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Composers sebastian currier Fifteen Minutes (première) – 27 Notes of premières of new works run from three months October Berlin, Philharmonie, 25 Jahre before to three months following publication of this issue, Kammermusiksaal / Berlin PO. i.e. from 1 October to 31 March 2013. There is therefore brett dean The Annunciation (première) – 22 a three-month overlap between issues, and omissions December Leipzig, Thomaskirche / Thomaner, and late news for the three ‘following’ months of the cur- Gewandhausorchester c. Georg Christoph Biller. rent issue will be picked up in the three ‘prior’ months of the next one. News of more distant forthcoming peter eötvös The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies premières is given more briefly; full details will be (première) – 15 October Pamplona, Auditorio found in subsequent issues. Baluarte / Euskadiko Orkestra (Basque National Orchestra) c. Andrés Orozco-Estrada. michael van der aa has won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for his multimedia work Up-Close. detlev glanert Encore en Ut (première) – 4 November Bern, Kulturcasino / Camerata Bern john adams The Gospel According to the Other Mary c. Antie Weithaas. Lied (première) – 7 November (stage première) – 7MarchLos Angeles, Disney Basel, Maison 44 / Eugenija Kupryte. Concert Hall / dir. Peter Sellars, Kelley O’Connor (mezzo), Tamara Mumford (contralto), Russell osvaldo golijov Violin Concerto (première) – 16 Thomas (ten), Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley January Philadelphia, PA, Verizon Hall / Leonidas (counter-tens), Los Angeles Philharmonic & Master Kavakos (vln), Philadelphia Orchestra c. Yannick Chorale c. Gustavo Dudamel; (UK première) – 16 Nézet-Séguin. March London, Barbican / same artists. michael zev gordon Decasia, cross-arts collabor- malcolm arnold (d. 2006) The Dancing Master, ation with Bill Morrison (première) – 14 October comic opera (première) – 21 October London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Ether Northampton, Royal and Derrincourt / soli, Festival / Aurora Orchestra c. Nicholas Collon. chorus, Ealing Symphony Orchestra c. John helen grime Oboe Quartet (UK première) – 19 Gibbons. February London, Wigmore Hall / Nicholas lera auerbach String Quartet No. 6 Farewell Daniel (ob). (première) – 30 November Madrid / Tokyo hk gruber Into the open ... (première) – 28 String Quartet. Faust, ballet (première) – 8 February Bergen, Grieghallen / Martin December Nuremberg / choreographer Goyo Grubinger (percussion), Bergen Philharmonic Montero, c. Philipp Pointer. Orchestra c. composer. benjamin britten (d. 1976) Two Psalms (première) – hans werner henze (d. 2012) Ouverture zu einem 1 December Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre / Oxford Theater (première) – 20 October Berlin, Deutsche Bach Choir, English Chamber Orchestra c. Nicholas Oper / Deutsch Oper Berlin c. Donald Runnicles. Cleobury. york höller Cello Concerto (première) – 25 elliott carter (d. 2012) Instances (première) – 7 January Hamburg, Rolf-Liebermann-Studio / February Seattle, Benarova Hall / Seattle Adrian Brendel (vlc), NDR Sinfonieorchester Symphony c. Ludovic Morlot. c. Bradley Lubman. friedrich cerha Skizzen for orchestra (première) – robin holloway orchestration of debussy C’est 6 October Grafenegg / Tonkünstler-Orchester l’extase (première) – 10 January San Francisco, Niederösterreich c. Andrés Orozco-Estrada. CA, Davies Symphony Hall / Renée Fleming edward cowie Water Music, two pieces for solo (sop), San Francisco Symphony c. Michael Tilson piano (première) – 21 March London, Menier Thomas. Peer Gynt – Ocean’s Voyage (première) – Gallery / Peter Hill (pno). Cowie is working on 17 January same venue / San Francisco a commission from The Spitfire Choir. Symphony c. Michael Tilson Thomas.

