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Composers judith bingham Fanfare ‘Ziggurat’ (première) – 28 July London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / Brass Day. Notes of premières of new works run from three months before to three months following publication of this issue, harrison birtwistle Cortége (première) – 11 June i.e. from 1 April to 30 September. There is therefore a London, Royal Festival Hall / LPO & Chorus c. three-month overlap between issues, and omissions and Vladimir Jurowski. late news for the three ‘following’ months of the current pierre boulez issue will be picked up in the three ‘prior’ months of the Dérive 2 (UK première of revised next one. News of more distant forthcoming premières is version) – 31 July London, Royal Albert Hall Proms given more brieﬂ y; full details will be found in subsequent / London Sinfonietta c. Susanna Mälkki. issues. elliott carter Three Illusions (UK première) – 7 September London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / john adams On the Transmigration of Souls (German Boston Symphony Orchestra c. James Levine. première) – 22 May Berlin, Philharmonie / Staats- edward cowie Spellchecks (première) – 5 May und Domchor Berlin, Berlin Radio Chorus, Beccles, Suffolk / Richard Han (gtr), Jennifer Stinton Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester c. Yutaka Sado. (fl). Doctor Atomic (European première) – 10 June Amsterdam / Netherland Opera dir. Peter Sellars, tansy davies Kingpin (première) – 20 April Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra c. Lawrence Southampton / City of London Sinfonia c. Douglas Renes. Doctor Atomic Symphony (première) – Boyd. 21 August London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / BBC brett dean Symphony Orchestra c. composer. Komarov’s Fall (Australian première) – 2 May Sydney, Opera House / Sydney Symphony thomas adès Violin Concerto (première) Orchestra c. Hugh Wolff. Moments of Bliss (European – 4 April Helsinki / Pekka Kuusisto (vln), Finnish première) – 20 May Cologne, Philharmonie / Radio SO c. Juka-Pekka Saraste. Three Studies from Gürzenich-Orchester c. Markus Stenz. Vexations and Couperin (première) – 22 April London, Barbican Devotions (première) – 22 July London, Royal Albert / Anthony Marwood (vln); also UK première of Hall Proms / Gondwana Voices, BBC Chorus, BBC Violin Concerto. Powder her Face Suite (première) – Symphony Orchestra c. David Robertson. 17 June Aldeburgh Festival / Philharmonia Orchestra heiner goebbels Songs of Wars I Have Seen c. composer; (London première) – 20 August (première) – 12 July London, Royal Festival Hall London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / Philharmonia c. / London Sinfonietta, Orchestra of the Age of Christoph von Dohnanyi. Enlightenment c. Sian Edwards. julian anderson Alleluia (première) – 11 June henryk mikołaj górecki … songs are sung (UK London, Royal Festival Hall / LPO & Chorus c. première) – 28 July London, Barbican / Kronos Vladimir Jurowski. Quartet. edward gregson richard barrett is currently writing a new work A Song for Chris (Cello for the London Sinfonietta, Mesopotamia, for 17 Concerto) (première) – 3 May Manchester, instruments and electronics (WP date tbc) and is also RNCM, International Cello Festival / Li Wei (vlc), working on a major new commission for the City of Manchester Camerata c. Douglas Boyd. Liverpool which will be premièred in 2008 as part of georg friedrich haas Bruchstück (première) – their celebrations as the European Capital City of 13 May Munich, Philharmonie / Munich PO c. Culture. Markus Stenz. ‘… aus freier Lust …verbunden …’ richard rodney bennett (première) – 19 June Rheinfelden / Dirk Amrein Four Poems of Thomas (trb). Campion (première) – 5 August London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / BBC Symphony Chorus c. Stephen naji hakim Glenalmond Suite (première) – 10 June Jackson. Glenalmond College / composer (organ).

