New Music

Julian Anderson: Harmony (BBC commission)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
12 July, First Night of the Proms

David Matthews: A Vision of the Sea (BBC commission)
BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena
16 July

Thomas Adès: Totentanz
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Adès
17 July

John McCabe: Joybox (BBC commission)
BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena
25 July

Naresh Sohal: The Cosmic Dance (BBC commission)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Peter Oundjian
2 August

Diana Burrell: Blaze (BBC commission)
tenThing
PCM 5 August

Edward Cowie: Earth Music 1 – The Great Barrier Reef (BBC commission)
BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea Noseda
5 August

Priaulx Rainier: Movement for strings
Camerata Ireland/Barry Douglas
PSM 10 August

Vaughan Williams, orch. Anthony Payne: Four Last Songs (BBC commission)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä
4 September

Anna Clyne: Masquerade (BBC commission)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop
7 September, Last Night of the Proms

The 70th birthdays of two leading British composers are celebrated with world premieres of BBC commissions: Edward Cowie (5 August) and David Matthews (16 July).

Mark-Anthony Turnage: Frieze (BBC co-commission with the Royal Philharmonic Society and the New York Philharmonic)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain/Vasily Petrenko
11 August

Nishat Khan: The Gate of the Moon (Sitar Concerto No. 1) (BBC commission)
Nishat Khan (sitar) BBC National Orchestra of Wales/David Atherton
12 August

Frederic Rzewski: Piano Concerto (BBC commission)
Frederic Rzewski (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov
Late 19 August

Param Vir: Cave of Luminous Mind (BBC commission)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
21 August

Tansy Davies & John Woolrich: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme (Sellinger’s Round) (BBC commission)
English Chamber Orchestra/Paul Watkins
PSM 24 August

Charlotte Seither: Language of Leaving (BBC commission)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Josep Pons
28 August

Benjamin Britten: Elegy for strings
Camerata Nordica/Terje Tønnesen
PSM 31 August

European, UK and London premieres

Helmut Lachenmann: Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied (UK premiere)
Arditti Quartet Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jonathan Nott
15 July

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mittwoch aus ‘Licht’ – Welt-Parlament (London premiere)
Ex Cathedra/Jeffrey Skidmore
Late 19 July

Sean Shepherd: Magiya (BBC co-commission with Carnegie Hall: European premiere) National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America/Valery Gergiev
21 July

Colin Matthews: Turning Point (UK premiere)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thomas Søndergård
29 July

Philip Glass: Symphony No. 10 (UK premiere)
Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon
Late 31 July

Sir Harrison Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem (BBC co-commission with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble: UK premiere)
BBC Singers, Nash Ensemble/Nicholas Kok
PCM 12 August

Sofi a Gubaidulina: The Rider on the White Horse (UK premiere)
London Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev
13 August

Matthias Pintscher: Chute d’étoiles (London premiere)
Tine Thing Helseth, Marco Blaauw (trumpets) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Matthias Pintscher
18 August

Gerald Barry: No other people. (UK premiere)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov
Late 19 August

Django Bates: The Study of Touch (UK premiere)
Django Bates, Belovèd, Norrbotten Big Band
Late 28 August

Peter Eötvös: DoReMi (BBC co-commission with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus: UK premiere)
Midori (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Esa-Pekka Salonen
29 August

George Lloyd: Requiem (London premiere)
Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor) Greg Morris (organ) BBC Singers/David Hill
Late 3 September

George Lloyd: HMS Trinidad March (UK premiere of this version)
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop
7 September, Last Night of the Proms