World Premières

World Premières

2009 MARTIN BUTLER: Concerto for soprano saxophone and string orchestra
Amy Dickson, Presteigne Festival Orchestra / George Vass
Festival Commission

Martin Butler

ADRIAN WILLIAMS: String Quartet No 4
Carducci Quartet
Festival Commission

Adrian Williams

STEVE MARTLAND: Short Story
Zephirus Saxophone Quartet
Festival Commission

Steve Martland

DAVID MATTHEWS: Journeying Songs, Op 95
Gemma Rosefield, cello
First Welsh performance of a Presteigne Festival co-commission

David Matthews

DAVID KNOTTS: Fossegrimen
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Festival Commission

David Knotts

JAMES FRANCIS BROWN, PETER FRIBBINS, JOHN HAWKINS, DAVID MATTHEWS, ALAN MILLS, MATTHEW TAYLOR and HUGH WOOD:
Haydn Fantasies for John McCabe
Huw Watkins
World premiere of seven new piano pieces to celebrate John McCabe's 70th birthday
GABRIEL JACKSON: Piano Concerto
Huw Watkins, Presteigne Festival Orchestra / George Vass
Festival Commission

Gabriel Jackson

2008 JAMES FRANCIS BROWN: Lost Lanes - Shadow Groves
Catriona Scott, Presteigne Festival Orchestra / George Vass
Festival Commission

James Francis Brown

MATTHEW TAYLOR: String Quartet No 5
Dante Quartet
Festival Commission

Matthew Taylor

CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD: Bouleumata for solo clarinet
Catriona Scott
Festival Commission

Cheryl Frances-Hoad

TOM RANDLE: Los Nacimientos - a cycle of five songs
Gillian Keith, Helen Reid

Tom Randle

DAVID BRUCE: new work for flute and harp
Adam Walker, Sally Pryce
Festival Commission

David Bruce

JOE DUDDELL: Nightswimming
Kungsbacka Trio
Festival Commission

Joe Duddell

ADRIAN WILLIAMS: Maelienydd
Presteigne Festival Orchestra / George Vass
Festival Commission

Adrian Williams. Photo: Boglet Kabana

2007 HUGH WOOD: Divertimento for string orchestra, Op 51
Presteigne Festival Orchestra/George Vass
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission (Welsh premiere)

Hugh Wood

DAVID KNOTTS: Hover for clarinet and piano
Catriona Scott, Huw Watkins
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

David Knotts

JOE DUDDELL: Four (mere) Bagatelles for string quartet
Psophos Quartet
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Joe Duddell

JOHN HYMAS: Caprice
Amy Dickson, Catherine Milledge
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

John Hymas

HUW WATKINS: Prelude
Alice Neary
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Huw Watkins

GABRIEL JACKSON: String Quartet No 3 'Llanandras Melodies'
Psophos Quartet
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Gabriel Jackson

HILARY TANN: Shakkei: a diptych for oboe and small orchestra
Virgina Shaw, Presteigne Festival Orchestra / George Vass
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Hilary Tann

JOSEPH PHIBBS: Presteigne Festival 25th Anniversary Commission
Psophos Quartet
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Joseph Phibbs

MICHAEL BERKELEY: Second Still Life
Virginia Shaw, Lucy Wakeford
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Michael Berkeley

DAVID MATTHEWS: Adonis for violin and piano, Op 105
Sara Trickey, Gretel Dowdeswell
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

David Matthews

PETER FRIBBINS: Fantasia on Bugail Yr Hafod
Sarah-Jane Bradley, Gretel Dowdeswell
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Peter Fribbins

CECILIA McDOWALL: Y Deryn Pur
Virginia Shaw, Sara Trickey, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Alice Neary, Gretel Dowdeswell
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Cecilia McDowall

GERAINT LEWIS: Symphony for harpsichord
Carole Cerasi

Geraint Lewis

JOHN McCABE: March Sonatina for solo flute
Kathryn Thomas
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

John McCabe

CHRISTOPHER LYNDON-GEE: Over Litton
Kathryn Thomas, Lucy Wakeford
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Christopher Lyndon-Gee

LYNNE PLOWMAN: Lullaby for Ianto
Gretel Dowdeswell
Festival 25th Anniversary Commission

Lynne Plowman

2006 JOHN JOUBERT: Shropshire Hills, Op 155
Andrew Carwood, Alex Soddy

John Joubert. Photo: Keith Bramich

GERAINT LEWIS: Over St John's Hill
Andrew Carwood, Sally Pryce, Alex Soddy
Festival Commission

Geraint Lewis

HUW WATKINS: Suite for Harp
Sally Pryce
Festival Commission

Huw Watkins

THOMAS HYDE: Nocturnes
Evelina Puzaite
Festival Commission

Thomas Hyde

ADRIAN WILLIAMS: new work
Sally Pryce
Festival Commission

Adrian Williams. Photo: Boglet Kabana

JAMES FRANCIS BROWN: Trio Concertante for string trio and string orchestra
Pauline Lowbury, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Gemma Rosefield, Presteigne Festival Orchestra/George Vass
Festival Commission

2005 IAN WILSON: In fretta, in vento (world premiere of string orchestra version)
Presteigne Festival Orchestra/George Vass