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jonathan harvey Sprechgesang for oboe and magnus lindberg Violin Concerto (UK première) ensemble (première) – 15 April Cologne / Peter – 27 July London, Barbican / Lisa Batiashvili (vln), Veale (ob), musikFabrik c. Peter Rundel. Wagner Swedish Chamber Orchestra c. Thomas Dausgaard. Dream (première) – 29 April Luxembourg / soloists of the Netherlands Opera, Ictus, IRCAM dir. Pierre john mccabe Epithalamium – Homage to Mussorgsky Audi, c. Martyn Brabbins. (Study No.11) (première) – 7 August London, sam hayden Wigmore Hall / Malcolm Binns (pno). Substratum (première) – 17 July London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / BBC Symphony steven mackey Orchestra c. David Robertson. Dreamhouse (US première) – 4 April Harvard University, MA / Boston Modern Orchestra hans werner henze Sebastian im Traum (UK Project c. Gil Rose. première) – 17 August London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / BBC Symphony Orchestra c. Oliver james macmillan Tenebrae Responsories (première) Knussen. – 4 April Glasgow / Cappella Nova c. Alan Tavener. Symphony No.3, Silence (Australian première) – david horne Disembodied Instruments (première) 9 May Melbourne, CUB Malthouse / Melbourne SO – 14 May Yaletown / Vancouver SO c. Ken Hsieh. c. composer. calum kenmuir Rhapsody on Themes of Grieg (première) – 19 May Manchester, Chetham’s School colin matthews Berceuse for Dresden (UK première) / Murray McLachlan, Kathryn Page (pnos). – 2 May Manchester, International Cello Festival, RNCM / Raphael Wallfisch (vlc), BBC Philarmonic aaron j. kernis New Era Dance (UK première) – c. Garry Walker. Postlude (première) – 6 May 4 August London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / Manchester, Bridgewater Hall / Hallé Orchestra c. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain c. Mark Mak Elder. Elder. benjamin lees Piano Concerto No.3 (première) david matthews Symphony No.6 (première) – – 13 April Tampa, FL / Ian Hobson (pno), Florida 2 August London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / Orchestra c. Susan Haig. National Orchestra of Wales c. Jac van Steen.

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nicholas maw String Sextet (première) – 27 April mark-anthony turnage Lullaby for Hans New York, Alice Tully Hall / Chamber Music (UK première) – 1 April Aldeburgh / London Society of Lincoln Center; (UK première) – 23 June Philharmonic Orchestra c. Vladimir Jurowski. About Albeburgh Festival, Aronowitz Ensemble. Water (première) – 15 June London, Queen Elizabeth Hall / Barb Jungr (vocalist), Loré Lixenberg (sop), peter maxwell davies A Little Trowie Music for six Melanie Marshall (mezzo), Mike Henry (ten), Keel cellos (première) – 4 May Manchester, International Watson (bass), London Sinfonietta c. Stefan Asbury.

Cello Festival, RNCM. Das Rauschende der Farbe: unsuk chin Reflections on the life and work of Paula Modersohn- Alice in Wonderland (première) – 30 June Becker (première) – 14 May Bremen, Die Glocke / Munich, Opernfestspiele, Bayerische Staatsoper / Bremer Philharmoniker c. composer. dir. Achim Freyer, c. Kent Nagano. huw watkins In my Craft of Sullen Art (Goodison dominic muldowney Four from Arcady (première) Quartet No.4) (première) – 15 May London, Wigmore – 18 April Saarbrücken, Saarländisches Staatstheater Hall / Pedersen Quartet with Mark Padmore (ten). / dir. Inga Levant, c. Constantin Trinks. peter wiegold thea musgrave He is armoured without (première) Two’s Company, double concerto – 28 July London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / BBC for percussion and oboe (première) – 31 August Philharmonic brass, Uzbek musicians, military London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / Evelyn Glennie fanfare trumpetrs, 200 student and amateur players. (perc), Nicholas Daniel (ob), BBC Symphony Orchestra c. Jirˇí Beˇlohlávek. hugh wood Divertimento (première) – 9 May Hampstead and Highgate Festival / Festival guto puw ‘… onyt agoraf y drws …’ (première) Orchestra c. George Vass. – 9 August London, Royal Albert Hall Proms / BBC benjamin yusupov National Orchestra of Wales c. David Atherton. Viola Tango Rock Concerto (UK première) – 18 August London, Royal Albert Hall kaija saariaho Terra Memoria (première) – 17 June Proms / Maxim Vengerov (vla, elec vln), London New York, Carnegie Hall / Emerson String Quartet. Symphony Orchestra c. composer. esa-pekka salonen Piano Concerto (European première) – 30 July London, Royal Albert Hall Proms Books received / Yefim Bronfman (pno), BBC Symphony Orchestra (A listing in this column does not preclude a review in a c. composer. future edition of Tempo) kaikhosru sorabji (d.1988) Prelude and Fugue The Proms. A New History edited by Jenny Doctor and (première) – 22 April London, Planet Tree Festival / David Wright. Thames & Hudson, £24.95. Jonathan Powell (pno). Film Music and Beyond by Hans Keller. Plumbago johannes maria staud One Movement and Five Books, £40.00. Miniatures (première) – 22 April Birmingham, All the Gods by Christopher Wintle. Plumbago Books, CBSO Centre / Clive Williamson (harpsichord), £35.00. Lamberto Coccioli (live electronics), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group c. Ilan Volkov. Berenice, Bax: A Composer and his Times by Lewis Foreman. Suites 1 and 2 (première) – 31 May Hamburg Third Edition. Boydell Press, £29.95. / Ensemble Modern c. Frank Ollu. Sydenham Variations on the Theme – Ustvolskaya by Simon Music (première) – 15 June Aldeburgh Festival / Bokman. Verlag Ernst Kuhn, no price quoted. Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Letters of Toscanini edited and translated by john tavener The Beautiful Names (première) Harvey Sachs. University of Chicago Press, £14.50 – 19 June London, Westminster Cathedral / BBC (paperback). Symphony Chorus, Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, BBC Symphony Orchestra c. Jirˇí Alan Bush – A Sourcebook by Stewart R. Craggs. Beˇlohlávek. Lalishri (Violin Concerto) (première) – Ashgate, £55.00. 26 September London, Royal Festival Hall / Nicola Boosey & Hawkes: The Publishing Story by Helen Benedetti (vln), London Philharmonic Orchestra c. Wallace. Boosey & Hawkes, £12.99 (paperback). Andrew Litton. The Way of Music (aural training for the internet manfred trojahn Capriccio (première) – 8 May generation) by Robin Maconie. Scarecrow Press, Stuttgart / Stuttgart PO c. Gabriel Feltz. £33.00.

