7th February 2024
St John’s Waterloo (London, UK)

Musicians of the London Philharmonic Orchestra

A Celebration of Simon Bainbridge

22nd June 2022
David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)

Christopher Redgate, oboe
Musicians of the Royal Academy of Music, Aaron Holloway-Nahum

The Purcell School Celebrates Oliver Knussen

1st March 2020
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre (London, UK)

Lily Payne, clarinet; So-Hee han, clarinet; Catherine White, viola; Elsa Rapisarda , viola; Yena Gook, violoncello; Bethany Higgs, double bass

Hans Abrahamsen Composer-in-Residence | Wind Chamber Music

7th November 2019
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)

Musicians of the Royal Academy of Music

Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival

11th July 2019
Yellow Barn (Putney, Vermont, USA)

Lucy Shelton, soprano; Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet; Sarah Sung, viola; Pedro Borges, piano

8th May 2019
Jacqueline du Pre Music Building (Oxford, UK)

Kreutzer Quartet

WORLD PREMIERE

12th November 2016
Studio, Pontio, Bangor University, (Bangor, Wales, UK)

Benyounes String Quartet

21st November 2015
Saffron Hall (Saffren Walden, UK)

Eddie Gomez, jazz double bass
Britten Sinfonia, Kristjan Järvi

WORLD PREMIERE

Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival

18th November 2015
Milton Court (London, UK)

Eddie Gomez, jazz double bass
Britten Sinfonia, Kristjan Järvi

9th March 2015
CBSO Centre (Birmingham, UK)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Stan’s Cafe

8th March 2015
CBSO Centre (Birmingham, UK)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Stan’s Cafe

WORLD PREMIERE

27th September 2014
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square (London, UK)

Calum Huggan, percussion
Platinum Consort, Scott Inglis-Kidger

WORLD PREMIERE

11th May 2013
Wigmore Hall (London, UK)

Tempest Flute Trio

1st February 2013
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)

Manson Ensemble, Franck Ollu

USA PREMIERE

Focus! Festival

29th January 2013
Paul Recital Hall, Juillard School of Music (New York City, New York, USA)

Musicians of the Juilliard School of Music

Radio broadcast

24th November 2012
BBC Radio 3, Hear and Now

Music Space Reflection: The Music of Simon Bainbridge

19th October 2012
BBC Philharmonic Studio, MediaCityUK (Salford, UK)

Craig Ogden, guitar; RNCM New Ensemble
BBC Philharmonic, Clark Rundell, Yoon-Jee Kim

Music Space Reflection: The Music of Simon Bainbridge

19th October 2012
Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall (Manchester, UK)

Musicians of the Royal Northern College of Music

Music Space Reflection: The Music of Simon Bainbridge

18th October 2012
Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall (Manchester, UK)

RNCM New Ensemble and RNCM Big Band

Music Space Reflection: The Music of Simon Bainbridge

18th October 2012

Royal Northern College of Music Concert Hall (Manchester, UK)

Musicians of the Royal Northern College of Music

WORLD PREMIERE

BBC Proms 2012: Proms Saturday Matinee 4

18th August 2012
Cadogan Hall (London, UK)

Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo soprano; Andrew Watts counter-tenor
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Nicholas Collon

British Composition Season in Romania

25th January 2011
National University of Music (Bucharest, Romania)

Alexandru Dutulescu, cello; Marian Movileanu, viola

5th December 2010
Don Wright Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada)

Patricia Green, mezzo soprano; Zoltan Kalman, clarinet; Virginia Barron, viola; John Hess, piano

Lake District Summer Music Festival 2010

31st July 2010
Coronation Hall (Ulverston, UK)

Northern Sinfonia, Nicholas Kok

WORLD PREMIERE

4th June 2010
The Sage Gateshead (now The Glasshouse International Centre for Music) (Newcastle, UK)

Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair

PORTUGAL PREMIERE

6th Feberuary 2010,
Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal)

Orkestrutopica Big Band, Pedro Moreira

WORLD PREMIERE

7th November 2009
Wigmore Hall (London, UK)

Hilliard Ensemble, Arditti Quartet

Two Trios

6th June 2009
King’s Place (London, UK)

Endymion Ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE

Endymion at 30: Sound Census

5th June 2009
King’s Place (London, UK)

Endymion Ensemble

NEW YORK PREMIERE

8th March 2009
Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Centre (New York City, New York, USA)

5th March 2009
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Glasgow, UK)

WORLD PREMIERE

24th September 2008
Boston Conservatory (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

Gramercy Trio

11th September 2008
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)

