New Music 20x12 weekend at Southbank Centre, 13-15 July
The New Music 20x12 Weekend Celebration at Southbank Centre presents 20 new compositions which encompass a range of genres and composers – from jazz to folk, brass bands to contemporary classical.
These commissions are all inspired by the dynamism of sport – the passion of human endeavour and the once in a lifetime opportunity of creating a musical work contributing to a global celebration.
Although many of the commissions will have been premiered across different UK venues, this is the first and only time when all 20 pieces can be encountered in one place over one packed weekend. Bringing to vibrant life the art of composing in the 21st century, the weekend also includes workshops, one-to-one composer surgeries, talks and related events.
New Music 20x12 is a UK-wide commissioning programme initiated by Jillian Barker and David Cohen, and delivered by PRS for Music Foundation in partnership with Southbank Centre, BBC Radio 3 and NMC Recordings.
For full programme details and tickets please head to Southbank Centre's website or PRS for Music Foundation
20x12 Weekend Events Diary
Friday 13 July 2012
Purcell Room
We live in times of musical plurality, with fast-changing questions of what students know, what audiences want and how best artists articulate their ideas.
Purcell Room
Alongside their New Music 20x12 commission, Northern Ireland Opera presents four other new opera works by Irish and UK composers and librettists.
St. Paul’s Pavilion
An international line-up of music promoters, programmers, producers, curators, funders, artists and composers join together for a day of talks and discussions.
Friday 13 July 2012
The Front Room at QEH
Over the last four years the Sound and Music Summer School has given over 150 young composers and creative musicians the opportunity to learn and develop.
The Front Room at QEH
If you are a teacher working in music and composition, come and join this session, including join-in practical examples, which uses past Ofsted findings to improve your techniques.
Saturday 14 July 2012
One-to-One Composer Surgery (Day one)
Saturday 14 July 2012 - Sunday 15 July 2012
The Front Room at QEH
Got a piece of music that you have written? Bring it along and have it looked over by one of our musical doctors.
Composing Workshop 1: Composing and folk music
Level 5 Function Room
The first of four lively workshops aimed at aspiring and emerging composers and musicians, exploring in more depth some of the themes of the New Music 20x12 commissions.
Composing Workshop 2: Composing for voice
Level 5 Function Room
The second of four lively workshops aimed at aspiring and emerging composers and musicians, exploring in more depth some of the themes of the New Music 20x12 commissions.
A Painter of Figures in Rooms with EXAUDI
Purcell Room
Aaron Cassidy's new work extends his research into performative physicality, choreography and tablature notation...
Gavin Higgins: What Wild Ecstacy
Queen Elizabeth Hall
To celebrate the centenary of Nijinsky's iconic ballet L'Après-midi d'un faune, Artistic Director Mark Baldwin's presents his brand new modern-day take, What Wild Ecstasy.
Purcell Room
Sally Beamish's new work for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, 'Spinal Chords', premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in February 2012.
The Front Room at QEH
Jazz composer and hip-hop impressario Jason Yarde has created an exciting, dynamic composition that takes audiences and players alike on a cultural voyage.
Imagined Village and An Tobar: Folk double bill
Queen Elizabeth Hall
TAT-1 by Aidan O'Rourke starts with the loose theme of bringing the world closer together.
Hayward Lecture Theatre
Ping!
Howard Skempton: Five Rings Triples
Bells proclaim moments of public gathering, of celebration and of important news.
Liz Liew and Andy Leung: XX/XY
Prepare to be taken into an exciting musical battle inspired by the competition of life - from the battle of the sexes to the competitive spirit of the Olympic and Paralympics.
A spirited meditation on humankind's enduring fascination with fire from acclaimed composer David Bruce and renowned pyrotechnic artists The World Famous, performed in Southbank Centre Square.
Sunday 15 July 2012
One-to-One Composer Surgery (Day two)
Saturday 14 July 2012 - Sunday 15 July 2012
The Front Room at QEH
Got a piece of music that you have written? Bring it along and have it looked over by one of our musical doctors.
Richard Causton: Twenty-Seven Heavens
The Front Room at QEH
Twenty-Seven Heavens is a concerto for orchestra scored for around 120 players and conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
Composing Workshop 3: Composing and text
Level 5 Function Room
The third of four lively workshops aimed at aspiring and emerging composers and musicians, exploring in more depth some of the themes of the New Music 20x12 commissions.
The Clore Ballroom
Anna Meredith's HandsFree will enable the NYO, in groups of 16 to 160, to share their thrilling musicianship and creative inventiveness without their instruments, through clapping and beatboxing.
Composing Workshop 4: Composing for dance
Level 5 Function Room
The last of four lively workshops aimed at aspiring and emerging composers and musicians, exploring in more depth some of the themes of the New Music 20x12 commissions.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The London Chamber Orchestra wanted to explore ways of incorporating a piece of music into the fabric of the games.
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Beyond This
Purcell Room
One of Britain's most successful composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage has achieved international stature and is commissioned and performed throughout the world.
Hayward Lecture Theatre
Technophonia is written for a new kind of ensemble.
Julian Joseph: The Brown Bomber
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Acclaimed jazz artists Julian Joseph and choreographer Sheron Wray pack a punch, with HMDT Music's knockout new dance work The Brown Bomber.
Purcell Room
Zátopek! is a 12-minute opera with music by Emily Howard and libretto by Selma Dimitrijevic inspired by the life and times of legendary Czech long distance runner Emil Zátopek.
Hayward Lecture Theatre
The Voyage is a 12-minute long opera in two acts.
New Music 20x12 partners who have made this programme possible
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