The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) has unveiled the shortlist for the 2012 British Composer Awards.
UK composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle leads the nominations with works listed in both the Vocal and Orchestral categories.
Birtwistle was previously nominated in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009 - in 2005, both The Ring of the Nazarene (Choral) and Night’s Black Bird (Orchestral) won in the Choral and Orchestral categories respectively.
A total of 39 works have been included in this year’s shortlist – winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Goldsmiths’ Hall on 3 December.
Guy Fletcher, Chairman of PRS for Music, said: ‘The nominees for this year’s British Composer Awards underpin the wealth and breadth of contemporary classical and jazz talent we have in the UK.
‘In a year that our music has shone brightly on the world stage we have much to celebrate and I’m proud that PRS for Music will again sponsor these prestigious awards, recognising outstanding talent.’
Matthew Herbert, Timothy Salter and Ray Lee have all received nominations for the first time in this year’s awards.
On Wednesday 5 December, two days after the awards ceremony, BASCA will present a concert at the Southbank Centre as a way of celebrating the tenth anniversary of the awards.
The concert will feature the performance of 11 choral and chamber works that have won British Composer Awards in the past 10 years.
The full list of nominees for the 2012 British Composer Awards is below:
Instrumental Solo or Duo
Rory Boyle - Burble
Christian Mason - Learning Self-Modulation
Timothy Salter - Three Intermezzi
Chamber
Thomas Adès - The Four Quarters
Ian Gardiner - Spinning and Weaving
Raymond Yiu - Les Etoiles au Front
Vocal
Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Angel Fighter
Joe Cutler Chanticleer and the Opera - Fox
Colin Matthews - No Man’s Land
Choral
John Casken - The Knight’s Stone
Jonathan Dove - Two Sonnets
Gabriel Jackson - Airplane Cantata
Wind Band or Brass Band
Simon Dobson - A Symphony of Colours
Kenneth Hesketh - Danceries (Set II)
Andy Scott - Spirit of Mingus
Orchestral
Julian Anderson - The Discovery of Heaven
Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Rebecca Saunders - Still
Stage Works
Gavin Higgins - What Wild Ecstasy
James MacMillan - Clemency
Jocelyn Pook - DESH
Liturgical
Francis Grier - Missa Brevis
Jonathan Harvey - The Annunciation
Cecilia McDowall - The Lord is Good
Sonic Art
Matthew Herbert - One Pig
Ray Lee - The Ethometric Museum
Patrick Nunn - Pareidolia I
Contemporary Jazz
Laura Jurd - Giant’s Causeway
Composition
Alex Roth - The Charm of Impossibilities
Christine Tobin - Sailing to Byzantium
Community or Educational
Kerry Andrew - A Lock Is A Gate
Project
John Barber - We Are Shadows
Paul Rissmann - The Chimpanzees of Happytown
Making Music Award
Emily Howard - Mesmerism for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hussey - Dreamtide
Matthew Taylor - Storr
International Award
Brett Dean - Fire Music
Thomas Larcher - Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Kaija Saariaho - Leino Songs
UK composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle leads the nominations with works listed in both the Vocal and Orchestral categories.
Birtwistle was previously nominated in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009 - in 2005, both The Ring of the Nazarene (Choral) and Night’s Black Bird (Orchestral) won in the Choral and Orchestral categories respectively.
A total of 39 works have been included in this year’s shortlist – winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Goldsmiths’ Hall on 3 December.
Guy Fletcher, Chairman of PRS for Music, said: ‘The nominees for this year’s British Composer Awards underpin the wealth and breadth of contemporary classical and jazz talent we have in the UK.
‘In a year that our music has shone brightly on the world stage we have much to celebrate and I’m proud that PRS for Music will again sponsor these prestigious awards, recognising outstanding talent.’
Matthew Herbert, Timothy Salter and Ray Lee have all received nominations for the first time in this year’s awards.
On Wednesday 5 December, two days after the awards ceremony, BASCA will present a concert at the Southbank Centre as a way of celebrating the tenth anniversary of the awards.
The concert will feature the performance of 11 choral and chamber works that have won British Composer Awards in the past 10 years.
The full list of nominees for the 2012 British Composer Awards is below:
Instrumental Solo or Duo
Rory Boyle - Burble
Christian Mason - Learning Self-Modulation
Timothy Salter - Three Intermezzi
Chamber
Thomas Adès - The Four Quarters
Ian Gardiner - Spinning and Weaving
Raymond Yiu - Les Etoiles au Front
Vocal
Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Angel Fighter
Joe Cutler Chanticleer and the Opera - Fox
Colin Matthews - No Man’s Land
Choral
John Casken - The Knight’s Stone
Jonathan Dove - Two Sonnets
Gabriel Jackson - Airplane Cantata
Wind Band or Brass Band
Simon Dobson - A Symphony of Colours
Kenneth Hesketh - Danceries (Set II)
Andy Scott - Spirit of Mingus
Orchestral
Julian Anderson - The Discovery of Heaven
Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Rebecca Saunders - Still
Stage Works
Gavin Higgins - What Wild Ecstasy
James MacMillan - Clemency
Jocelyn Pook - DESH
Liturgical
Francis Grier - Missa Brevis
Jonathan Harvey - The Annunciation
Cecilia McDowall - The Lord is Good
Sonic Art
Matthew Herbert - One Pig
Ray Lee - The Ethometric Museum
Patrick Nunn - Pareidolia I
Contemporary Jazz
Laura Jurd - Giant’s Causeway
Composition
Alex Roth - The Charm of Impossibilities
Christine Tobin - Sailing to Byzantium
Community or Educational
Kerry Andrew - A Lock Is A Gate
Project
John Barber - We Are Shadows
Paul Rissmann - The Chimpanzees of Happytown
Making Music Award
Emily Howard - Mesmerism for Piano and Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Hussey - Dreamtide
Matthew Taylor - Storr
International Award
Brett Dean - Fire Music
Thomas Larcher - Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Kaija Saariaho - Leino Songs
