campbell
New York Festival of
Song
Weill
Recital Hall, New York, USA
12 March
Philippe Hurel: New
work for saxophone and orchestra (Lemoine) World
Premiere
Ensemble United
Berlin; Zsolt Nagy, director
Märzmusik,
Berlinerfestpiele, Berliner Philharmonie,
Germany
12 March
Martin Matalon:
Har le tailleur de pierres (Billaudot) World
Premiere
Trio Suo Tempore
TNS
de Lyon, France
13 March
Franck Bedrossian: Manifesto (Billaudot) World Premiere
Ensemble 2e2m; P. Roullier, director
Conservatoire
National de Région de Paris, France
13 March
Chen Yi: From the Path of Beauty (Presser) World Premiere
Chanticleer, Shanghai
Quartet
San Francisco
Conservatory of Music, CA, USA
and 14, 15, 16 March
14 March
Colin Roche: Navet
Blanc Buren (Jobert) World Premiere
Trio 3D
Auditorium de l’Ecole de Musique, Colombes, France
15 March
Marc Neikrug: Quintessence:
Symphony No. 2 (Presser) World Premiere
New York Philharmonic
Orchestra; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall,
New York, USA
15 March
Olivier Messiaen: Messe
de la Pentecote (Leduc)
Naji Hakim: Le Tombeau d’Olivier Messiaen (UMP)
Naji Hakim, organ
Hofkirche,
Luzern, Switzerland
15 March
Martin Matalon:
Trame VIII (Billaudot) World Premiere
Nouvel
Ensemble Moderne; L. Vaillancourt,
director
Lyon, Musique en Scène, France
15 March
Michaël Lévinas:
Se briser (Lemoine) World Premiere
Ensemble L’Itinéraire
Festival Aspects des musiques d’aujourd’hui, Caen, France
15 March
Régis Campo: Le
printemps d’après
Saint-Saëns (Les Saisons françaises)
(Lemoine) World Premiere
Orchestre
des Musiciens de la Prée; Pejman Memarzadeh, director
Jouars,
France
16 March
Jeffrey Mumford: billowing
pockets brightly layered (Presser) World
Premiere
Darrett
Adkins, cello; Cleveland Chamber Symphony; Steven Smith, conductor
Cleveland Music
School Settlement, OH, USA
16 March
Chen Yi and Steven Stucky: Two Chinese Folk
Songs (Presser) World Premiere
Cornell University
Chorus and Glee Club; Scott Tucker, conductor
Beida
Centenary Hall, Peking Univeristy, Beijing, China
(US Premiere: 28 March, Cornell University)
17 March
William Kraft: Encounters XIII (Presser) World Premiere
Lynn Vartan, percussion; members of Southwest Chamber Music
Society
Colburn School of
Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA
25 March
Dan Welcher: Dante Dances
(Presser) World Premiere
Richard MacDowell, clarinet; UT New Music
Ensemble; Dan Welcher, conductor
Bates Recital Hall,
University of Texas at Austin, USA
27 March
Edith Canat de Chizy:
Heaven (Lemoine) World Premiere
Ensemble Soli-Tutti; Quatuor Rascher
Eglise
de la Sainte-Famille, Le Pré
Saint-Gervais, France
27
March
Stephen
Montague: Tongues of Fire (UMP) US Premiere
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
Merkin
Concert Hall, New York City, USA
29
March
Régis Campo: New
Work (Lemoine) World Premiere
Jory
Vinikour, harpsichord
Live at Mission Blue, Mission Blue Centre, Brisane, USA
3
April
Ton
That Tiet: Contemplation
(Billaudot) World Premiere
B. Pasquier, alto; Orchestre
Boulogne,
France
4
April
Chen
Yi: The Ancient Chinese Beauty (Presser) World Premiere
Michala
Petri, recorder; EOS Orchestra of the Central Conservatoire of Music
Beijing, China
4
April
Martin
Matalon: Traces VII
(Billaudot) World Premiere
D. Michel-Dansac, soprano
Le Quartz de Brest, France
5
April
Lowell
Liebermann: A Whitman Oratorio (Presser) World Premiere
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus
Boston, MA, USA
5
April
James
Primosch: Dark the Star
(Presser) World Premiere
William Sharp, baritone; 21st Century
Consort
Smithsonian Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA
8
April
Raphaël Cendo:
Refones (Billaudot) World Premiere
Les Percussions de Strasbourg
Aresnal
de Metz, France
9
April
Chen
Yi: From the Path of Beauty (Presser) New York Premiere
chanticleer; Shanghai Quartet
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
10
April
Roger
Redgate: Residue (UMP)
Jane Chapman, harpsichord
Merkin
Concert Hall, New York, USA
10
April
Alain
Louvier: Envols
d’Écailles (Leduc)
Alain
Louvier: Études
pour Agresseurs (Editions Musicales Européennes) World
Premiere
Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt,
Boulogne, France
10
April
Daniel
