Ivors Classical Awards
Kate Molleson and Tom Service present this year's Ivors Classical Awards celebrating achievements in contemporary classical composition.
Kate Molleson and Tom Service present this year's Ivors Classical Awards, recorded on Tuesday 12th November at BFI Southbank.
The Ivors Classical Awards is one of the highlight's of the UK's contemporary music scene. It's also a great chance to catch up on what's in the air across the spectrum of new music with a wide range of categories from chamber, orchestral, choral and stage music to community projects and sound art.
On the shortlist of 36 composers there are works which reflect a variety of important and topical themes: Julian Anderson鈥檚 ECHOES 鈥� commissioned for Classical Pride 鈥� and Philip Venables鈥� music theatre piece The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions both focus on sexuality and queer communities, whilst Joanna Marsh鈥檚 Batter My Heart, Oliver Leith鈥檚 Hallelujah Amen and Cassandra Miller鈥檚 The City, Full of People focus on religion and spirituality. Some of the nominated works use music as a form of activism and to raise awareness of important topics, including Hannah Conway鈥檚 FLY/WORK/GROW which highlights the devastating impact of temporary accommodation and homelessness has on child health and development. Nature and climate change is also a regular theme within contemporary classical music and sound art. Nominated works with this theme include Christian Mason鈥檚 environmental cantata The Singing Tree, Gavin Higgins鈥� Horn Concerto 鈥� which celebrates his relationship with forests and love of woodlands 鈥� and Tiding II (silentium) by Lisa Illean which focuses on the ocean. Other works inspired by the ocean and water are Benjamin Tassie鈥檚 A Ladder is Not the Only Kind of Time, Dan Jones鈥檚 Each Tiny Drop and Duncan MacLeod鈥檚 Orasaigh.
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Brian Irvine
A Children's Guide to Anarchy (An Easterhouse Children's Manifesto)
Ensemble: Red Note Ensemble. Choir: Oakwood Primary School Pupils. -
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Rebecca Saunders
The Mouth
Performer: Newton Armstrong. Singer: Juliet Fraser. -
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Dan Jones
Each Tiny Drop
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Joanna Marsh
Batter My Heart
Conductor: Nicholas Shaw. Choir: The Choir of Lincoln's Inn. -
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Cassandra Miller
The City, Full of People
Conductor: Paul Hillier. Choir: Chamber Choir of Ireland. -
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Richard Blackford
Songs of Nadia Anjuman
Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia.- NIMBUS.
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Hilda Paredes
The Hearing Trumpet
Conductor: Aaron Holloway-Nahum. Ensemble: Riot Ensemble. -
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Laurence Osborn
TOMB!
Ensemble: 2 Ensemble. Ensemble: GBSR Duo. -
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Jonathan Dove
Itch
Performer: Canadian Opera Company Chorus. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. -
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Philip Venables
The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions
Ensemble: Ensemble cast at HOME Theatre. -
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Bushra El-Turk
Woman at Point Zero
Performer: Dima Orsho. Performer: Carla Nahadi Babelegoto. Ensemble: ensemble ZAR. -
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Ryan Latimer
Pound of Cure
Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. -
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Christian Mason
The Singing Tree
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Ensemble: Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart. Ensemble: Finchley Childrens Music Group. -
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Rufus Isabel Elliot
the stones in the river by our camp in the forest / the space on the ground wher
Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Maayan Franco. -
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Edward Gregson
Viola Concerto 'Three Goddesses'
Performer: Rachel Roberts. Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass. -
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Matthew Herbert
The Horse
Performer: Matthew Herbert. Performer: Momoko Gill. Performer: Hugh Jones. Performer: Eoin McCaul. Performer: Gracel Delos. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.- MODERN RECORDINGS BMG.
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Julian Anderson
ECHOES
Performer: Dav贸ne Tines. Conductor: Oliver Zeffman. Choir: LGBTQ+ Community Choir. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. -
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Cassandra Miller
I Cannot Love Without Trembling
Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds. -
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Brett Dean
In spe contra spem
Performer: Emma Bell. Performer: Elsa Dreisig. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
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Gavin Higgins
Concerto for horn and orchestra; III [EXTRACT]
Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. -
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Errollyn Wallen
Brukdown
Ensemble: Bone-afide.- DOYEN.
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Archie John
Canticle in the Fish's Belly
Performer: Anna Kwiatkowska. Performer: Miko艂aj Pa艂osz. Performer: Adam Kosmieia. -
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Gavin Bryars
Quintet for harpsichord and String Quartet
Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Ensemble: Viano Quartet. -
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Stuart MacRae
Draw the Veil
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Lisa Robertson
Is It Too Soon To Start Talking About All This?
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Mika Pelo
Broken
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Ben Lunn
Viva!
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Yehuda Yannav
Piece for a Pianist Pondering the Pandemic
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Rylan Gleave
The Void Above
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Elaine Mitchener
Herein the News
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Frances鈥怣arie Uitti
Uitti Mashup
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Matthew King
When Birds Do Sing
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Sadie Harrison
Barkarolle
Performer: Rolf Hind. -
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Greg May
Tree
Performer: Rolf Hind.
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