Finnissy was awarded in the Liturgical and Solo or Duo categories for John the Baptist and Beat Generation Ballads respectively.
Anderson won in the Small Chamber and Stage Works categories for String Quartet No. 2 and Thebans – taking his total BCA acknowledgements to six.
The five first-time winners included 27-year-old composer, pianist and producer Kate Whitley, this year’s youngest winner.
She took home the award for Amateur or Young Performers for her piece Alive, which premiered at Peckham multi-storey car park.
Stuart Hancock won in the Community or Educational Project category for Snapshot Songs, a piece bringing together 60 singers, 15 drummers, the London Schools of Symphony Orchestra, soloists and spoken word artists from across London.
Judges were also impressed by Yann Seznec, who won the Sonic Art award for Currents, a piece connecting discarded computer fans to real-time weather data to explore how technology shapes our environment.
Other first time winners included Trish Clowes and Sinan Savaskan.
Clowes won the Contemporary Jazz Composition category for The Fox, The Parakeet & The Chestnut – the culmination of her two years as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, which premiered at the London Jazz Festival.
Meanwhile, Savaskan’s, Many stares (through semi-nocturnal Zeiss-Blink) - Module 30, inspired by the Abstract Expressionists, won him the Large Chamber award.
World-renowned composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle was once again recognised at the BCAs, winning his seventh award for Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless, composed for piano and orchestra.
Elsewhere, James Dillon, one of the UK’s most celebrated composers, won his third British Composer Award for Stabat Mater dolorosa in the Choral category.
The awards took place on 9 December at the British Film Institute, Southbank, London.
Guy Fletcher OBE, PRS for Music chairman, added: ‘Congratulations to BASCA for bringing us another excellent British Composer Awards and for demonstrating that those who inhabit this wonderful corner of the music community are not only alive and well but continuing to deliver a fantastic range of high quality new works.
‘PRS for Music is delighted and proud to sponsor this event which has become a most important fixture in the classical music calendar. Well done to all the winners and our special thanks to BBC Radio 3 for giving them the respect and the profile they undoubtedly deserve.’
Stephen McNeff, BASCA chairman, said: ‘I am delighted that this year's British Composer Awards includes such a broad range of winners - from relative newcomers to established names. We have succeeded in increasing the number of submissions by a third and this provided a much greater pool of talent from which to judge.
‘It also bodes well for future growth and increasing inclusivity. Once again, thanks to our sponsors, PRS for Music and to our broadcast partners, BBC Radio 3 for their support and enthusiasm and for joining with us to celebrate the achievements of contemporary classical music in the UK.’
Full list of winners
Amateur or Young Performers
Alive by Kate Whitley
Choral
Stabat Mater dolorosa by James Dillon
Community or Educational Project
Snapshot Songs by Stuart Hancock
Contemporary Jazz Composition
The Fox, The Parakeet & The Chestnut by Trish Clowes
Large Chamber
Many stares (through semi-nocturnal Zeiss-Blink) - Module 30 by Sinan Savaskan
Liturgical
John the Baptist by Michael Finnissy
Orchestral
Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless by Harrison Birtwistle
Small Chamber
String Quartet No.2 by Julian Anderson
Solo or Duo
Beat Generation Ballads by Michael Finnissy
Sonic Art
Currents by Yann Seznec
Stage Works
Thebans by Julian Anderson
Wind Band or Brass Band
Muckle Flugga by Rory Boyle
Anderson won in the Small Chamber and Stage Works categories for String Quartet No. 2 and Thebans – taking his total BCA acknowledgements to six.
The five first-time winners included 27-year-old composer, pianist and producer Kate Whitley, this year’s youngest winner.
She took home the award for Amateur or Young Performers for her piece Alive, which premiered at Peckham multi-storey car park.
Stuart Hancock won in the Community or Educational Project category for Snapshot Songs, a piece bringing together 60 singers, 15 drummers, the London Schools of Symphony Orchestra, soloists and spoken word artists from across London.
Judges were also impressed by Yann Seznec, who won the Sonic Art award for Currents, a piece connecting discarded computer fans to real-time weather data to explore how technology shapes our environment.
Other first time winners included Trish Clowes and Sinan Savaskan.
Clowes won the Contemporary Jazz Composition category for The Fox, The Parakeet & The Chestnut – the culmination of her two years as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, which premiered at the London Jazz Festival.
Meanwhile, Savaskan’s, Many stares (through semi-nocturnal Zeiss-Blink) - Module 30, inspired by the Abstract Expressionists, won him the Large Chamber award.
World-renowned composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle was once again recognised at the BCAs, winning his seventh award for Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless, composed for piano and orchestra.
Elsewhere, James Dillon, one of the UK’s most celebrated composers, won his third British Composer Award for Stabat Mater dolorosa in the Choral category.
The awards took place on 9 December at the British Film Institute, Southbank, London.
Guy Fletcher OBE, PRS for Music chairman, added: ‘Congratulations to BASCA for bringing us another excellent British Composer Awards and for demonstrating that those who inhabit this wonderful corner of the music community are not only alive and well but continuing to deliver a fantastic range of high quality new works.
‘PRS for Music is delighted and proud to sponsor this event which has become a most important fixture in the classical music calendar. Well done to all the winners and our special thanks to BBC Radio 3 for giving them the respect and the profile they undoubtedly deserve.’
Stephen McNeff, BASCA chairman, said: ‘I am delighted that this year's British Composer Awards includes such a broad range of winners - from relative newcomers to established names. We have succeeded in increasing the number of submissions by a third and this provided a much greater pool of talent from which to judge.
‘It also bodes well for future growth and increasing inclusivity. Once again, thanks to our sponsors, PRS for Music and to our broadcast partners, BBC Radio 3 for their support and enthusiasm and for joining with us to celebrate the achievements of contemporary classical music in the UK.’
Full list of winners
Amateur or Young Performers
Alive by Kate Whitley
Choral
Stabat Mater dolorosa by James Dillon
Community or Educational Project
Snapshot Songs by Stuart Hancock
Contemporary Jazz Composition
The Fox, The Parakeet & The Chestnut by Trish Clowes
Large Chamber
Many stares (through semi-nocturnal Zeiss-Blink) - Module 30 by Sinan Savaskan
Liturgical
John the Baptist by Michael Finnissy
Orchestral
Responses: Sweet disorder and the carefully careless by Harrison Birtwistle
Small Chamber
String Quartet No.2 by Julian Anderson
Solo or Duo
Beat Generation Ballads by Michael Finnissy
Sonic Art
Currents by Yann Seznec
Stage Works
Thebans by Julian Anderson
Wind Band or Brass Band
Muckle Flugga by Rory Boyle
