New Music

World premieres

John Tavener - Gnosis (BBC commission)

• BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jiří Bělohlávek (23 July)

Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe - A Man from the Future

• BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers and Pet Shop Boys/Dominic Wheeler (23 July)

Barrie Bignold - Around Sound (BBC commission)

• BBC Philharmonic/Stephen Bell (26 & 27 July)

Simon Holt - Morpheus Wakes (BBC commission)

• Emmanuel Pahud flute
• BBC National Chorus, Youth Choir and Orchestra of Wales/Thierry Fischer (27 July)

Jonathan Dove - Gaia (BBC commission)

• BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Josep Pons (28 July)

Gabriel Prokofiev - Violin Concerto (BBC commission)

• Daniel Hope violin
• Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra/Sascha Geotzel (29 July)

Adrian Sutton - Peace Anthem (BBC commission)

• BBC Concert Orchestra/David Charles Abell (3 August)

John Tavener - Requiem Fragments (BBC commission)

• Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips (4 August)

Benedict Mason - Meld (BBC commission)

• Aurora Orchestra and Chantage/Nicholas Collon (16 August)

Judith Weir - Day Break Shadows Flee (BBC commission)

• Benjamin Grosvenor piano (PCM, 1 September)

Gavin Higgins - Velocity (BBC commission)

• BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (Last Night, 13 September)

Malcolm Arnold - Overture ‘Peterloo’ (new choral version with lyrics by Sir Tim Rice)

• BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (Last Night, 13 September)

European, UK and London premieres

Qigang Chen - Joie éternelle (BBC co-commission: UK premiere)

• Alison Balsom trumpet
• China Philharmonic Orchestra/Long Yu (19 July)

Roxanna Panufnik - Three Paths to Peace (European premiere)

• World Orchestra of Peace/Valery Gergiev (20 July)

David Horne - Daedalus in Flight (London premiere)

• BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena (25 July)

Sally Beamish - Violin Concerto (London premiere)

• Anthony Marwood violin
• BBC Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins (1 August)

John McLeod - The Sun Dances (London premiere)

• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles (3 August)

William Mathias - Violin Concerto (London premiere)

• Matthew Trusler violin
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Mark Wigglesworth (6 August)

Luca Francesconi Duende - The Dark Notes (BBC co-commission: UK premiere)

• Leila Josefowicz violin
• BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (7 August) 

Helen Grime - Near Midnight (London premiere)

• Hallé/Sir Mark Elder (9 August) 

Bernard Rands - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (UK premiere)

• Jonathan Biss piano
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Markus Stenz (15 August)

Kareem Roustom - Ramal (UK premiere)

• West–Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (20 August)

Ayal Adler - Resonating Sounds (UK premiere)

• West–Eastern Divan Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim (20 August)

Haukur Tómasson - Magma (UK premiere)

• Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (22 August) 

Szymanowski - Songs for a Fairy Princess (UK premiere of Oramo orchestrations)

• Anu Komsi soprano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (23 August)

Jukka Tiensuu - Voice verser (UK premiere)

• Anu Komsi soprano
• BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo (23 August)

Bill Whelan - Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite (UK premiere)

• Ulster Orchestra/Jac van Steen (25 August) 

Zhou Long - Postures (European premiere)

• Andreas Haefliger piano
• Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Lan Shui (2 September)

John Adams - Saxophone Concerto (UK premiere)

• Timothy McAllister alto saxophone
• BBC Symphony Orchestra/Marin Alsop (4 September)  

Jörg Widmann - Flûte en suite (UK premiere)

• Joshua Smith flute
• Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst (7 September)

Behzad Ranjbaran Seemorgh - The Sunrise (European premiere)

• Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra/Han-Na Chang (7 September)

Jörg Widmann - Teufel Amor (UK premiere)

• Cleveland Orchestra/Franz Welser-Möst (8 September)

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Concert Overture: ‘Ebb of Winter’ (London premiere)

• Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Ben Gernon (8 September)

Dave Brubeck (arr. Chris Brubeck) - Blue Rondo à la Turk (UK premiere)

• BBC Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart (9 September)

Chris Brubeck - Travels in Time for Three (UK premiere)

• Time for Three
• BBC Concert Orchestra/Keith Lockhart (9 September)