Young composers
New Compositions
The orchestra likes to encourage young composers and over the last few years has commissioned the following:
2012: You are old Father William by John-Paul Bowman (Guildhall School of Music and Drama).
2013: An Eve Owl by Joseph Alexander (Kingston University).
2015: Panta Rhei by Sofía Oriana Infante (above) (Kingston University).
2017: Once in a Big City by Sergey Lunev (Kingston University).
2019: The Incandenza Variations by Greg Harradine (Kingston University)
2022: All other things will change by Kit McCarthy (Guildhall)
2024: A Dream within a Dream by Jasmine Meaden (Guildhall)
Watch the orchestra’s performance of the whole of Sergei Lunev’s work (top) and highlights from Greg Harradine’s (below).
Our Young Musician scheme is sponsored by the H R Taylor Trust.
