British Composer Awards 2012
The British Composer Awards celebrate their tenth anniversary this year. In the runup to Monday's awards ceremony, Ivan Hewett and guest critics Helen Wallace and Guy Damann choose their personal favourites from the pieces on the 2012 shortlist.
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Jonathan Harvey
The Annunciation
Performers: Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor)
- 麻豆社 Recording.
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Rebecca Saunders
Violin Concerto (extract)
Performers: Carolin Widmann (violin), 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Bringuier (conductor)
- 麻豆社 Recording.
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Harrison Birtwistle
Violin Concerto (extract)
Performers: Christian Tetzlaff (violin), 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson (conductor)
- 麻豆社 Recording.
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Julian Anderson
The Discovery of Heaven
Performers: LPO, Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)
- LPO white label.
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Raymond Yiu
Les Etoiles au Front (extract)
Performers: Chroma
- Private tapes.
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Kenneth Hesketh
Danceries, set 2: second movement (Tom Tinker's Toy)
Performers: Birmingham Symphonic Winds, Keith Allen (conductor)
- Dinmore Records.
- DRD221, Track 13.
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Ray Lee
The Ethometric Museum (extract)
Performer: Ray Lee
- Private tapes.
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Patrick Nunn
Pareidolia I (extract)
Performers: Sarah Watts (bass clarinet), Patrick Nunn (electronics)
- Private tapes.
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Matthew Herbert
One Pig (extract)
Performers: Matthew Herbert
- Accidental Records.
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Martin Suckling
Suckling Candlebird (extract)
Performers: Leigh Melrose (baritone), London Sinfonietta, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
- London Sinfonietta.
- CD1-2012.
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Nicola LeFanu
All you unhappy wives, from Dream Hunter (extract)
Performers: Caryl Hughes (mezzo-soprano), Lontano, Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)
- Private tapes.
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Matthew Shlomowitz
Popular Contexts, Vol. 3 (extract)
Performers: Nieuw Ensemble, Bas Wiegers (conductor)
- By permission, Netherlands Radio 4.
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Colin Matthews
No Man's Land (extract)
Performers: Ian Bostridge (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), City of London Sinfonia and Stephen Layton (conductor)
- 麻豆社 Recording.
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Joe Cutler
Chanticleer and the Opera Fox (extract)
Performers: Roderick Williams (baritone), Chroma
- Private tapes.
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Harrison Birtwistle
Angel Fighter
Performers: Andrew Watts (countertenor), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor), 麻豆社 Singers, London Sinfonietta, David Atherton (conductor)
- 麻豆社 Recording.
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- Sat 1 Dec 2012 23:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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