contributors to Modern Jewish Culture, and journals including Musical Opinion, Tempo, Musica Judaica, and Jewish Christopher Dingle is the author of The Life of Messiaen Renaissance. He is Editor of Arietta, Journal of the (Cambridge University Press), Messiaen’s Final Beethoven Piano Society of Europe. Works: Developments in Style and Technique (Ashgate, forthcoming), and co-editor with Nigel Simeone of John Fallas studied at Cambridge with W. Dean Olivier Messiaen: Music, Art and Literature (Ashgate). Sutcliffe and at King’s College London with Prof. He is one of the organizers for the Messiaen 2008 John Deathridge, and now lives in London as a writer International Centenary Conference being held and commentator on contemporary music. at Birmingham Conservatoire in June 2008, and Martin Anderson, after 20 years in economics, writes he conceived and organized the Messiaen 2002 on music for a variety of publications, including The Conference in Sheffield. He is Assistant Course Independent, International Record Review, International Director (BMus) at Birmingham Conservatoire and Piano and Pianist in the UK, Fanfare in the USA and he writes regularly for BBC Music Magazine. Klassisk in Norway. He publishes books on music as Eric Smigel is an assistant professor of music at Utah Toccata Press; his CD label, Toccata Classics, was State University, where he teaches music history, inaugurated in 2005. music theory, and a humanities course that surveys Robin Maconie is currently completing Notes from modernism across the arts. He is currently compiling the Event Horizon: A Modern Philosophy of Music. His an interdisciplinary anthology of source readings of textbook The Way of Music: Aural Training for the American modernists, and preparing a book-length Internet Generation is published by Scarecrow Press. study of James Tenney. Veronika Krausas is a Canadian composer who has James Weeks is a composer; his music is represented had her works performed in the United States, by BMIC’s New Voices scheme and has recently been Australia, Canada, Germany (at the Darmstadt featured by, inter alia, The Hola, Alison Balsom, New Music Festival), the Netherlands and Romania. Chantage and Kürbis. As director of EXAUDI Vocal She has received commissions from the Penderecki Ensemble he has recently released a disc of Elisabeth String Quartet, ERGO Projects, Continuum Music, Lutyens on NMC, and a further release on the same and Motion Ensemble. She is currently on the label of music by Howard Skempton is forthcoming. composition faculty at the Thornton School of Clemens Gresser completed a Ph.D. at the University Music at the University of Southern California in of Southampton in 2004. He has published on Earle Los Angeles. Brown, John Cage, Frederic Rzewski and Christian Jeff Dunn is a freelance writer and critic for San Wolff. Francisco Classical Voice. He holds a B.A. in music Richard McGregor is currently Professor of Music and a Ph.D. in geologic education. A composer of at St Martin’s College, based at Lancaster. His piano and vocal music, he is a member of National recent work includes the book Perspectives on Peter Association of Composers, USA and president Maxwell Davies published by Ashgate, and articles of Composers Inc., a Bay Area organization that on Davies’s personal alphabet for Perspectives of New sponsors new chamber music and concerts. Music and on the role of parody in Davies’s music for Roderic Dunnett is a Classicist who writes for The Musica Scotica. Current projects include articles on Independent, and for a range of other publications composers’ views of their spirituality, the music of including The Spectator, The Strad, Opera, Opera Now James MacMillan, and the music of Wolfgang Rihm. and Music and Vision. He also furnished sleevenotes Bernard Hughes is a composer living in London. Recent for two recent Peter Maxwell Davies discs issued by pieces include a children’s opera on a story from the Bengali Hyperion and Naxos, the latter of which includes an collection Tun-tunir Boi. extended interview with Max himself. Jill Barlow is a freelance writer, music critic and John Wheatley is an architect, and a Committee pianist, based in the St Albans and London area. After member of the London Sinfonietta. eight years as weekly music critic for the St Albans Malcolm Miller is currently Associate Lecturer at the Observer she has now moved on to specialize more in Open University, and contributor to the New Grove covering contemporary music and has reviewed for Dictionary of Music II, The Routledge Companion Tempo since 1999.