Timothy Ridout - Commissions
Mark Simpson
Hold Your Heart in Your Teeth
for viola and orchestra
Commissioned by Timothy Ridout (with support from BBT), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonie Zuidnederland
Timothy Ridout viola
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Robin Ticciati conductor
15 December 2024 Philharmonie, Berlin
(World Premiere)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor
25 September 2025 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
(UK Premiere)
Winterthur Kollegium
Alexander Bloch conductor
5 November 2025 Musikkollegium Winterthur
(Swiss Premiere)
Philharmonie Zuidnederland
Duncan Ward conductor
26 February 2026 Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
(Dutch Premiere)
Watch BBT’s profile film about Timothy Ridout’s commission of Mark Simpson, One Week in December, here
Photograph by Chelsea Browne