Mark Wood, horn
Musicians of the Royal Academy of Music, Christopher Austin

20th June 2008
Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)

Musicians of the Royal Academy of Music

CANADA PREMIERE

Luminato Festival

12th June 2008
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

CONTACT ensemble, Simon Bainbridge

DENMARK PREMIERE

6th October 2007
Danish Jewish Museum (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Students of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Christoher Austin

FINLAND PREMIERE

3rd October 2007
Taulumäen kirkko, Finland

Pascal Gallois, bassoon
Jyväskylä Sinfonia

Second Glance Festival

26th June 2007
Bolivar Hall, Venezuelan Cultural Complex (London, UK)

Richard Edgar Wilson, tenor; Mark Troup, piano; Ayako Yoshida, violin (Carducci String Quartet)

30th April 2007
Imperial War Museum North (Manchester, UK)

The London Sinfonietta, Diego Masson

WORLD PREMIERE

28th April 2007
Imperial War Museum North (Manchester, UK)

The London Sinfonietta, Diego Masson

16th April 2007
Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Music Centre (New York City, New York, USA)

Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano
Ensemble Sequitur

Scherzi

28th February 2007
Roy Thompson Hall (Toronto, Canada)

Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen

WORLD PREMIERE

9th February 2007
Barbican Centre (London, UK)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson

23rd June 2006
Maida Vale (London, UK)

WORLD PREMIERE

Aldeburgh Festival

22nd June 2006
Snape Maltings (Snape, UK)

Robert Murray, tenor; Christopher Glynn, piano

5th December 2005
Weston Gallery, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Cardiff, Wales, UK)

Millenium Ensemble, Marcus Twitchin

UK PREMIERE of Voiles

5th October 2005
Eleanor Rathbone Theatre, Liverpool University (Liverpool UK)

Craig Ogden, guitar; Pascal Gallois, bassoon
Ensemble 10/10

BBC Proms 2005: Prom 74

10th September 2005
Royal Albert Hall (London, UK)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel

WORLD PREMIERE

Tanglewood Summer School

14th August 2005
Tanglewood Music Center (Tanglewood, Massachusetts, USA)

Musicians of the Tanglewood Summer School

June in Buffalo

8th June 2005
University of Buffalo (Buffalo, New York, USA)

June in Buffalo

7th June 2005
University of Buffalo *Buffalo, New York, USA)

12th May 2005
David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)

David Geoghegan, trumpet; Catriona MacKinnon, oboe; Louise Haines and Andrew Harper, clarinet; Amy Fawcett, viola; Louise McMonagle, violoncello; Claire Whitson, double bass

13th February 2005
Jacksons Lane Arts Centre, Archway (London, UK)

CHROMA Ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE

Cheltenham Music Festival 2004

14th July 2005
Town Hall (Cheltenham, UK)

Arditti Quartet

3rd April 2004
St John’s Smith Square (London, UK)

CYM*Chamber and Concert Choir

22nd January 2004

BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac Van Steen

3rd December 2003
Recital Room, Leeds College of Music (Leeds, UK)

Leeds College of Music New Music Ensemble, Graham Hearn

18th October 2003
Gaia Centre (Cornwall, UK)

Brunel Ensemble, Christopher Austin

22nd May 2003
The Chapel, Trinity College of Music (London, UK)

New Music Ensemble, Diego Massan

Radio broadcast

17th May 2003
BBC Radio

RUSSIA PREMIERE

Moscow Forum Festival of Contemporary Music

17th April 2003
(Moscow, Russian Federation)

Fretwork

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

29th November 2002
St Paul's Hall (Huddersfield, UK)

Craig Ogden, guitar; Tom Osborne, trumpet
New Ensembe, Clark Rundell

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival

28th November 2002
St Paul's Hall (Huddersfield, UK)

BBC Singers, James Morgan

WORLD PREMIERE

2nd November 2002
Maison de la Radio (Paris, France)

Pascal Gallois, bassoon
Orchestra Philharmonique de Radio France, Kirill Karabits

18th October 2002
Brown Shipley Concert Hall , Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK)

Craig Ogden, guitar; Tom Osborne, trumpet
New Ensemble, Clark Rundell

A birthday concert for Simon Bainbridge

27th September 2002
St John's Smith Square (London, UK)

LONDON PREMIERE

BBC Proms 2002: Prom 61

4th September 2002
Royal Albert Hall (London, UK)

BBC Singers
City of London Sinfonia, Stephen Cleobury

Cheltenham Music Festival 2002

19th July 2002
Town Hall (Cheltenham, UK)