Asia: Why(?) Jacob (orchestral version) (Presser) World Premiere
Tucson Symphony Orchestra
Tucson, AZ, USA
and 11, 13
April
12
April
Jay
Reise: The River Within
(Presser) World Premiere
Maria Bachman, violin; Orchestra 2001
Philadelphia, USA
and 13 April,
Swarthmore, PA, USA
11
April
Stephen
Montague: Phrygian Tucket (UMP)
Elisabeth Chojnacka,
harpsichord
Bourgoin,
France
13
April
Stephen
Montague: Horn Concerto (UMP)
The Art Guys, soloists; Rob Smith, conductor
Houston, Texas, USA
13 April
Stephen Montague: Southern Lament (UMP)
Philip Mead,
piano
WCNY-FM
"Fresh Ink 2008" series, USA
13 April
Peter Schikele: Presents II for Piano (Presser) World Premiere
Laura Leon,
piano
Yamaha Piano
Salon, New York, USA
17
April
Joshua
Fineberg: Lolita (Billaudot) World Premiere
Ensemble Fa
Festival “Les Musiques”,
Marseille, France
18
April
Chen
Yi: Ode to the Earth (Presser) World Premiere
Xu
Yang, ruan; China National Symphony Orchestra
Beijing, China
23
April
Chen
Yi: From the Path of Beauty (String Quartet Version)
(Presser) World Premiere
Shanghai Quartet
Freer & Sacker Galleries, Washington, DC, USA
23
April
Roger
Redgate: Residua (UMP)
Jane Chapman, harpsichord
Hertz Concert Hall, UC
Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
25
April
Shulamit Ran:
Song and Dance (Presser) World Premiere
Marshall Taylor, saxophones; Christopher Deviney, percussion; Network for New Music
Haverford, PA, USA
and 27 April,
Ethical Society, Philadelphia, USA
27
April
George
Tsontakis: Gymnopodies (Presser) World Premiere
Network for New Music
Haverford, PA, USA
and 27 April,
Ethical Society, Philadelphia, USA
29
April
Olivier
Messiaen: L’Ascencion
(Leduc)
Naji
Hakim: Le Tombeau d’Olivier Messiaen (UMP)
Schola
quasi modo geniti; Franz Xaver Kainzbauer, conductor
International Organ Festival Dialogues Mystiques
2008 – Messiaen
Vienna, Austria
29
and 30 April
Kenneth
Fuchs: Canticle to the Sun (Presser) World Premiere
Stephen
Montague: Behold a Pale Horse (UMP)
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Connecticut, USA
1 May
Armand Ranjbaran:
Flashpoint (Presser) World Premiere
Julliard Orchestra, Jeffrey Milarsky,
conductor
Julliard School, New York City, USA
4
May
Olivier
Messiaen: Offrande
au Saint Sacrement (Leduc)
Naji
Hakim: Le Tombeau d’Olivier Messiaen (UMP)
Naji
Hakim: Glenalmond
Suite (UMP)
Naji Hakim, organ
Washington National Cathedral Centennial Organ
Recital Series
Washington, USA
4 May
Robert Maggio:
Der Haahne Greht (Seven Pennsylvania Dutch Songs) (Presser) World
Premiere
Berks County Childrens
Chorus, Jennifer Adam, conductor
Schaeffer Auditorium, Kutztown University, Kunztown, PA, USA
4 May
Stacy Garrop:
Ars Poetica (Presser) World
Premiere
Buffy Baggott, Mezzo,
Lincoln Trio
Lyon & Healy Harps concert Hall, Chicago,
Illinois, USA
8 May
Marc-Andre Dalbavie:
La source d’un regard (Billaudot) World Premiere
Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph
Eschenbach, conductor
Verizon
Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
8
May
Naji
Hakim: Sakskøbing
Præludier (Combre)
Storstroms
Kammerensemble
Sundkirken,
Nykøbing, Denmark
8
May
Chris
Dench: Tilt (UMP)
Rolf Hind, piano
The Printing House, TCD,
Dublin, Ireland
17 May
Piotr Moss: Partita (Leduc) World Premiere
Orchestre
de Picardie, Pascal Verrot,
conductor
Palais des
Rencontres, Chateau-Thierry, France
Also 18
May, Salle polyvalente, Vervins,
France
21 May, Maison de
la Culture, Amiens, France
18 May
Chen Yi: Suite from China West (Presser) World
Premiere
Metropolitan
Wind Ensemble, Lewis J. Buckley, conductor
National
Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA, USA
18 May
Stephen
Jaffe: Sonata (in
four parts) (Presser) World Premiere
Kennedy Center Chamber Players
Kennedy Center,
Washington D.C., USA
22 May
Thierry Escaich: Les nuits hallucinées (Billaudot) World Premiere
Orchestre
National de Lyon; N. Gubisch, mezzo-soprano; J. Märkl, director
Lyon, France
23 May
Ondrej Adamek: Ombre cri (Billaudot) World Premiere
Orchestre National d’Ile de France,
Ensemble Sequenza 9.3, David Guerrier,
trumpet, Jean Deroyer, conductor
Maison des
arts de Cretil, France
23 May
Martin Matalon: Nocturnes (Billaudot) World Premiere
Pierre Remondiere, horn, Eve