BBT Commissions

BBT Commissions in development

Michael Hersch Along the Ravines Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Shai Wosner piano BBT Award Winner 2005

Lukas Ligeti Tangle for Percussion and Trumpet
Colin Currie percussion BBT Award Winner 2005

for duo with Håkan Hardenberger

A trombone concerto from Kalevi Aho for
Jörgen van Rijen trombone BBT Award Winner 2006

A chamber concerto from Fraser Trainer for
O Duo percussion duo BBT Special Commissioning Award 2008

A trumpet concerto from Bent Sørensen for
Tine Thing Helseth trumpet BBT Fellowship 2009

Previous BBT Commissions

Gavin Bryars Piano Concerto The Solway Canal
Ralph van Raat piano BBT Fellowship Winner 2005

Premiere: 19th February 2010 Vredenburg, Utrecht and 20th February 2010 Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic / Cappella Amsterdam / Otto Tausk
Co-commissioned for Ralph van Raat by Borletti-Buitoni Trust with
Dutch Broadcaster NPS
A recording of the premiere performances will be released on CD by Naxos.

Read Ralph van Raat’s BBT Blog On Gavin Bryars' "Solway Canal"

Olga Neuwirth Viola Concerto
Remnants of Song... An Amphigory
Antoine Tamestit viola BBT Award Winner 2006

Premiere: October 2009 Graz, Austria
RSO Wien / Peter Eötvös
Co-commissioned for Antoine Tamestit by Borletti-Buitoni Trust with ORF, Musikprotokoll Graz, Wien Modern, DSO Berlin and Betty Freeman

"The work is entirely original, astoundingly complex and, ultimately, gloriously rewarding and uplifting."
Larry L. Lash, MusicalAmerica.com 8.12.2009

"Antoine Tamestit played it with virtuosity and a heartwarming tone"
Salzburger Nachrichtung, 12.10.2009

Read Antoine Tamestit's BBT Blog
Olga Neuwirth and Me

Simon Holt a table of noises
Colin Currie percussion BBT Award Winner 2005

Premiere: May 2008 Symphony Hall Birmingham
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins
Winner of British Composer Award 2009 for Orchestral Composition
Nominated for RPS Award 2009 for Large Scale Composition
Co-commissioned for Colin Currie by Borletti-Buitoni Trust with CBSO

"This work shows an extraordinary sense of beguiling and haunting instrumental sonorities, defining a piece of breathtaking originality, imagination, invention and wit."
Citation, British Composer Awards 2009

"Currie's virtosic performance confirmed that the percussion repertory has been enriched."
John Allison, Sunday Telegraph May 2008

Read Colin Currie's BBT Blog
Introducing Simon Holt's "a table of noises"

Detlev Glanert Double Piano Concerto
Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore piano duo
BBT Fellowship Winner 2004

Premiere: March 2008 City Halls, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins
Co-commissioned for Simon Crawford-Phillips and Philip Moore by
Borletti-Buitoni Trust with BBCSSO

Watch the BBT film: Concerto Countdown

"Glanert whisks us on a journey through space to Mars.The seed material is a little scale in thirds running up and down. In itself it is nothing. But Glanert the magician turns it into a pulsing particle of matter, constantly mutating and exploding. Moore and Crawford-Phillips proved ideal spacemen, with Brabbins and the orchestra riding alongside."
Geoff Brown, The Times 18.3.08

Read Simon Crawford-Phillips' BBT Blog
Giving Life to Glanert's Concerto

Richard Baker Written on a Train
BBT Tour Ensemble Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Christanne Stotijn (mezzo), Christian Poltéra (cello), Soovin Kim (violin), Colin Currie (percussion), Shai Wosner (piano)

Premiere: October 2006 Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
Commissioned for BBT Tour Ensemble by Borletti-Buitoni Trust

"a humorous finale piece which brought together all six musicians in perfect harmony"
Die Welt 6.10.06

Watch the BBT film: Precious time on tour with Tetzlaff

Dave Maric Lucid Intervals for percussion and trumpet
Colin Currie percussion BBT Award Winner 2005

for duo with Håkan Hardenberger
Premiere: July 2006 Verbier Festival
Commissioned for Colin Currie by Borletti-Buitoni Trust

"Maric's sparse, rarefied sound-world is here matched by an extraordinarily sensitive response by both players. It's magic."
Robert Levett IRR November 07

"Enthralling stuff, every second of it."
Tim Ashley, Guardian 17.2.07

Kalevi Aho Clarinet Concerto
Martin Fröst clarinet BBT Award Winner 2003

Premiere: April 2006 Barbican, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä
Premiere recording: Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä / BIS
Co-commissioned for Martin Fröst by Borletti-Buitoni Trust with BBCSO

"a work of beguiling beauty and huge excitement."
Hilary Finch, The Times 25.4.06

"An atmospheric piece, it moves from a tempestuous opening via achingly beautiful solo passages and a vibrant scherzo to a dazz ling, multi-phonic coda. The perfect showcase for the remarkable skills of the Swedish soloist Fröst."
Anthony Holden, The Observer 30.4.06

Watch the BBT film: Kalevi Aho meets Martin Fröst

Lewis Spratlin Wonderer for solo piano
Jonathan Biss piano BBT Award Winner 2003

Premiere: 2005/06 US recital tour
Commissioned for Jonathan Biss by Borletti-Buitoni Trust

Michael Berkeley Concerto for Two Guitars
Katona Twins guitar duo BBT Award Winner 2003

Premiere: July 2004 Cheltenham Festival
Co-commissioned for Katona Twins by Borletti-Buitoni Trust with
Young Concert Artists Trust

"... the beauty of the glassy second movement and the brittle clarity of the final chase...... leaves you wanting more: the brilliant Katona twins are clearly capable of it."
The Times, 6.7.04