(Last updated 31 March 2013)
Below is a summary of the contemporary compositions reviewed on 5:4. Almost all the articles include a recording of the piece taken from an off-air broadcast. Works more than 50 years old have their date of composition shown in parentheses. * = UK Première ** = World Première
A
Abrahamsen, Hans
• String Quartet No. 4 *
• Wald *
Adès, Thomas
• Arcadiana
• Asyla **
• Concerto Conciso **
• The Fayrfax Carol
• Polaris *
• These Premises Are Alarmed **
Agnew, Elaine
Alain, Jehan
Anderson, Julian
Aperghis, Georges
Archbold, Paul
• Nine memos for string quartet
B
Bäck, Sven-Erik
Bainbridge, Simon
• The Garden of Earthly Delights **
Baker, George
• Toccata-Gigue on The Sussex Carol
Baker, Richard
Barrett, Richard
• 13 selfportraits *
• Anatomy
• Nacht und traume
Beamish, Sally
• Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) **
Beattie, Simon
Bedford, Luke
• Or voit tout en aventure
• Outblaze the Sky
Benjamin, George
• 3 Miniatures
• Dance Figures
• Duet
• Into the Little Hill
• Sudden Time
• Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra
• Viola, Viola
Bennett, Richard Rodney
Berkeley, Lennox
Berkeley, Michael
Bilyard, Matthew
Bingham, Judith
Birtwistle, Harrison
• Angel Fighter *
• Concerto for Violin & Orchestra *
• Gigue Machine *
• Sonance Severance 2000
• Tree of Strings *
Bray, Charlotte
• At the Speed of Stillness **
Bretschneider, Frank
• Untitled
Brian, Havergal
• Symphony No. 1 ‘Gothic’ (1927)
Briggs, David
Britten, Benjamin
Bryars, Gavin
C
Cage, John
• Concert for piano & orchestra
• First Construction (in Metal)
• String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
• The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
• Williams Mix
Cardew, Cornelius
Carpenter, Gary
Carter, Elliott
• Flute Concerto *
• Heart, not so heavy as mine (1938)
Chilcott, Bob
Chin, Unsuk
• Acrostic-Wordplay
• Double Concerto
• Gougalon *
• Rocana
• Six Piano Études
• Šu
• Violin Concerto (Jennifer Koh/BBC SO)
• Violin Concerto (Hae-Sun Kang/BBC Phil)
Crumb, George
D
Dalbavie, Marc-André
Davies, Paul
Davies, Tansy
• Christmas Eve **
• Wild Card **
Dean, Brett
Dench, Chris
Dillon, James
• La navette *
• Nine Rivers **
- East 11th St NY 10003
- L’ECRAN parfum
- Viriditas
- La femme invisible
- La coupure
- L’œuvre au noir
- éileadh sguaibe
- Introitus
- Oceanos
• Siorram
• String Quartet No. 5 **
• String Quartet No. 6 *
Dove, Jonathan
• I am the day
• A Song of Joys **
Dubugnon, Richard
Duncan, Adam
Dupré, Marcel
Dusapin, Pascal
• Morning in Long Island *
• String Quartet No. 6, ‘Hinterland’ (‘Hapax’ for string quartet and orchestra) *
E
Escaich, Thierry
Escaich, Thierry
• Evocation III (on ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’) *
F
Feldman, Morton
• Bass Clarinet and Percussion
• Piano and Orchestra
Ferneyhough, Brian
• Adagissimo
• Dum transisset I-IV
• Etudes Transendentales – No. 3
• Exordium
• Incipits *
• Missa Brevis
• Plötzlichkeit *
• Prometheus
• Supercriptio
• La terre est un homme
Firsova, Alissa
Finnissy, Michael
• Telling
• Piano Concerto No. 2 *
Fitkin, Graham
• Cello Concerto **
• L
• PK **
G
Glanert, Detlev
• Musik für Violine und Orchester *
Greenwood, Jonny
• Norwegian Wood – Suite (arr. Robert Ziegler) **
Grime, Helen
H
Hafler Trio, The
• Cleave: 9 Great Openings
• No Man Put Asunder: 7 Fruitful And Seamless Unions
• No More Twain, Of One Flesh: 11 Unequivocal Obsecrations
Harvey, Jonathan
• Dum transisset sabbatum
• The Annunciation **
• Messages **
• The Royal Banners Forward Go
• Weltethos *
Hayden, Sam
Heap, Imogen
• The Listening Chair (arr. E. Whitacre) **
Henze, Hans Werner
Hillborg, Anders
Higgins, Gavin
Holloway, Robin
• Fifth Concerto for Orchestra **
• RELIQUARY – Scenes from the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, enclosing an instrumentation of Robert Schumann’s ‘Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart’ **
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Pelle
Holt, Simon
• Centauromachy
• a table of noises **
• a table of noises
• Two movements for string quartet
Howard, Emily
• Calculus of the Central Nervous System *
J
Jackson, Gabriel
• The Christ Child **
• In nomine Domini **
• The Lord’s Prayer
K
Kellogg, Daniel
