I was lucky enough to attend the British Composer Awards last night, held at the British Museum, London.
The ceremony was presented by Andrew McGregor and Sara Mohr-Pietsch of Radio Three and there were performances of selected pieces from Jeremy Dale Roberts’ Croquis by members of the Kreutzer Quartet. You can see the complete list of nominees in a previous post, here.
The winners were as follows:
Amateur or Young Performers
Who We Are by Kerry Andrew
Chamber Ensemble
Skin by Rebecca Saunders
Choral
Proclamation of the Republic by Andrew Hamilton
Community or Educational Project
Anything but Bland by Brian Irvine
Contemporary Jazz Composition
Muted Lines by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian
Orchestral
Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) by Emily Howard
Small Chamber
In Feyre Foreste by Robin Haigh
Solo or Duo
Inside Colour by Deborah Pritchard
Sonic Art
Luminous Birds by Kathy Hinde
Stage Works
4.48 Psychosis by Philip Venables
Wind Band or Brass Band
In Ictu Oculi by Kenneth Hesketh
There were also two special awards (without shortlists):
British Composer Award for Innovation
Shiva Feshareki
British Composer Award for Inspiration
Nigel Osborne
The ceremony was followed by some rather tasty bowl food, copious amounts of wine and very entertaining chatter from a room that was stuffed full of the UK’s finest composing talent. Here are a few pictures from the evening.
The composers gather:
Andrew McGregor and Sara Mohr-Pietsch begin the presentations:
Kerry Andrew (left), winner of the children’s choir category:
Shiva Feshareki (centre), British Composer Award for Innovation:
