Selected UK Performances 2008

 

London

 

9 January

Edwin Roxburgh: Partita for solo cello (UMP)

James Barralet, cello

Purcell Room, London

 

10 January

André Jolivet: Mana (Jobert)

Amandine Savary, piano

Purcell Room, London

 

10 January

Edwin Roxburgh: Stardrift (UMP)

Lucy McIntyre, flute

Purcell Room, London

 

13 January

Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit (Heugel)

Elias String Quartet

Wigmore Hall, London

 

17 January

Edward Cowie: Nyphaeas (UMP) World Premiere

Four Girls Four Harps

The Warehouse, London

 

22 January

In Memoriam Petr Eben

Petr Eben: movements from Job (UMP)

Petr Eben: Laudes (UMP)

David Titterington, Susan Landale and Royal Academy Students, organs

St Marylebone Church, London

 

25 January

Qigang Chen: L’Eloignement for String Orchestra (Billaudot) UK Premiere

BBC Symphony Orchestra; Muhai Tang, conductor

Maida Vale Studio 1, London

 

31 January

Stephen Montague: Tigida Pipa (UMP)

BBC Radio 3, Classical Collection

 

1 February

Michael Finnissy: English Country Tunes (UMP)

Ian Pace, Piano

King’s College, London

 

4 February

Jaques Ibert: Trois Pièces (Heugel)

Christ’s Hospital, The Annual Bluecoat Concert; Bruce Grindlay, director

St John’s, Smith Square, London

 

7 February

Stephen Montague: Snowscape: St Pölten (UMP)

Trinity College of Music String Orchestra; Nicolas Pendlebury, conductor

Blackheath Halls, London

 

10 February

Henri Dutilleux: 3 Preludes (Leduc)

Amandine Savary, piano

Wigmore Hall, London

 

16 February

Roger Redgate: String Quartet No. 3 (UMP) World Premiere, BBC Radio 3 Commission

Arditti String Quartet

LSO St. Luke’s, London

 

17 February

Olivier Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (Leduc)

London Sinfonietta, Peter Eötvös, conductor

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

 

17 February

Georges Enesco: Rhapsodie Roumaine No. 1 (Enoch)

London Gay Symphony Orchestra; Simon Bowler, conductor

St John’s, Waterloo, London

 

19 February

Diana Burrell: Umbra (UMP) World Premiere

Olivier Messiaen: Livre d'orgue (Leduc)

Ilya Kudryavtsev, organ

Royal Academy of Music Students

St Marylebone Parish Church

Part of the South Bank Messiaen Festival: From The Canyons to The Stars

 

19 February

Stephen Montague: Wild Nights (UMP)

Trinity College of Music Contemporary Music Ensemble; Gregory Rose, conductor

London Chapel Royale, Old Royal Naval College, London

 

23 February

Concert including work by Pierre Villette

Holst Singers; Stephen Layton, conductor

St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

 

29 February

Henriette Renié: Concerto in C Minor (Leduc)

Emmanuel Ceysson, harp; Anna Petron, piano

David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London

 

5 March

Joseph Canteloube: Six Songs from Chants d’Auvergne (Heugel)

Ailish Tynan, Soprano; Iain Burnside, piano

St John’s, Smith Square, London

 

9 March

Stephen Montague: Behold a Pale Horse (UMP)

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ

Orchestra of St. Johns (J. Lubbock, cond.)

BBC Radio 3

 

10 March

Alexander Glazunov: Alto Saxophone Concerto (Leduc)

Samuel Corkin, saxophone; Kings College London Symphony Orchestra

St John’s, Smith Square, London

 

15 March

Edward Cowie: INhabitAT (UMP) World Premiere

BBC Singers; Psappha; Nicholas Kok, conductor

BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK

 

22 March

Diana Burrell: New Work World Premiere

Mobius Ensemble

Wigmore Hall, London

 

28 March

Jerome Ducros: Trio for Two Cellos and Piano (Billaudot) UK Premiere

Jermone Pernoo, Aleksei Kisaliov, cellos; Jerome Ducros, piano

St John’s, Smith Square, London

 

2 April

Henri Dutilleux: Mystère de l’Instant (revised for 18 strings) (Leduc) World Premiere

Henri Dutilleux: Diptyque – Les citations (Leduc)

Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit for string quartet (Heugel)

Olivier Messiaen: Le Merle noir (Leduc)

Nash Ensemble

Wigmore Hall, London

 

9 April

Arthur Honegger: Saluste de Bartas (Lemoine)

Lisa Milne, soprano; John Mark Ainsley, tenor; Malcolm Martineau, piano

Wigmore Hall, London

 