• Soft Sleep Shall Contain You: A Meditation on Schubert’s Death and the Maiden *
Kirschner, Kenneth
Knussen, Oliver
Kokoras, Panayiotis
• Jet **
Kurtág, György
L
Larcher, Thomas
• Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra **
Lam, Fung
Langgaard, Rued
• Symphony No. 11 ‘Ixion’ * (1945)
Lauridsen, Morten
Lindberg, Magnus
Lizée, Nicole
• The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Flowers) **
M
MacMillan, James
• After the Tryst
• Domine non secundum peccata nostra **
• Cello Concerto
• Credo **
• Exsultet
• Fourteen Little Pictures
• Ì (A Meditation on Iona)
• Kiss On Wood
• Magnificat
• A New Song
• Ninian
• Oboe Concerto **
• Raising Sparks
• The Sacrifice – Three Interludes
• Seraph **
• Sowetan Spring
• St John Passion
• String Quartet No. 3 **
• Symphony No. 3 ‘Silence’
• Symphony ‘Vigil’
• They Saw That The Stone Had Been Rolled Away
• Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
• The World’s Ransoming
Martin, Matthew
Matalon, Martin
Matthews, Colin
• No Man’s Land **
• Violin Concerto
Maxwell Davies, Peter
• Il rozzo martello
• Musica benevolens **
• One Star, at Last
• The Wells Service
McCabe, John
• The last and greatest herald
McNeff, Stephen
Meredith, Anna
Messiaen, Olivier
• Dieu parmi nous (1936)
• Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine
Molitor, Claudia
Molosov, Alexander
Montague, Stephen
Moore, Philip
• All wisdom cometh from the Lord
• Magnificat from The Third Service
• Salve Regina **
Muldowney, Dominic
• Mary **
Musgrave, Thea
• Ithaca **
• Loch Ness – a Postcard from Scotland **
N
Nancarrow, Conlon
• String Quartet
• Study No. 7 (arr. Yvar Mikhashoff)
Nicolai, Carsten
• Untitled
Nixon, June
Nørgård, Per
Northcott, Bayan
O
O’Regan, Tarik
P
Pärt, Arvo
• Богородице Дево (Bogoróditse Djévo)
• In Spe **
• Cecilia, vergine romana
• Symphony No. 4 ‘Los Angeles’ * (Philharmonia)
• Symphony No. 4 ‘Los Angeles’ (BBC NOW)
Panufnik, Roxanna
• The Call
Pesson, Gérard
Philips, Julian
Pinnock, Naomi
• String Quartet No. 2: Traces *
Purcell, Henry (arr. Joby Talbot)
R
Ratkje, Maja S K
• ‘And Sing While Thou On Pressed Flowers Dost Sleep’ **
Rautavaara, Einojuhani
• Christmas Carol **
• Vigilia
Reich, Steve
• Different Trains
• Triple Quartet *
Rich, Robert
• Somnium
Robinson, Christopher
• Make we joy now in this fest
S
Saariaho, Kaija
• D’OM LE VRAI SENS *
• Laterna magica *
Sandström, Jan
• Det är en ros utsprungen (Lessons & Carols 2009)
• Det är en ros utsprungen (Lessons & Carols 2010)
Saunders, Rebecca
Schnelzer, Albert
Schnittke, Alfred
• Cello Concerto No. 2
• Concerto for Three
• Concerto Grosso No. 1
• Concerto Grosso No. 2
• Concerto Grosso No. 6
• Fragments **
• Hommage à Edvard Grieg
• (K)ein Sommernachtstraum
• Monologue
• Piano Quintet
• String Quartet No. 2
• String Quartet No. 3
• String Trio
• Symphony No. 4
• Symphony No. 5 (Concerto Grosso No. 4)
• Symphony No. 8 *
Schuller, Gunther
Scelsi, Giacinto
Sciarrino, Salvatore
Sierra, Arlene
• Piano Concerto, ‘Art of War’ **
Signal – Frank Bretschneider, Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto) & Olaf Bender (aka Byetone)
• Untitled
Simpson, Mark
Skempton, Howard
• Lento
Sørensen, Bent
• Funeral Procession
• La mattina (Piano Concerto No. 2) *
Steen-Andersen, Simon
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
• Jubilee
Stucky, Steven
Swayne, Giles
Szewach, Julieta
• Dikyrion
T
Takemitsu, Tōru
• From me flows what you call time *
• Garden Rain
• Signals from Heaven
Tavener, John
• Popule meus *
• The Lamb
• Towards Silence (European Première)
Tippett, Michael
• Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense
• Five Negro Spirituals from ‘A Child of Our Time’
• Plebs angelica
• Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi
Tone, Yasunao
Trunk, Markus
Turnage, Mark-Anthony
• Canon Fever **
• Hammered Out **
V
Vivancos, Bernat
• El davallament de la creu **
Vivier, Claude
• Orion *
Volans, Kevin
V/Vm (Leyland Kirby)
Vine, Carl
W
Wallin, Rolf
• Ground *
Ward, Duncan
Watkins, Huw
Webern, Anton von
Weir, Judith
• All the Ends of the Earth
• Illuminare, Jerusalem
• Illuminare, Jerusalem
• Stars, Night, Music and Light **
Whitacre, Eric
Widmann, Jörg
• String Quartet No. 2 (Chorale Quartet)
Willberg, Mack
Wishart, Peter
• Alleluya! A new work is come on hand