Members of the London Sinfonietta

26th April 2002
(Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

18th March 2002
Royal Academy of Music (London, UK)

Christine Cairns, mezzo soprano; Anders Nyquist, trumpet
Manson Ensemble, Simon Bainbridge

Spitalfields Festival

21st June 2002
Spitalfields (Londn, UK)

BBC Singers
Endymion Ensemble, Stephen Cleobury

30th November 2001
(Den Haag, Netherlands)

Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano; Dorian Cooke, bassoon

Residentie Orchestra The Hague, Jac van Steen

WOLRD PREMIERE

29th April 2001
Adrian Boult Hall (Birmingham, UK)

Musicians from Birmingham Conservatoire’s Wind Department

WORLD PREMIERE

22nd October 2000
Barbican Centre (London, UK)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

WORLD PREMIERE

7th May 2000
St Alphege, Greenwich (London, UK)

Parish Church Choir of St Alphege, Stephen Dagg

WORLD PREMIERE

13th December 1999
Wigmore Hall (London, UK)

David Starobin, guitar

WORLD PREMIERE

1st May 1999
Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, UK)

London Sinfonietta

WORLD PREMIERE

3rd November 1999
York Minster (York, UK)

BBC Singers
BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers

WORLD PREMIERE

15th November 1998
CBSO Centre (Birmingham, UK)

David Starobin, guitar
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

BBC Proms 1998: Prom 42

20th August 1998
Royal Albert Hall (London, UK)

Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano; Kim Walkerdestvensky, bassoon
BBC Philharmonic, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

BBC Proms 1997: Prom 43

19th August 1997
Royal Albert Hall (London, UK)

Michael Thompson, horn
London Sinfonietta, Markus Stenz

WORLD PREMIERE

Oxford Contemporary Music Festival

1997
(Oxford, UK)

New London Chamber Choir

WORLD PREMIERE

20th July 1996
Ludlow Assembly Rooms (Ludlow, UK)

Mary Wiegold, soprano
Composers’ Ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE

Cheltenham International Festival

7th July 1996
(Cheltenham, UK)

Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Nash Ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE

29th March 1995
Royal Festival Hall (London, UK)

Christine Cairns, mezzo-soprano; Kim Walker, bassoon
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Simon Bainbridge

WORLD PREMIERE

1995
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre (London, UK)

Fretwork

WORLD PREMIERE

1995
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre (London, UK)

Fretwork

WORLD PREMIERE

29th June 1994
St John’s Smith Square (London, UK)

Composers’ Ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE

Cheltenham International Festival

1993
(Cheltenham, UK)

Joy Farrall

WORLD PREMIERE

Music Before 1800

8th November 1992
Corpus Christi Church (New York City, New York, USA)

Fretwork

WORLD PREMIERE

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 1991

29th November 1991
(Huddersfield, UK)

Lynda Richardson, soprano
The XXth Cen-tury Ensemble Vienna, Peter Burwik

WORLD PREMIERE

21st April 1990
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

WOLD PREMIERE

Cheltenham Music Festival 1990

(Cheltenham, UK)

Nicholas Daniel, oboe; Joy Farrall, clarinet
Richard Hickox

UK PREMIERE

Aldeburgh Festival

June 1988
(Aldeburgh/Snape, UK)

WORLD PREMIERE
Holland Festival

6th June 1988
(Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

WORLD PREMIERE

28th April 1988
Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, UK)

Mercury Ensemble, Roger Heaton

WORLD PREMIERE

10th anniversary of the City University Music Department celebrations

3rd December 1985
City University Music Department (London, UK)

Musicians from the City University Music Department

PREMIERE

London Sinfonietta Voices

WORLD PREMIERE

2nd November 1984
Royal Festival Hall (London, UK)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard

WORLD PREMIERE

Nash Ensemble

WORLD PREMIERE

1981 Edinburgh Festival

(Edinburgh, UK)

Lynda Richardson, soprano
Capricorn, Simon Bainbridge

USA Premiere

Nora Post, oboe

BBC Proms 1975: Prom 52

15th September 1975
The Roundhouse (London, UK)

Jane Manning, soprano
Matrix, Simon Bainbridge

PREMIERE OF REVISED VERSION

BBC Radio 3 broadcast

Twentieth Century Ensemble of London

USA PREMIERE

Boston

Annex Players

WORLD PREMIERE

South Bank Summer Music Festival

Purcell Room, Southbak Centre (London, UK)

Yale Quartet

WORLD PREMIERE

Aldeburgh Festival

June 1971

WORLD PREMIERE

Music in our Time Concert

Royal Cllege of Music (London, UK)