Jackson has been nominated in both the Choral and Liturgical categories for A Choral Symphony and Cantate Domino respectively.
Three works in the shortlist were written for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad - Stephen McNeff's The Chalk Legend (Making Music category), James Redwood's Pass The Torch, An Olympic Symphony (Community or Educational Project category) and Oliver Searle's Technophonia (Community or Educational Project category).
The full nominations list for each of the 13 BCA categories is below.
BASCA said that this year more than 300 works were submitted by over 200 composers. Each category is judged by a different BASCA-appointed jury, with more than 70 music professionals involved.
The BCAs are organised annually by BASCA, in association with BBC Radio 3 and PRS for Music.
Winners will be unveiled at a ceremony at Goldsmiths' Hall on Tuesday 3 December.
2013 British Composer Awards Shortlist:
Instrumental Solo or Duo
Cirrus Light by Jonathan Harvey
Darkness Visible by George Nicholson
Gigue Machine by Harrison Birtwistle
Chamber
Chopin’s Waterloo by Benjamin Wallfisch
Fletch by Rebecca Saunders
String Quartet No. 4 by Colin Matthews
Vocal
A Pretence of Wit by Edward Nesbit
Electra Mourns by Brian Elias
Flesh and Blood by David Sawer
Choral
A Choral Symphony by Gabriel Jackson
Colloquy with God by Richard Rodney Bennett
Since it was the Day of Preparation… by James MacMillan
Wind Band or Brass Band
Diversions after Benjamin Britten: Four Centenary Tributes for Brass Band by Simon Dobson, Gavin Higgins, Paul McGhee, Lucy Pankhurst
Mysteries of the Horizon by Nigel Clarke
Symphony in Two Movements by Edward Gregson
Orchestral
Rivers to the Sea by Joseph Phibbs
Tenebrae by John Pickard
The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured by Raymond Yiu
Stage Works
Imago by Orlando Gough
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by David Bruce
Written on Skin by George Benjamin
Liturgical
Cantate Domino by Gabriel Jackson
I Saw the Lord by Matthew Martin
O Oriens by Cecilia McDowall
Sonic Art
5 Minute Oscillations of the Sun by Caroline Devine
Dart for Solo Cello, Delays and Digital Playback by Tom Williams
No Such Object (Speed of Light) by Ed Baxter and Chris Weaver
Contemporary Jazz Composition
Iris Nonet by Trish Clowes
Lifelines by John Surman
Songs to the North Sky by Tim Garland
Community or Educational Project
Elemental Songs and Dances by Richard Bullen
Pass the Torch, An Olympic Symphony by James Redwood
Technophonia by Oliver Searle
Making Music Award
Dry Stone Walls of Yorkshire by Peter McGarr
Screech by Kerry Andrew
The Chalk Legend by Stephen McNeff
International Award
Symphony Number 8 by Per Nørgård
The Importance of Being Earnest by Gerald Barry
Woven Dreams by Toshio Hosokawa
Three works in the shortlist were written for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad - Stephen McNeff's The Chalk Legend (Making Music category), James Redwood's Pass The Torch, An Olympic Symphony (Community or Educational Project category) and Oliver Searle's Technophonia (Community or Educational Project category).
The full nominations list for each of the 13 BCA categories is below.
BASCA said that this year more than 300 works were submitted by over 200 composers. Each category is judged by a different BASCA-appointed jury, with more than 70 music professionals involved.
The BCAs are organised annually by BASCA, in association with BBC Radio 3 and PRS for Music.
Winners will be unveiled at a ceremony at Goldsmiths' Hall on Tuesday 3 December.
2013 British Composer Awards Shortlist:
Instrumental Solo or Duo
Cirrus Light by Jonathan Harvey
Darkness Visible by George Nicholson
Gigue Machine by Harrison Birtwistle
Chamber
Chopin’s Waterloo by Benjamin Wallfisch
Fletch by Rebecca Saunders
String Quartet No. 4 by Colin Matthews
Vocal
A Pretence of Wit by Edward Nesbit
Electra Mourns by Brian Elias
Flesh and Blood by David Sawer
Choral
A Choral Symphony by Gabriel Jackson
Colloquy with God by Richard Rodney Bennett
Since it was the Day of Preparation… by James MacMillan
Wind Band or Brass Band
Diversions after Benjamin Britten: Four Centenary Tributes for Brass Band by Simon Dobson, Gavin Higgins, Paul McGhee, Lucy Pankhurst
Mysteries of the Horizon by Nigel Clarke
Symphony in Two Movements by Edward Gregson
Orchestral
Rivers to the Sea by Joseph Phibbs
Tenebrae by John Pickard
The London Citizen Exceedingly Injured by Raymond Yiu
Stage Works
Imago by Orlando Gough
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by David Bruce
Written on Skin by George Benjamin
Liturgical
Cantate Domino by Gabriel Jackson
I Saw the Lord by Matthew Martin
O Oriens by Cecilia McDowall
Sonic Art
5 Minute Oscillations of the Sun by Caroline Devine
Dart for Solo Cello, Delays and Digital Playback by Tom Williams
No Such Object (Speed of Light) by Ed Baxter and Chris Weaver
Contemporary Jazz Composition
Iris Nonet by Trish Clowes
Lifelines by John Surman
Songs to the North Sky by Tim Garland
Community or Educational Project
Elemental Songs and Dances by Richard Bullen
Pass the Torch, An Olympic Symphony by James Redwood
Technophonia by Oliver Searle
Making Music Award
Dry Stone Walls of Yorkshire by Peter McGarr
Screech by Kerry Andrew
The Chalk Legend by Stephen McNeff
International Award
Symphony Number 8 by Per Nørgård
The Importance of Being Earnest by Gerald Barry
Woven Dreams by Toshio Hosokawa