George VassIan Wilson

CECILIA McDOWALL: Radnor Songs
Rachel Nicholls, Paul Plummer
Festival Commission

Cecilia McDowall

JOHN McCABE: Gladestry Quatrains
Rachel Nicholls, Paul Plummer
Festival Commission

John McCabe

DAVID MATTHEWS: Movement of Autumn - a cycle for soprano and small orchestra
Rachel Nicholls, Presteigne Festival Orchestra / George Vass
Festival Commission

David MatthewsGeorge Vass

2004 JOE DUDDELL: 'Mnemonic' for flute, harp and string orchestra
Katherine Baker, Suzanne Willison, Presteigne Festival Orchestra/George Vass
Festival Commission

Joe Duddell

JOHN PICKARD: Orion
Alison Balsom, Jonathan Scott
Festival Commission

John Pickard

JAMES FRANCIS BROWN: Piano Quartet
Fidelio Piano Quartet
Festival Commission

CECILIA McDOWALL: The case of the unanswered wire
Sorrel Quartet
Festival Commission

Cecilia McDowall

2003 ADRIAN WILLIAMS: Children of Baghdad
Raphael Ensemble
Festival Commission

Adrian Williams. Photo: Boglet Kabana

HELENA CAVAN: A Prairie Sunset
The Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent
MICHAEL BERKELEY, JAMES FRANCIS BROWN, JOHN JOUBERT, GERAINT LEWIS, DAVID MATTHEWS, JOHN McCABE, CECILIA McDOWALL, RHIAN SAMUEL, HILARY TANN and ADRIAN WILLIAMS:
A Garland for Presteigne
Gillian Keith, soprano; Simon Lepper, piano
2002 CECILIA McDOWALL: Dream City
Festival Ensemble/George Vass
Festival Commission
CECILIA McDOWALL, JOHN McCABE and DAVID MATTHEWS:
Messiah Preludes
Festival Orchestra/George Vass
2001 STEPHEN DODGSON: Concertino for two guitars and string orchestra
Eden-Stell Guitar Duo/Festival Orchestra/George Vass

2000 GRAHAM WILLIAMS: Newton/Bronze for viola and strings
Sarah-Jane Bradley/Festival Orchestra/George Vass
Festival Commission

HILARY TANN: The walls of Morlais Castle - revised version
Ovid Ensemble
1999 JOHN McCABE: Cello Sonata
Alice Neary/Gretel Dowdeswell
Festival Commission

John McCabe

1998 ANTHONY POWERS: As shadows to the sun
Joyful Company of Singers/Peter Broadbent
Festival Commission
1997 ADRIAN WILLIAMS: Horn Quintet
Richard Watkins/Sorrel Quartet
Festival Commission
JOHN JOUBERT: Six Miniatures after Kilvert Op 140
Harvey de Souza/James Boyd
Festival Commission
MICHAEL BERKELEY: Cello Concerto - revised version
Alice Neary/Festival Orchestra/George Vass
Festival Commission
1996 RHIAN SAMUEL: Scenes from an Aria
Ruth Scott/Festival Orchestra/George Vass
Festival Commission
RHIAN SAMUEL: Weeping Trellises
Gretel Dowdeswell
1994 HILARY TANN: The Cresset Stone
Krzysztof Smietana
Festival Commission
HILARY TANN: Water's Edge - orchestral version
Festival Orchestra/George Vass
ROBERT SPEARING: A Welsh Bestiary
Nicholas Daniel/Julius Drake
Festival Commission
1992 BABETTE KOBLENZ: Trois Fours
Evelyn Glennie
Festival Commission
CHRISTOS SAMARAS: Quasi una Sonata
Martino Tirimo
Festival Commission
NICOLAS BACRI: Serenata a cinque
Norwegian Wind Quintet
Festival Commission
ALEXANDRE DELGADO: The Panic Flirt
Ashildur Haraldsdottir
Festival Commission
RICCARDO PIACENTINI: Ti i
Leland Chen/Ieuan Jones
Festival Commission
MARIAN INGOLDSBY: Song of the Half-Cracked Echo
Alla Ablaberdyeva/Adrian Williams
Festival Commission
MARTYN HARRY: Still Life
Festival Orchestra/Martyn Harry
Festival Commission
MARCEL WENGLER: String Trio
The Greenhouse Ensemble
Festival Commission
RAFAEL MIRA: Bubbles Rain
The Greenhouse Ensemble
Festival Commission
1989 ADRIAN WILLIAMS: Concertino for viola and strings
Richard Crabtree/Festival Orchestra/George Vass
Festival Commission
1988 MICHAEL BERKELEY: Coronach
Festival Strings/William Boughton
Festival Commission
1987 ROBERT SPEARING: Sinfonietta
Festival Strings/William Boughton
Festival Commission
1986 ANTHONY POWERS: Vespers
Festival Strings/William Boughton
Festival Commission
ADRIAN WILLIAMS: Images of a Mind
Alexander Baillie/Adrian Williams
Festival Commission
1983 ADRIAN WILLIAMS: The Morning Waits
Brian Rayner Cook/Adrian Williams

 

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