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david horne Virtuosic Instruments (première) – 14 wolfgang rihm Sextet for clarinet, horn and November Liverpool Hope Cornerstone / Royal string quartet (première) – 26 October Bad Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra c. Clark Rundell. Reichenhall, Königliches Kurhaus / Quatuor Danel. tod machover A Toronto Symphony (première) – 9 March Toronto, Roy Thomson Hall / Toronto christopher rouse Heimdall’s Trumpet (première) Symphony Orchestra c. Peter Oundian. – 20 December Chicago, IL, Orchestra Hall at steven mackey One Red Rose (première) – 12 Symphony Center / Christopher Martin (tpt), February New York, Carnegie Hall / Brentano Chicago SO c. Jaap van Zweden. String Quartet. kaija saariaho Frises (première) – 2 October james macmillan Cecilia Virgo (première) – 24 Istanbul / Richard Schmoucler (vln), Jean-Baptiste November Barrière (electronics). D’om le vrai sens (première) Royal Holloway, University of – 31 October London / Choir of Royal Holloway c. Rupert Santiago de Compostela / Orquesta Gough. Real Filarmonia de Galicia. peter maxwell davies ’ david sawer Flesh and Blood for mezzo-soprano, Fanfare: Her Majesty s – 15 February Welcome to Guildhall (première) – 5 December baritone and orchestra (première) London, Barbican, United Queen’s Medal for London, Barbican / Christine Rice (mezzo), Music Gala Concert / London Symphony Marcus Farnsworth (bar), BBC Symphony Orchestra c. Colin Davis. Orchestra c. Ilan Volkov. nico muhly – 2 October thomas daniel schlee Rufe zu mir for organ and My Days (première) – 23 February London, Wigmore Hall / Hilliard Ensemble and orchestra (première) Vienna, Fretwork. Tvisongur (première) – 16 October Los Musikver / composer (organ), Leipzig Angeles, CA / Los Angeles Philharmonic New Gewandhausorchester c. Riccardo Chailly. Music Group c. John Adams. Double Standard frank schwemmer Die Schatzinsel (première) – 17 (première) – 11 November Eindhoven, November Zürich, Opernhaus / dir. Nadia Netherlands / Colin Currie (perc) and winner of Loschky, c. Thomas Rösner. Tromp Competition, Britten Sinfonia. You Can’t Get There From Here (première) – 12 November salvatore sciarrino Perturbazione nel settore Boston, Symphony Hall, Terezin Music trombe (première) – 6 October Cottbus / Foundation / Simone Dinnestein (pno). Drones, Christoph Walder (hn), Philharmonisches Variations, Ornaments (UK première) – 18 Orchester Cottbus c. Evan Christ November Huddersfield, Bates Mill (Huddersfield bright sheng The Blazing Mirage (première) – 26 Contemporary Music Festival) / Crash Ensemble. October – 29 November Hong Kong, New Vision Arts Festival / Far Away Songs (première) Trey Lee (vlc), Munich Chamber Orchestra New York, Alice Tully Hall / The Juilliard School c. Alexander Liebrich. of Music c. Jennifer Zetland. howard skempton – tarik o’regan Winter: My Secret (première) Suite from Heart of Darkness for 13 October Wilmslow, Parish Church / Lynne narrator and chamber ensemble (première) – 22 November Dawson (sop), John Turner (recorder) with cello Croydon, Whitgift School / Whitgift & harpsichord. Winter Poem (première) – 8 Chamber Orchestra c. Philip Winter. Now Fatal December – 28 December Cambridge, Clare Hall / Sally Change (première) New York, Bradshaw (mezzo-sop). Trinity, Wall Street / Ryland Angel (counter-ten), Lara St John (vln). Night City (première) – 2 bent sørensen Serenidad (première) – 3 February Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY / November Amsterdam, Concertgebouw /Martin Vassar College Choir and Women’s Chorus. Fröst (cl), Netherlands Radio PO c. Michael Schønwandt. einojuhani rautavaara Virsi (première) – 2 November Helsinki, Cathedral / Cantores Minores. tan dun Atonal Rock n’ Roll: Of Youth (première) – 21 October Beijing, China. martin christoph redel Aparinetto (première) – 11 November Gütersloh, Theater / John Corbett augusta read thomas Harvest Drum (première) – (cl), Simone Seller (hp). 1 December Beijing, China / Symphony Orchestra of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. steve reich Radio Rewrite (première) – 5 March London, Southbank Centre / Sound Intermedia, manfred trojahn contrevenir for ensemble London Sinfonietta c. Brad Lubman. (première); Drei Lieder von Claude Debussy

(German première) – 2 December Frankfurt, Alte dmitri yanov-yanovsky Sacred Signs, Concerto Oper / Mojca Erdmann (sop), Ensemble Modern for 13 Musicians (première) – 18 October Stevens c. Michael Boder. Point, WI / Silk Road Ensemble dir. Yo-Yo Ma. mark-anthony turnage Cello Concerto (UK première) – 7 February Liverpool, Philharmonic Books Received Hall / Paul Watkins (vlc), Royal Liverpool (A listing in this column does not preclude a review in a Philharmonic Orchestra c. Vasily Petrenko. future edition of Tempo) Speranza (première) – 7 February London, Barbican / London Symphony Orchestra Natural History of the Piano by Stuart Isacoff. c. Daniel Harding. Souvenir Press, £20.00 kevin volans Looping Point (première) – 2 Avant Garde – An American Odyssey by Robin November Dublin / Crash Ensemble. Maconie. Rowman and Littlefield, £44.95 yukiko watanabe ver flies sen for violin, cello and Music and Soviet Power by Marina Frolova-Walker. piano (première) – 10 October Vienna, Boydell Press, £60.00 Radiokulturhaus / David Frühwirth (vln), Dance of Polar Opposites by Jonathan Walker and Friedrich Kleinhappl (vlc), Anika Vavic (pno). George Rochberg. Boydell Press, £50.00 huw watkins – 16 Britten Short (première) Word Events – Perspectives on Verbal Notation edited October Stratford-upon-Avon, Civic Hall / by Jeremy Gill. Continuum/MacMillan, £22.99 Orchestra of the Swan c. David Curtis. Toccata for organ (première) – 21 October Paris, Imperishable Heritage – British Choral Music from Saint-Sulpice / composer. Parry to Dyson by Stephen Town. Ashgate, £70.00 julia wolfe rISE and fLY, concerto for percussion The Music of David Lumsdaine by Michael Hooper. (première) – 11 October London, Queen Ashgate, £55.00 Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Ether Festival / Colin Henry Cowell – a Man Made of Music by Joel Sachs. Currie (perc), BBC Concert Orchestra c. Keith Oxford, $45.00 Lockhart.