The Ivors Composer Awards 2019 Nominations AnnouncedOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY The Ivors Academy
This year, 33 individual works have been nominated across 11 categories including Orchestral, Solo or Duo, Sound Art, Chamber Ensemble and Amateur or Young Performers. The nominated categories are judged anonymously, and are voted for and presented by music creators, representing true peer recognition for their craft. Of the 30 composers nominated, Gary Carpenter, Sir James MacMillan and Charlotte Harding, who is a first-time nominee, have all received a double nomination. The nominated works demonstrate the vibrant and diverse range of music composed in the UK today and composers reflected on a vast array of themes in their music: Michael J McEvoy’s Mother Medusae responds to the #MeToo movement, gender pay gap and aggressive online trolling, whilst John Pickard’s Mass in Troubled Time unfolds a narrative of a family fleeing war-torn Syria by sea. Emily Peasgood’s Never Again, was commissioned by the Sea Folk Sing Project to commemorate the 100-year anniversary since Armistice Day on 11 November 1918, and explores reconciliation, and how one moves forward after a period of profound loss. Reflecting on the natural world Martin Green’s Aeons: A Sound Walk for Newcastle is a sound walk designed to be experienced through headphones during a half-hour walk along Hadrian’s Wall Path on the banks of the River Tyne. Whilst Charlotte Bray’s Invisible Cities for viola and piano takes inspiration from Calvino’s book of the same name and reflects on the urban environment. The Ivors Composer Awards are sponsored by PRS for Music. The event is in association with BBC Radio 3, providing exclusive broadcast coverage.
“We’re incredibly excited to honour a wide range of phenomenal talent, all of whom have demonstrated the highest quality of composition craft in their fields, engaging with and challenging the world around them." Andrea C. Martin, PRS for Music CEO, commented: “I am delighted that we are once again supporting The Ivors Composer Awards, celebrating the diversity and vibrancy of our contemporary composer community. Congratulations to all those nominated, your works show the range of talent and creativity flourishing in the UK.”
The Ivors Composer Awards 2019 Nominees: SOLO OR DUO Invisible Cities by Charlotte Bray
Leafleoht by James Weeks
Flute Concerto by Dai Fujikura
Mother Medusae by Michael J McEvoy
Jumping In by Laura Jurd
Mass in Troubled Times by John Pickard
The Book of Miracles (Trombone Concerto) by Gavin Higgins
Cave by Tansy Davies
Aeons: A Sound Walk for Newcastle by Martin Green
All the Hills and Vales Along by Sir James MacMillan
Agreed by Howard Moody
Presented by BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson and Tom Service, the ceremony will also include the presentation of an Ivor Novello Award for Innovation and an Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement, presented in association with the Music Publishers Association. For more information visit:
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October 28, 2019 6:00am ET by Pressparty |