{"id":7242,"date":"2021-11-10T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T11:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=160465"},"modified":"2021-11-10T13:03:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T12:03:08","slug":"ivors-composer-awards-announces-2021-nominations-with-themes-of-lockdown-mythology-and-nature-leading-the-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/ivors-composer-awards-announces-2021-nominations-with-themes-of-lockdown-mythology-and-nature-leading-the-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivors Composer Awards announces 2021 nominations, with themes of lockdown, mythology and nature leading the shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Freya Parr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Ivors Academy has announced the nominations for this year\u2019s Ivors Composer Awards, celebrating\u00a0the best new works in classical music, jazz and sound art.<\/p>\n

All the nominated works were premiered between April 2020 and March 2021. Inevitably, the theme of lockdown is prominent in many of the works in this year\u2019s line-up, including\u00a0Nikki Iles\u2019s The Caged Bird, <\/em>Tansy Davies\u2019s Nightingales: Ultra-Deep Field, <\/em>Caroline Kraabel\u2019s London 26 and 28 March 2020: Imitation: Inversion<\/em>, <\/em>Thomas Ad\u00e8s\u2019s Gy\u00f6k\u00e9r (Root) <\/em>and Howard Goodall\u2019s Never to Forget.<\/em><\/p>\n

As the world was returning to ancient stories to find meaning in chaos, many of this year\u2019s nominated composers turning to mythology for inspiration.<\/p>\n

Nature is often a popular topic for composers to use as the basis of their work, and this year proved no different. With more of us spending time in the countryside than ever before, the natural world was represented in works such as Lynne Plowman\u2019s\u00a0A Field Guide to Pebbles<\/em>, Nikki Sheth\u2019s\u00a0Nocturnal Insights\u00a0<\/em>and Ed Hughes\u2019s\u00a0The Cuckmere Soundwalk.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

30 works have been nominated across six categories in this year\u2019s Ivors Composer Awards. Nearly half of the composers in the running are first-time nominees, including the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir and British composer and trombonist Alex Paxton (above), who has three works nominated.<\/p>\n

Nominations were judged blindly, with the names of each composer removed from all materials given to the judges.<\/p>\n

The winners of this year\u2019s Ivor Novello Awards will be revealed at a ceremony at the British Museum, presented by BBC Radio 3\u2019s Sarah Mohr-Pietsch and Tom Service<\/strong><\/a>. The show will be subsequently broadcast on Radio 3 as part of a special edition of the New Music Show on 11 December.<\/p>\n

The full list of nominees:<\/h2>\n
JAZZ COMPOSITION<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n
BYE<\/strong> by ALEX PAXTON<\/strong>\nfor small jazz ensemble and improviser<\/p>\n
CORNCRACK DREAMS<\/strong> by ALEX PAXTON<\/strong>\nfor trombone, keyboard and drums<\/p>\n
DREAMS<\/strong> by BRIGITTE BERAHA <\/strong>and DAVE MANINGTON<\/strong>\nfor jazz sextet<\/p>\n
THE CAGED BIRD<\/strong> by NIKKI ILES<\/strong>\nfor jazz band<\/p>\n
THE RISE OF THE LIZARD PEOPLE<\/strong> by IVO NEAME<\/strong>\nfor jazz orchestra<\/p>\n
LARGE SCALE COMPOSITION<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n
CATAMORPHOSIS<\/strong> by ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR<\/strong>\nfor orchestra<\/p>\n
DEMOCRACY<\/strong> DANCES<\/strong> by CONOR MITCHELL<\/strong>\nfor symphony orchestra<\/p>\n
KAAMOS<\/strong> by LARA<\/strong> POE<\/strong>\nfor orchestra<\/p>\n
PHARMAKEIA<\/strong> by JAMES DILLON <\/strong>\nfor 16 players<\/p>\n
THIS DEPARTING LANDSCAPE<\/strong> by MARTIN SUCKLING<\/strong>\nfor orchestra<\/p>\n
SMALL CHAMBER COMPOSITION<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n
A FIELD GUIDE TO PEBBLES<\/strong> by LYNNE PLOWMAN<\/strong>\nfor percussion duo<\/p>\n
NIGHTINGALES: ULTRA-DEEP FIELD<\/strong> by TANSY<\/strong> DAVIES<\/strong>\nfor string quartet<\/p>\n
SOMETIMES VOICES<\/strong> by ALEX PAXTON<\/strong>\nfor keyboard and drums<\/p>\n
STILL<\/strong> LIFE<\/strong> by STEPHEN GOSS<\/strong>\nfor cello and guitar<\/p>\n
WICKED PROBLEMS<\/strong> by LAURA<\/strong> BOWLER<\/strong>\nfor voice, bass flute and fixed tape part<\/p>\n
SOLO COMPOSITION<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n
\u2018ECHO<\/strong> THE<\/strong> ANGELUS\u2019<\/strong> by JAMES DILLON<\/strong>\nfor piano<\/p>\n
FADING SPELLSPHERE<\/strong> by BEN<\/strong> GAUNT<\/strong>\nfor piano<\/p>\n
LAMPADES<\/strong> by MARTIN IDDON<\/strong>\nfor tuba and fixed media<\/p>\n
LINEAR<\/strong> CONSTRUCTION<\/strong> (NO. 5)<\/strong> by ALEX GROVES <\/strong>\nfor cello<\/p>\n
NO<\/strong> ONE<\/strong> by ROBIN HAIGH<\/strong>\nfor harp<\/p>\n
SOUND ART<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n
FIRE PREVENTION OR HOW TO SING A LABYRINTH OR THE REBEING AND THE BURNING OF THE LABYRINTH<\/strong> by NWANDO EBIZIE<\/strong>\nfor piano, voice and electronics with field recordings<\/p>\n
LONDON 26 AND 28 MARCH 2020: IMITATION: INVERSION<\/strong> by CAROLINE<\/strong> KRAABEL<\/strong>\nfor baritone, alto and sopranino saxophones and double bass<\/p>\n
NOCTURNAL<\/strong> INSIGHTS<\/strong> by NIKKI SHETH<\/strong>\nfor field recordings of crepuscular and nocturnal wildlife in the UK<\/p>\n
THE CUCKMERE SOUNDWALK<\/strong> by ED HUGHES<\/strong>\nfor chamber orchestra<\/p>\n
WAVES OF RESISTANCE (RADIO ART WITHOUT BORDERS) TONNTA FRIOTA\u00cdOCHTA (EALA\u00cdNE RAIDI\u00d3 GAN TEORAINNEACHA)<\/strong> by MAGZ<\/strong> HALL<\/strong>\nradiophonic poem, WASP synth and location recordings from the Irish Sea and Canterbury Garden<\/p>\n
VOCAL OR CHORAL COMPOSITION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
BARUCH \u2013 TEN PROPOSITIONS OF BARUCH SPINOZA FOR TENOR AND PIANO<\/strong> by MICHAEL ZEV GORDON <\/strong>\nfor tenor and piano<\/p>\n
GY\u00d6K\u00c9R (ROOT)<\/strong> by THOMAS AD\u00c8S<\/strong>\nfor mezzo-soprano and four percussionists<\/p>\n
NEVER TO FORGET <\/strong>by HOWARD<\/strong> GOODALL<\/strong>\nfor SATB choir and small orchestra<\/p>\n
THINKING I HEAR THEE CALL<\/strong> by CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD<\/strong>\nfor soprano, speaker and electronics<\/p>\n
VIDI AQUAM<\/strong> by JAMES<\/strong> MACMILLAN<\/strong>\nfor 40 a cappella voices, split into 8 SSATB choirs<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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