Premieres at the 2010 BBC Proms

Focus on Composers… The size and scale of the UK's foremost classical music festival, the BBC Proms, deservedly gets notice worldwide. But for us composers, it's also a fantastic way to hear who is working now in the genres of orchestral and chamber music.

The 2010 season offers a survey of some of the most highly-regarded British and international composers, as well as neglected masters and up-and-comers. And thanks to the BBC's excellent links, anyone anywhere can tune in to the Proms on line.

Here's a listing of composers with premieres coming up:

Hans Abrahamsen (born 1952)

• Wald (UK premiere) – Prom 28

Julian Anderson (born 1967)

• Fantasias (London premiere) – Prom 29

George Benjamin (born 1960)

• Duet (London premiere) – Prom 22

Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)

• Bun No.1 (London premiere) – Prom 47

Tansy Davies (born 1973)

• Wild Card (world premiere) – Prom 72

Brett Dean (born 1961)

• Amphitheatre (London premiere) – Prom 18

James Dillon (born 1950)

• La Navette (UK premiere) – Prom 45

Jonathan Dove (born 1959)

• A Song of Joys (world premiere) – Prom 76

Morton Feldman (1926–1987)

• Piano and Orchestra (London premiere) – Prom 47

Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)

• Dum transisset I-IV (London premiere) – PSM 5

Alissa Firsova (born 1986)

• Bach Allegro (world premiere) – Prom 39

Graham Fitkin (born 1963)

• PK* (world premiere) – Prom 60

Robin Holloway (born 1943)

• RELIQUARY: Scenes from the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, enclosing an instrumentation of Schumann’s ‘Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart’ (London premiere) – Prom 74

Simon Holt (born 1958)

• a table of noises (London premiere) – Prom 13

Gabriel Jackson (born 1962)

• In nomine Domini (world premiere) – PSM 5

Jouni Kaipainen (born 1956)

• String Quartet No.6 (world premiere) – PCM 2

James MacMillan (born 1959)

• The Sacrifice – Three Interludes (London premiere) – Prom 69

Martin Matalon (born 1958)

• Lignes de fuite (UK premiere) – Prom 63

Colin Matthews (born 1946)

• Violin Concerto (London premiere) – Prom 15

Stephen Montague (born 1943)

• Wilful Chants (world premiere) – Prom 30

Thea Musgrave (born 1928)

• Ithaca (world premiere) – PSM 5

Betty Olivero (born 1954)

• Neharo't neharo't (UK premiere) – PSM 3

Tarik O’Regan (born 1978)

• Latent Manifest (world premiere) – Prom 39

Arvo Pärt (born 1935)

• Symphony No.4, ‘Los Angeles’ (UK premiere) – Prom 46

Albert Schnelzer (born 1972)

• A Freak in Burbank (UK premiere) – Prom 51

Gunther Schuller (born 1925)

• Where the Word Ends (UK premiere) – Prom 5

Bent Sørensen (born 1958)

• La mattina (UK premiere) – Prom 53

Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)

• Hammered Out (world premiere) – Prom 54

Huw Watkins (born 1976)

• Violin Concerto (world premiere) – Prom 42