New music
Continuing its support of new music, the BBC Proms presents 30 premieres including 16 world premieres and 14 European, UK or London premieres, and gives voice to recent and seldom performed works.
Published: 20 April 2017
- Tom Coult - St John’s Dance (14 July)
BBC commission: world premiere - Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Deep Time (16 July)
BBC co-commission: UK premiere - Roderick Williams - Là Ci Darem La Mano (17 July)
BBC commission: world premiere - Pascal Dusapin - Outscape (19 July)
BBC co-commission: UK premiere - Grace Evangeline Mason - New Work (22 July)
BBC commission: world premiere - Kerry Andrew - No Place Like (23 July)
BBC commission: world premiere - Laurent Durupt - Grids For Greed (24 July)
BBC commission: world premiere - Julian Anderson - Piano Concerto (26 July)
BBC co-commission: world premiere
- Mark Simpson (above) - The Immortal (27 July)
London premiere - Anders Hillborg - Sirens (28 July)
UK premiere - Sir James MacMillan - A European Requiem (30 July)
European premiere - Erkki-Sven Tüür - Flamma (3 August)
UK premiere - Francisco Coll - Mural (5 August)
London premiere - Brian Elias - Cello Concerto (9 August)
BBC commission: world premiere - Judith Weir - In the Land of Uz (12 August)
BBC commission: world premiere - Mark-Anthony Turnage - Hibiki (14 August)
European premiere - Thomas Larcher - Nocturne - Insomnia (15 August)
UK premiere - Michael Gordon - Big Space (17 August)
BBC commission: world premiere - David Lang - Sunray (17 August)
London premiere - Julia Wolfe - Big Beautiful Dark And Scary (17 August)
London premiere - Cheryl Frances-Hoad (pictured) - Chorale Prelude - Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott (20 August)
BBC commission: world premiere - Daniel Saleeb - Chorale Prelude - Erhalt Uns Herr, Bei Deinem Wort (20 August)
World premiere - Jonathan Dove - Chorale Prelude - Christ Unser Herr Zum Jordan Kam (20 August)
BBC commission: world premiere - Gerald Barry - Canada (21 August)
BBC commission: world premiere - Andrea Tarrodi - Liguria (30 August)
UK premiere - Hannah Kendall - The Spark Catchers (30 August)
BBC commission: world premiere - Missy Mazzoli - Sinfonia (For Orbiting Spheres) (5 September)
European premiere of orchestral version - Catherine Lamb - New Work (6 September)
BBC commission: world premiere - John Adams - Lola Montez Does The Spider Dance (9 September)
London premiere - Lotta Wennäkoski - Flounce (9 September)
BBC commission: world premiere
Resonate
David Sawer’s The Greatest Happiness Principal (29 July) is performed as part of PRS for Music Foundation’s Resonate scheme, which promotes British music of the last 25 years, in partnership with the Association of British Orchestras and BBC Radio 3.