9 – 12 April

Stephen Montague: Paramell Va (UMP)

Music choreographed for new ballet, Breach

Ballet Black

Linbury Theatre Studios, Royal Opera House, London, UK

and 20 April, Cambridge Arts Theatre, UK

 

16 April

Michael Finnissy: Contretänze (UMP)

Michael Jarrell: Droben Schmettert (Lemoine)

London Sinfonietta; Enno Senft, double bass; Pierre-Andre Valade, conductor

Queen Elizabeth Hall

 

17 April
Stephen Montgaue:
Southern Lament (UMP)

Wakako Kamiyama, piano

Royal College of Music, London

 

24 April

Jean Michel Damase: Sonate en concert (Lemoine)

The Hilser Trio:Rachel Smith, flute; Rachel Firmager, cello; Rachel Fryer, piano

St John’s, Smith Square

 

7 May

Henri Dutilleux: Blackbird (Billaudot)

Olivier Messiaen: Petites esquisses d’oiseaux (Leduc)

Matthew Schellhorn, piano

Wigmore Hall, London

 

11 May

Francis Pott: Empyrean (UMP)

London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

St Pancras Church,  London

 

13 May

Jehan Alain: Aria (Leduc)

Jean Louis Florentz: L’Enfant Noir (Leduc)

Sarah Kim, organ

St Lawrence Jewry-Next-Guildhall, London

 

16 May

Lunchtime concert celebrating Diana Burrell’s 60th birthday, with pre-concert talk.

Diana Burrell: Come, holy Ghost, our Souls inspire (UMP)

Diana Burrell: Ave Verum Corpus (UMP)

Diana Burrell: Christo paremus Cantica (UMP)

Diana Burrell: Hymn to Wisdom (UMP)

Diana Burrell: St Pancras Canticles (UMP)

Diana Burrell: Benedicam Dominum (UMP)

Choir of St Pancras Church; Chris Batchelor, conductor

London Festival of ContemporaryChurch Music

St Pancras Church, London

 

17 May

Philippe Leroux: Voi(Rex) (Billaudot) UK Premiere

Donatienne Michel-Dansac, soprano; Sound Intermedia, live electronics; Pascal Rophé, conductor

Royal Festival Hall, London

 

20 May

Jean-Louis Florentz: La Croix du Sud (Leduc)

Thierry Escaich: Vers l’esperance (Billaudot)

Maude Gritton, organ

St Lawrence Jewry-Next-Guildhall, London

 

27 May

Marcel Dupre: Cortege et Litanie (Leduc)

Juan San Martin Guerrero, organ

St Lawrence Jewry-Next-Guildhall, London

 

1 June

Stephen Montague: Black n’ Blues

Samba Spectacular

Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

 

3 June

Olivier MessiaenL Adoro te from Livre du Sainte Sacrement (Leduc)

Arnfinn Tobiassen, organ

St Lawrence Jewry-Next-Guildhall, London

 

5 June

Olivier Messiaen: L’Ascension (Leduc)

Gary Sieling, organ

St John’s, Smith Square

 

7 June

Diana Burrell: One Man Band

Rational Rec

Spitalfields Festival

Wilton’s Music Hall, London

 

11 June

Diana Burrell: Lauds (UMP) World Premiere

James O’Donnell, James Gough, Matthew Martin, Ilia Kuduyavtsev, organs

Spitalfields Festival

Dutch Church, London

 

16 June

Olivier Messiaen: Prelude (Leduc)

Olivier Messiaen: L’Ascension (Leduc)

John Scott, organ

Chelsea Festival, Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London

 

19 June

Diana Burrell: Gold (UMP)

Guildhall New Music Ensemble; Richard Baker, conductor

Spitalfields Church, London

 

7 July

Reynaldo Hahn: Infidélité (Heugel)

Dame Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano

Wigmore Hall, London

 

3 August

Naji Hakim: Pange lingua (UMP)

Olivier Messiaen: Verset pour la Fête de la Dédicace (Leduc)

Olivier Messiaen: Prelude (Leduc)

Wayne Marshall, organ

BBC Prom 22

Royal Albert Hall, London

 

8 August

Chen Yi: Olympic Fire (Presser) World Premiere

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin, conductor

BBC Prom 29

Royal Albert Hall, London

 

28 August

Steven Stucky: Rhapsodies (Presser) World Premiere

New York Philharmonic; Lorin Maazel, conductor

BBC Prom 57

Royal Albert Hall, London

 

17 October

Stephen Montgue: Piano Concerto, Prologue, The Creatures Indoors, Snakebite, Intrada 1631 (UMP)

BBC Symphony Orchestra; Grant Llewlyn, cond.

