List of works commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society

The Royal Philharmonic Society has commissioned new works to composers since 1813,[1] and among the pieces commissioned are Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No.4 and Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No.8.[1]

This is a list of compositions commissioned by the RPS or dedicated to the Royal Philharmonic Society (London) since 1813.[2]

1814

1815

  • Cherubini: Overture in G
  • Cherubini: Symphony in D
  • Ries: Symphony

1816

  • Ries: Bardic Overture
  • Klengel: Piano Quintet
  • Potter: Overture
  • Ries: Symphony No.3 in Eb
  • Müller: Clarinet Quintet
  • J F Burrowes: Overture
  • Cherubini: Cantata La Primavera
  • Clementi: Symphony
  • Potter: Septet for piano, flute and strings
  • Fémy: Symphony in E minor

1817

  • Burghersh: Symphony

1819

  • Ries: Scena Sia Luminosa

1821

  • Spohr: Overture in F
  • Bochsa: Septet for harp, wind and double bass

1825

1832

  • Neukomm: Septet (Fantasia Concertante) for wind and double bass
  • Onslow Symphony

1833

1834

  • H R Bishop: Cantata The Seventh Day
  • Vincent Novello: Dramatic Cantata Rosalba
  • Horsley: Motet Exultabo Te
  • Mendelssohn: Concert Aria Infelice (op.94)

1835

  • Herz: Piano Concerto in D minor

1836

  • Bishop: Cantata The Departure from Paradise

1848

  • Spohr: Symphony No.8 in G minor

1862

  • Bennett: Overture Paradise and the Peri

1864

  • Bennett: Symphony in G minor

1867

1868

  • Barnett: Overture symphonique
  • Benedict: Overture La selva incantata

1872

  • Bennett: Prelude Ajax

1875

  • Macfarren: Idyll in Memory of Sterndale Bennett

1881

  • Cowen: Sinfonietta in A minor

1883

  • King Prize: Overture Among the Pines

1885 [Ernst Dramatic Overture]

  • Wingham: Serenade for Orchestra

1886

1887

1895

  • Parry: Symphony No.3 in F (revised)

1896

  • Dvořák: Five Biblical Songs with orchestra

1898

  • MacCunn: Ballet music from Diarmid

1910

1917

  • German: Song Have you news of my boy Jack?

1950

1958

1963

  • Walton: Variations on a Theme of Hindemith

1966

1969

1970

1971

1975

1982

1985

1987

1989

1992

  • Saxton: Paraphrase on Mozart's Idomeneo

2000

  • Jonathan Cole: Ouroboros

2001

2002

  • Brett Dean Huntington: Eulogy
  • John Woolrich: Darker Still
  • David Gorton: Oblique Prayers, winner of the RPS Composition Prize

2003

2004

  • Brian Herrington: Symphonia for the London Sinfonietta, winner of the RPS Composition Prize
  • Phillip Neil Martin: An Outburst of Time for the Cheltenham Festival, winner of the RPS Composition Prize
  • Dai Fujikura: Be

2005[3]

  • Dai Fujikura: Another Place for the Cheltenham Festival, winner of the RPS Composition Prize
  • Lyell Cresswell: Ara Kopikopiko, winner of the RPS Composition Prize

2006[3]

2007[3]

2008[3]

2009[3]

  • Dobrinka Tabakova: Suite in Jazz Style
  • Gwilym Simcock: Contours
  • Alexander Goehr: Since Brass, nor Stone
  • Claudia Molitor: Alert
  • Benjamin Cox: In Memoriam[4]
  • Evis Sammoutis: Night, again, winner of the RPS Composition Prize
  • Sasha Siem: From the White Dictionary, winner of the RPS Composition Prize
  • Tom Arthurs: And Distant Shore, winner of the RPS Composition Prize

References

  1. 1 2 "Commissions - General". RPS. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "List of Commissions". Retrieved 25 October 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Commissions Since 1813 (2005 - 2009)". royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk. London: Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS). Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Benjamin Cox". Music Network Pro. London: Blue Compass. About me. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
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