New Music 20×12 premieres

Photo: New Music 20×12 composer Gavin Higgins (© Blackcherry Photography)

PRS for Music Foundation’s New Music 20×12 programme launched with much celebration on New Year’s Eve with Howard Skempton’s Five Rings Triples ringing out from the bells of All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames. Anna Meredith’s HandsFree, commissioned and performed by the National Youth Orchestra, has already garnered tremendous reviews from The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Times.

Over the course of the year all 20 New Music 20×12 pieces will be performed across the length and breadth of the UK.

January and February’s performances are:

27 Jan Luke Carver Goss and Black Dyke Band: Pure Gold: a 4×4 Relay Race
at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
29 Jan Liz Liew and Andy Leung and Chinatown Arts Space: XX/XY
at Trafalgar Square, London
5 Feb Sally Beamish and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Spinal Chords
at Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
10 Feb Sally Beamish and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Spinal Chords
at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
15 Feb Gavin Higgins and Rambert Dance Company: What Wild Ecstasy
at His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
21 Feb Jason Yarde and Wonderbrass: Skip, Dash, Flow
at The Globe, Cardiff

BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting each piece, and you can buy downloads from NMC Recordings.

Want to find out more? Have a look at the PRS for Music Foundation’s online New Music 20×12 programme brochure here.

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