BBC Maida Vale Studios, London

 

24 October

John Psathas: Spike

Colin Currie, percussion, Nick Hodges, piano

Wigmore Hall, London

 

15 November

Diana Burrell: Flute Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (UMP)

The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra; Geoffrey Alvarez, conductor

St John’s, Smith Square, London

 

16 November

Diana Burrell: Black. Starlight. Bright. Cinnamon. Earth (UMP)

The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra; Geoffrey Alvarez, conductor

St John’s, Smith Square, London

 

9 February 2009
Thierry Eschaich:
Lettres Mêlées (Billaudot)
Trio Wanderer
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

 

 

 

Rest of UK

 

25 January

Charles Ives: Three Page Sonata (Presser)

Philip Thomas, piano

Persistence Works, Sheffield

 

2 February

Steven Stucky: Whispers (Presser)

Kokoro; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Dorset Youth Orchestra; Canticum; Mark Forkgen, Greg Beardsell, conductors

Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset

 

9 February

Jean Françaix: L’Horloge de Flore (Transatlantiques)

Tayside Symphony Orchestra; Ron Walker, conductor

Reid Hall, Fortar, Scotland

 

10 February

Joseph Canteloube: Chants d’Auvergne (Heugel)

West Forest Sinfonia; Natalie Clifton-Griffin, soloist; Phil Ellis, conductor

St Paul’s Church, Wokingham, Berkshire

 

15 February

Henri Dutilleux: Tout un Monde lointain (Heugel)

Henri Dutilleux: Symphonie No. 2 (Heugel)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Jac Van Steen, conductor

St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales

 

8 March

Edward Cowie: Psappha Portraits (UMP) World Premiere

Psappha; Nicholas Kok, conductor

The Great Hall, Lancaster University, Lancaster

Webcast available from 31st March, 12 noon

 

8 March

Lowell Liebermann: Trio No. 1 Op. 83 (Presser)

Emanuel Ensemble

Dr. Challoner’s High School for Girls, Amersham, Buckinghamshire

 

7 March

Naji Hakim: Ouverture Libanaise (Leduc)

Paul Carr, organ

St Philip’s Cathedral, Birmingham

 

15 March

Jean Francaix: L’Horloge de Flore (Transatlantiques)

Hertfordshire Philharmonia; Anthony Weeden, conductor

St Mary’s Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

 

15 March

Stephen Montague: Thule Ultima (UMP)

New London Chamber Ensemble

Campus West Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

 

11 April

Henri Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit (Heugel)

Quatuor Diatima

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

7 May

Edward Cowie: Psappha Portraits (UMP)

Psappha; Nicholas Kok, conductor

Elvet Methodist Church, Durham

 

17 May

Olivier Messiaen: Offrande au Saint Sacrement (Leduc)

Naji Hakim: Le Tombeau d’’Olivier Messiaen (UMP)

Naji Hakim: Sakskøbing Præludier (Combre)

Naji Hakim, organ

Uppingham School Chapel, Opening recital of the Nicholson organ, Rutland

 

15 June

Stephen Montague: Chorale for the Cauldrons of Hell (UMP)

COMA, Greg Rose, conductor

Brighton Festival, Sallis Benny Theatre, Grand Parade, Brighton

 

20 June

Naji Hakim: Ouverture Libanaise (Leduc)

Paul Carr, organ

Truro Cathedral, Cornwall

 

22 June

Richard Barrett: Adrift (UMP)

Sarah Nicolls, piano

Brighton Festival, Pavillion Theatre, New Road, Brighton

 

25 June

Stephen Montague: Strummin’ (UMP)

Mary Dullea & Julia Bardsley, piano and visuals

Corsham Festival, The Pound, Pound Pill, Corsham, Wiltshire

 

2 July

Olivier Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecote (Leduc)

Naji Hakim: Le Tombeau d’Olivier Messiaen (UMP)

Naju Hakim, organ

Derby Cathedral, Derby

 

3 August

Naji Hakim: Ouverture Libanaise (Leduc)

Paul Carr, organ

Wordsley Parish Church, West Midlands

 

9 August

Olivier Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte (Leduc)

Naji Hakim: Le Tombeau d’Olivier Messiaen (UMP)

Naji Hakim, organ

Edinburgh International Festival

St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland

 

11 August

Olivier Messiaen: Dieu Parmi Nous (from La Nativité du Seigneur) (Leduc)

Olivier Messiaen: Offrande au Saint-Sacrement (Leduc)

Naji Hakim: Sakskøbing Præludier (Combre)

Naji Hakim: Glenalmond Suite (UMP)

Naji Hakim, organ

Edinburgh International Festival

St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

 

 

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