Nominees for The Ivors Classical Awards 2023 announced

We've announced the nominees for The Ivors Classical Awards 2023. The awards celebrate the best new classical music and sound art and the winners will be revealed on 14th November at British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank in London.

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And the nominees are....

BEST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION??

• Disco! Disco! Good! Good??composed by Jasper Dommett?
• Even sweetness can scratch the throat?composed by Hannah Kendall?and published in the UK by G Ricordi, Universal Music Publishing Group
• N?vények?composed by Thomas Adès, commissioned by IMS Prussia Cove?and published in the UK by Faber Music?
• Staggered Nocturne?composed by Luke Bedford, commissioned by Philharmonia Orchestra and published in the UK by Universal Edition AG?
• Why Do You Grieve?composed by William Marsey?

BEST CHORAL COMPOSITION??

• Kishtatos | ????????composed by Omri Kochavi, commissioned by Britten Pears Arts
• Landscape?composed by Naomi Pinnock, commissioned by WDR and hcmf//?
• Sol?composed by Ben Nobuto, commissioned by National Youth Choir

BEST COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATION COMPOSITION in association with ABRSM

• Estuary Sound Ark?composed by Matthew Herbert, commissioned by Creative Estuary and published in the UK by Bucks Music Group?
• Heroes?composed by Harry Castle, commissioned by Lucy Kitchener and Jack Murphy,?Mount St. Mary's College?
• It Takes a City?composed by Toby Young, commissioned by Armonico Consort?
• Swarm Fanfares?composed by Dobrinka Tabakova, commissioned by Hallé Concerts Society and published in the UK by Schott Music Group
• Together and Apart?composed by Ned Bigham, commissioned by West Sussex Music and published in the UK by Faber Music

BEST LARGE ENSEMBLE COMPOSITION?

• Antigone: pure in her crime?composed by Athanasia Kontou, commissioned by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic ?
• ilolli-pop?composed by Alex Paxton, commissioned by Ensemble Modern and published in the UK by G Ricordi, Universal Music Publishing Group
• Ka?composed by Bushra El-Turk, commissioned by Wiener Konzerthaus / @Wiener KammerOrkest / Britten Pears Arts
• shouting forever into the receiver?composed by Hannah Kendall, commissioned by Südwestrundfunk through the Donaueschingen festival?and published in the UK by G Ricordi, Universal Music Publishing Group
• Through the Fading Hour?composed by Angela Elizabeth Slater, commissioned by London Philharmonic Orchestra and published in the UK by Composers Edition?

BEST ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION?

• ARCHORA?composed by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, commissioned by BBC Proms and co-commissioned by the LA Phil , Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris - Philharmonie de Paris , Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Klangspuren Schwaz, and published in the UK by Chester Music Ltd
• Cello Concerto?composed by Brett Dean, commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra , Berliner Philharmoniker , Swedish Radio SO, Minnesota Orchestra, Amsterdam Cello Biennale, Muziekgebouw Aan 't IJ, and published in the UK by Boosey & Hawkes ?
• Elliptics?composed by Emily Howard, commissioned by BBC Philharmonic and published in the UK?by PETERS EDITION LIMITED , Wise Music Group
• In This Brief Moment?composed by Brett Dean, commissioned by Sydney Philharmonia Choirs , City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (as one of its CBSO Centenary Commissions), Orchestre National de Lyon, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de Espa?a and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, and published in the UK by Boosey & Hawkes ?
• Sound Sculpture No 7?composed by Simon Knighton, commissioned by Southbank Centre Sinfonia and Nonclassical

BEST SMALL CHAMBER COMPOSITION?

• Answer Machine Tape, 1987?composed by Philip Venables, commissioned by Zubin Kanga, HCMF, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Time of Music Festival, November Music, 英国伦敦大学 - 皇家霍洛威学院 , and published in the UK by G Ricordi, Universal Music Publishing Group ?
• Comme l’espoir/you might all disappear?composed by Josephine Stephenson, commissioned by Hélo?se Werner with support from PRS Foundation and published in the UK by Wise Music Group
• Crow rotations?composed by Larry Goves, commissioned by Royal Northern College of Music Centre for Practice Research in Science and Music (PRiSM) and published in the UK by Composers Edition??
• Silberblau?composed by Matthew Grouse, commissioned by Sasha Savaloni and Current Resonance?
• The Book of the Sediments?composed by Newton Armstrong, commissioned by Juliet Fraser, Arts Council England , PRS Foundation and Vaughan Williams Trust?

BEST SOUND ART?

• LOL?by Olivia Louvel, commissioned by The Auxiliary?
• Machair?by Duncan MacLeod, commissioned by Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre?
• Rites For Crossing Water?by Hugh Crewdson Jones and Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, commissioned by Ludic Rooms?

BEST STAGE WORK?

• LEAST LIKE THE OTHER: Searching for Rosemary Kennedy?composed by Brian Irvine, commissioned by Irish National Opera ?
• Like Water for Chocolate?composed by Joby Talbot, commissioned by The Royal Ballet?and published in the UK by Wise Music Group
• Orpheus?composed by Jasdeep Singh Degun, commissioned by Opera North and South Asian Arts -uk
• The Scorched Earth Trilogy?composed by Brian Irvine, commissioned by Irish National Opera ?
• Violet?composed by Tom Coult, commissioned by Britten Pears Arts and MUSIC THEATRE WALES , and published in the UK by Faber Music

A jury of 40 composer judges from The Ivors Academy took part, nominating between three and five works for each category. 44% of the shortlist are first-time nominees, including Jasdeep Singh Degun, Simon Knighton, Angela Elizabeth Slater and Dobrinka Tabakova, and three composers – Brett Dean, Brian Irvine and Hannah Kendall – have each received two nominations. ?