Past Commissions 2014/2015 Season Page 1 of 5 * Denotes commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation September Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première Variations from the 14 Birtwistle, Sir Harrison Nicolas Hodges World* Golden Mountains Study No. 44A after Chopin 15 Godowsky, Leopold Marc-André Hamelin UK nouvelle étude No.1 October Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première gefährlich dünn — fragile pieces Petraškevičs, Jānis for double string quartet (co-commissioned by Ensemble Modern and Wigmore Hall) 10 Ensemble Modern World* Schöllhorn, sous-bois – Sextet (co-commissioned by Ensemble Modern Johannes and Wigmore Hall) November Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première Carnaval for clarinet, piano and cello 11 Mantovani, Bruno (co-commissioned by Ensemble intercontemporain, Ensemble intercontemporain World* Opéra national de Paris and Wigmore Hall) Montague, Stephen nun-mul World 16 Jenna Sung World Pritchard, Gwyn Tide December Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première Uncanny Vale Britten Sinfonia (co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with 3 Jones, Patrick John (Emer McDonough, Nicholas Daniel, London* support from donors to the Musically Gifted Joy Farrall, Sarah Burnett, Stephen Bell) campaign and Wigmore Hall) Turnage, Contusion 6 (co-commissioned by The Radcliffe Trust, Belcea Quartet World* Mark-Anthony NMC Recordings and Wigmore Hall) Past Commissions 2014/2015 Season Page 2 of 5 January Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première Light and Matter Britten Sinfonia (co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with 14 Saariaho, Kaija (Jacqueline Shave, Caroline Dearnley, London* support from donors to the Musically Gifted campaign Huw Watkins) and Wigmore Hall) 3rd Quartet Holt, Simon (co-commissioned by The Radcliffe Trust, World* NMC Recordings, Heidelberger Frühling, and 19 Wigmore Hall) JACK Quartet Haas, Georg Friedrich String Quartet No. 8 UK February Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première EXAUDI 3 Holliger, Heinz nicht Ichts - nicht Nichts UK James Weeks Unseen Colours Britten Sinfonia 4 Comeau, Ben (co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with (Priya Mitchell, Miranda Dale, World* support from donors to the Musically Gifted Clare Finnimore, Kate Musker, campaign and Wigmore Hall) Caroline Dearnley) Turnage, Powerplay (co-commissioned by De Doelen Rotterdam World* Mark-Anthony and Wigmore Hall) Lawrence Power 12 Simon Crawford-Phillips Salonen, Esa-Pekka Pentatonic Etude for solo viola World Quintet for two violins, viola, Pavel Haas Quartet; 18 Gemrot, Jirí UK cello and marimba Colin Currie Birmingham Contemporary 24 Barry, Gerald Crossing The Bar Music Group World (commissioned by BCMG) (Malcolm Wilson) Rebecca von Lipinski Sextet (co-commissioned by Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Quatuor Danel 28 Rihm, Wolfgang Amsterdam, with the support of the AMMODO Jörg Widmann UK* Foundation, Wigmore Hall and Bruno Schneider The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center) Past Commissions 2014/2015 Season Page 3 of 5 March Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première RSM March for String Quartet on the Saxton, Robert name George Frideric Handel Navarra String Quartet (commissioned by the Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain) Joy Guy Johnston cello 3 Young, Toby (commissioned by the Navarra String Quartet World Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain) Sacconi Quartet Maxwell Davies, Military March No.2 (commissioned by the Sacconi Quartet Sir Peter Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain) Lost In A Surreal Trip Britten Sinfonia (co-commissioned by Britten Sinfonia with the 4 Roukens, Joey (Thomas Gould, Caroline Dearnley, World* support of donors to the Musically Gifted campaign Huw Watkins, Owen Gunnell) and Wigmore Hall) String Trio 14 Watkins, Huw (commissioned by the Nash Ensemble with funds Nash Ensemble World provided by the Britten-Pears Foundation) String Quartet No. 3 16 Ran, Shulamit 'Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory' Pacifica Quartet UK* (co-commissioned by Music Accord, Suntory Hall and Wigmore Hall) String Quintet Maxwell Davies, (co-commissioned by the Nash Ensemble with World* Sir Peter funds provided by Arts Council England and Wigmore Hall) 18 Nash Ensemble Piano Quintet Causton, Richard (commissioned by the BBC for the London Nash Ensemble’s 50th anniversary) April Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première Matthew-Walker, Lisa Ueda 12 Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano World Robert Daniele Rinaldo Aracne – String Quartet No. 3 (co-commissioned by Musée du Louvre, 25 Parra, Hèctor Festival Nits de Clàssica de Girona, Tana String Quartet UK* organised by the Concert Hall of Girona, Vienna Konzerthaus funded by Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation and Wigmore Hall) Weariness Heals Wounds 27 Neuwirth, Olga (commissioned by Festival d’Automne à Paris Antoine Tamestit UK* and Wigmore Hall) Past Commissions 2014/2015 Season Page 4 of 5 May Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première 4 Howard, Emily Afference Elias String Quartet World Aviary Sketches Arnaud Sussmann 8 Grime, Helen (after Joseph Cornell) Matthew Lipman World* (co-commissioned by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and by Wigmore Hall) David Finckel Trish Clowes 15 Simcock. Gwilym New Work Gwilym Simcock World Heath Quartet 18 Brouwer, Leo Danzas Rituales y Festivas Vol.2 Andrey Lebedev World Glow (co-commissioned by Aspen Music Festival, 24 Currier, Sebastian Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, and by Inon Barnatan World* Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation) Trio Phillippe Cassard 28 Trotignon, Baptiste (co-commissioned by SACEM (Société des Auteurs, David Grimal World* Compositeurs et Editeurs de musique) and Wigmore Hall) Anne Gastinel Angela Hewitt 31 Berkeley, Michael Three Cabaret Songs UK Gerald Finley June Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première Anthony Brown 1 Scott, Andy Sonata for saxophone and alto piano World Leo Nicholson Sarah Connolly 6 Weir, Judith Good Morning, Midnight World* Aurora Orchestra Haven of Mysteries Carducci String Quartet 14 Gilbert, Anthony (co-commissioned by The Radcliffe Trust, World* NMC Recordings and Wigmore Hall) Guy Johnston Fantasia Juliana Myslov 21 Patterson, Paul UK for harp and string quartet Op. 116a Sacconi Quartet Past Commissions 2014/2015 Season Page 5 of 5 July Day Composer Title Performer(s) Première Carolyn Sampson 1 Musto, John Another Place World* Heath Quartet Read Thomas, Of Being Is a Bird Aurora Orchestra 7 World* Augusta (Emily Dickinson Settings) Claire Booth Anthony Marwod 10 Beamish, Sally II. Lament James Crabb World Graham Mitchell Dreams II 20 Rzewski, Frederic (co-commissioned by Heidelberger Frühling and Igor Levit UK* Wigmore Hall) .