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2009
Richard Barrett 50th birthday
Petr Eben 80th anniversary of birth
Philippe Leroux 50th birthday
Philippe Mazé 55th birthday
Steven Stucky 60th birthday
Richard Wernick 75th birthday
Ellen Taaffe Zwillich 70th birthday
2010
Naji Hakim 55th birthday
William Schuman 100th anniversary of birth
2011
Henri Dutilleux 95th birthday
Michael Finnissy 65th birthday
Betsy Jolas 85th birthday
George Tsontakis 60th birthday
RICHARD BARRETT is currently working on a number of large projects. Mesopotamia, for 17 instruments and electronics, will be premiered by the London Sinfonietta, which commissioned the work, in November at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, followed by a London performance at the South Bank Centre on 3 December.
IF, for large orchestra, has been commissioned by the Bavarian Radio and will be given its first performance, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johannes Kalitzke, in June 2010.
The largest of these current works-in-progress is CONSTRUCTION, an evening-length work for three vocalists, instrumental ensemble and electronics, which is being written for the ELISION ensemble. Several sections of CONSTRUCTION have already been premiered, and the next is entitled mit Tränen säen I/II for solo violin with oboe, clarinet and cello, which will be given its first performance at King's Place in London on 28 April, together with two of Barrett's solo compositions: knospend-gespaltener for clarinet in C and von hinter dem Schmerz for amplified cello.
Further upcoming performances include Nacht und Träume, written in 2008 for Arne Deforce (cello) and Yutaka Oya (piano) at the Bruges Concertgebouw on 8 April, with the composer performing the electronic part.
RECENT CD RECORDINGS
Negatives - a reissue of ELISION's 1993 recording of five chamber works, with the addition of a new recording: codex I, performed live at the 2007 Warsaw Autumn Festival - NMC
sense - electroacoustic improvisation by FURT (Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer) - Psi
The Endymion Ensemble have commissioned no fewer than twenty British composers to help celebrate their 30th anniversary. EDWARD COWIE's new work Magma Psalm for harp and wind quintet will be premiered on 3 June at King's Place in London, and recorded for commercial release shortly afterwards.
STEPHEN MONTAGUE is currently working on a commission from the London Mozart Players and Portsmouth Grammar School for a choral and orchestral work for Remembrance Day 2009, to be premiered in Portsmouth Cathedral on 8 November. He has also received a commission from Trinity College of Music Chamber Choir for an a cappella choral work to be premiered in the autumn of 2009.
From 8-13 February, Montague was the Featured Composer of the 17th Wiener Musik Tage at the Beethoven Institute, University of Vienna, Austria. 30 of his keyboard works were studied, rehearsed and performed by students in the piano faculty. The week's seminars, lectures and concerts opened with Montague/Mead Piano Plus performing Southern Lament, Haiku, Paramell Va and After Ives (Philip Mead, piano and Stephen Montague, live electronics).
On 19 February Snowscape: St Pölten with 75 strings (directed by Nic Pendlebury) and 32 dancers (choreographed by Katy Pearce) was performed as the finale of the In the Moment Festival, Trinity College of Music, at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London.
Apparitions, Montague's 2-hour late night, multimedia music theatre work for 105 performers, premiered last summer at Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland, has been nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
On 6 March Adam Swayne plays Southern Lament for solo piano at Chichester University, UK.
On Saturday 14 March at 10.30pm, the BBC Symphony Orchestra's performance of Intrada 1631, Piano Concerto and Dark Sun - August, 1945 is being broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Hear and Now programme.
Several of Montague's works are being featured at this year's Sounds New Festival in Canterbury, UK. On 24 April the Philharmonia Orchestra Brass, directed by John Wallace, perform Behold a Pale Horse, on 29 April Jane Chapman, harpsichord, will play Phrygian Tucket for harpsichord and tape, and on 2 May Sounds New/CoMA All Comers Orchestra, directed by Gregory Rose will perform Chorale for the Cauldrons of Hell.
Dark Sun - August, 1945 and Snowscape: St Pölten are being performed at the Arundel Festival on 30 August.
CD RECORDINGS TO BE RELEASED IN 2009
The Poison Tree - Stefan Loges, baritone, Iain Burnside, piano - NMC
Vlug - Jos Zaanenberg, flute - due for release Summer 2009
EDWIN ROXBURGH's work for oboe and electronics At the Still Point of the Turning World is being broadcast on BBC Radio Three on Saturday 21 February at 10.30pm as part of the Hear and Now programme of new British chamber music with electronics. It is performed by the RedArch Duo - Christopher Redgate, oboe and Paul Archbold, electronics.
As recipient of the Elgar Trust Award, Edwin is completing a work for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, scheduled for performance early in 2010. Another new work, being premiered on 5 June, is the Sonata for Violin and Piano, commissioned by David Takeno for Jennifer Pike. Jennifer will give the first performance at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
Commissioned by Erin Arts, Roxburgh wrote the Test Piece for the Barbirolli International Oboe Festival and Competition held in April this year. Study One is the first in a volume of studies for oboe by Edwin and Paul Goodey, Head of Wind and Percussion at the Royal Northern College of Music, that is due for publication in 2010. Edwin's Study will be given its European Première by Clement Noel, the winning player from the Barbirolli Competition on 20 August at the Uzerche Festival in France.
Elegy for Ur, recipient of a British Composers' Award in 2007, will be performed at the BASBWE Conference in the USA on 2 July, with Melinda Maxwell, oboe and Timothy Reynish, conductor.
Other commissions in preparation include a work for quartertone alto flute and electronics for Carla Rees, an oboe concerto for Paul Goodey, a work for oboe and piano for Christopher Redgate and a viola concerto for Hsin Yun Huang.
RECENT CD RELEASES OF EDWIN ROXBURGH'S MUSIC
Oboe Music - Redgate, Robbings, Ensemble Exposé - Metier MSV28508
Antares, Oboe Music - Goodey, Mays, RNCM Musicians - Oboe Classics CC2019
The English Clarinet - John Bradbury - Naxos 8.570539
SOON TO BE RELEASED
Clarinet Quintet - Merrick, Navarra Quartet - Naxos
Nebula 1 (Clarinet Choir) - The National Children's Wind Ensemble, Phillip Scott
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