New Music
British Composer Awards 2008
The winners of the 2008 British Composer Awards will be announced on Tues 2 Dec. In the lead up Performance on 3 looks at the categories and nominations, plus a special edition following the results.
New Music Recommendations
Hear and Now
Featuring Ensemble 10/10 and director Clark Rundell, plus Tom Service on the role of new music awards ahead of the 2008 British Composer Awards. Listen online
Pre-Hear
The Phoenix Chorale under Charles Bruffy perform Jean Belmont Ford's Electa for choir, timpano and bass drum. Listen online
Performance on 3
Including the UK premiere of Hommage a Hieronymous Bosch, written in the 1970s by Czech 'New Wave' film school composer Svatopluk Havelka. Listen online
Performance on 3 - British Composer Awards
Petroc Trelwany with highlights and results from the 2008 British Composer Awards, hosted by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters and held at London’s Law Society. Weds 3 Dec at 7pm
Hear and Now’s China Diary
As part of Radio 3’s 2008 Focus on China Hear and Now visited China. Read presenter Robert Worby's diary of his experiences ...
Future Events
Elliott Carter Centenary Celebration
The BBC Symphony Orchestra's celebration of the 100th birthday of one of the greatest living composers, Elliott Carter - Tues 16 Dec
Total Immersion - Stockhausen Day
The first of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Total Immersion days, featuring composers with the power to provoke, captivate and inspire - Sat 17 Jan 09
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