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London Symphony Orchestra - Soundhub Showcase

April 10, 2021

Around (2021) for violin, cello, percussion and electronics

Performed by Clare Duckworth (violin), Noel Bradshaw (cello), David Jackson (percussion), conducted by Darren Bloom

Hear new works by early-career composers on Phase I of LSO Discovery’s Soundhub scheme, developed in collaboration with LSO musicians. Join us to see what Anselm McDonnell, Clare Elton, Ryan Latimer and Ruaidhri Mannion have been working on. LSO Soundhub is generously supported by Susie Thomson and The Garrick Charitable Trust.

Watch on YouTube. See the performance here.

7.00pm - 8.30pm

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P A S T   E V E N T S  

Psappha - 3x3: New Traditions

November 12, 2020

round and round and... (2020) for solo piano

Performed by Benjamin Powell

Luciano Berio’s Naturale reshapes folk music into a new tradition – a haunting, scintillating fusion of Sicilian balladry, sung by a Palermo street singer, with the classical avant-garde. There’s similar alchemy at work in Serynade, a tour de force for solo piano that explores the instrument’s sonic range while also tipping its cap to the piano’s place within concert-hall convention. The second of our three socially distanced concerts for three musicians opens with four of a kind, a quartet of shape-shifting duets for viola and piano by Betsy Jolas, and continues with a new solo piano work written just for us by young composer Clare Elton.

Livestream from Manchester, on YouTube Live. See the performance here.

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Psappha - Composing For Piano 2020 (Recording Release)

July 20, 2020

round and round and... (2020) for solo piano

Recorded by Benjamin Powell

Six brand new works for solo piano performed by Benjamin Powell that were created through Psappha’s 2019-20 Composing for Piano scheme.

See the recordings here.

London Philharmonic Orchestra Young Composers Scheme 2018/2019

July 01, 2019

Till time shall cease (2019) for a chamber orchestra

Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra

The LPO Young Composers programme offers emerging composers the opportunity to workshop a new piece with the Orchestra's musicians across a year, leading to a public performance at a London venue, showcasing the new works. The participant composers are mentored by Sir James MacMillan, the Composer Mentor, who provides expertise and guidance in a series of seminars and workshops.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre (London)

Mixture: New Music For Organ and Electronics

June 10, 2019

Unravelling (2019) for organ and electronics

Performed by Hugh Rowlands, Union Chapel

As part of Union Chapel’s Organ Education Programme we invited seven composers at postgraduate level to work with emerging organists in the creation of new works which re-imagine the organ and the space of Union Chapel. Tonight is a culmination of this series which took place over six months, with students from Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Cambridge University and Goldsmiths College.

Union Chapel, London

7:30pm

CAPITAL: MAP/making 2018

July 12, 2018

What is home? (2018) for four voices and electronics

A collaboration with Felix Scholder (Royal College of Art)

Performed by Dilara Aydin-Corbett, Beatriz Rola, Julia Koelmans and Asher Kingham

Music and graphic communication design collaboration. 

CAPITAL is this year’s collaborative project between musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and design students on the MA Graphic Media Design at the London College of Communication (LCC) at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and the MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art.

Barbican Exhibition Halls, London

7:30pm - 8:30pm

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CAPITAL: MAP/making 2018

July 11, 2018

What is home? (2018) for four voices and electronics

A collaboration with Felix Scholder (Royal College of Art)

Performed by Dilara Aydin-Corbett, Beatriz Rola, Julia Koelmans and Asher Kingham

Music and graphic communication design collaboration. 

CAPITAL is this year’s collaborative project between musicians from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and design students on the MA Graphic Media Design at the London College of Communication (LCC) at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and the MA Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art.

Barbican Exhibition Halls, London

7:30pm - 8:30pm

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Fragments and Memories

June 25, 2018

Years ago I died (2018) a chamber opera

Libretto by Edward Einhorn

Performed by Delphine Mégret (soprano), Rosalie Warner (mezzo-soprano), Heather Ryall (clarinet), Duygu Ince (violin), Peter Davis ('cello), and Clare Elton (electronics)

Performances of new and contemporary music at the Asylum Chapel, Peckham.

Year ago I died is performed alongside other works by Sylvia Lim, Rasmus Zwicki, Salvatore Sciarrino and Sofia Gubaidulina, curated by Clare Elton. 
 
Asylum Chapel, Peckham (London)

7:30pm - 9:00pm
Free admission

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Patricia Auchterlonie: Final Recital (Carne Trust Junior Fellow)

June 12, 2018

Escape (2017) for soprano and piano

Performed by Patricia Auchterlonie (soprano) and Mairi Grewar (piano)

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance

 

Royal Naval College Chapel,
2 Cutty Sark Gardens,
London,  SE10 9LW.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Free admission

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Recording broadcast on BBC Radio 3

June 11, 2018

Escape (2017) for soprano and piano

Performed by Anna Geschwend (soprano) and Clare Simmonds (piano)

Recording at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in July 2017

 

Broadcast at c. 9:35pm
BBC Radio 3

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Jingle Gawley: Masters Piano Recital

May 30, 2018

Trapped (2018) for mezzo-soprano and piano

Text by Sharena Lee Satti

Performed by Rosalie Warner (mezzo-soprano) and Jingle Gawley (piano)

Milton Court Concert Hall,

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Sandy Thompson: Masters Violin Recital

May 25, 2018

Edge (2017) for violin and piano

Performed by Sandy Thompson (violin)

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Drama

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Leeds Lieder Festival 2018

April 21, 2018

Trapped (2018) for mezzo-soprano and piano

Text by Sharena Lee Satti

Performed by Rosalie Warner (mezzo-soprano) and Jingle Gawley (piano)

Composers and Poets Forum and Showcase: New works for solo voice and piano

Recital Room, Leeds College of Music

5:00pm - 6:45pm

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LSO/Orchestral Artistry Chamber Orchestra Project 2018

March 28, 2018

Strands (2018) for chamber orchestra

Workshopped by members of the London Symphony Orchestra and students on the Guildhall Artistry program.

Silk Street Music Hall,

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

9:30am - 1:00pm

Borough New Music, Series 5: Featured Composers - Songwriters of 2018

February 20, 2018

Escape (2017) for soprano and piano

Performed by Patricia Auchterlonie (soprano) and Ben Smith (piano)

St George the Martyr,

Southwark.

1:00pm - 2:00pm

This is Rattle: Barbican Fanfares

September 24, 2017

Fanfare (2017) for trumpet and two trombones

Performed by musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Pre-concert fanfares

Barbican Foyer

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This is Rattle: Barbican Fanfares

September 21, 2017

Fanfare (2017) for trumpet and two trombones

Performed by musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Pre-concert fanfares

Barbican Foyer

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This is Rattle: Barbican Fanfares, live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune

September 14, 2017

Fanfare (2017) for trumpet and two trombones

Performed by musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama and recorded live by BBC Radio 3

Recorded on BBC Radio 3

Barbican Foyer

4:30pm - 6:30pm

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Friday Lates at the London Transport Museum: Come out to Play

July 14, 2017

Changing Stations (2017) an opera in four parts

Libretto by Lila Palmer

In collaboration with workshOPERA and writer Lila Palmer, performed by Guildhall School of Music & Drama musicians and singers

Sound Tracks

London Transport Museum

7:00pm - 10:00pm

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