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Bright Shiny Things releases the world premiere recording of GRAMMY-nominated composer David T. Little and librettist Royce Vavrek’s oratorio AM I BORN, featuring soprano Mellissa Hughes, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, and NOVUS NY orchestra conducted by Julian Wachner.

A Boston Lyric Opera production, co-produced with Opera Philadelphia, “Svadba” debuts January 28, 2022 on BLO’s operabox.tv and the Opera Philadelphia Channel. Director Shura Baryshnikov and conductor Daniela Candillari create a timeless, magical world based on composer Ana Sokolovic’s music and libretto.

After a successful debut in London, Unsuk Chin’s new Violin Concerto tours to Boston and New York, performed by Leonidas Kavakos, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Andris Nelsons.

The spring season provides an extensive collection of repertoire by Boosey & Hawkes composers. Highlights include recent concertos by Unsuk Chin and Brett Dean, new orchestral works by Olga Neuwirth and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh and celebrations for John Adams’s 75th birthday.

In January, cellist Johannes Moser joins the Oregon Symphony and guest conductor Eun Sun Kim for the world premiere of Robin Holloway’s new cello concerto.

With John Adams’s 75th birthday falling on 15 February, European celebrations are launched in the New Year by the Tonhalle in Zürich and the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

Explore the choral music of James MacMillan with our web guide embracing 150 works, sacred and secular, for a wide range of choral forces. Paul Spicer surveys each work, offering performance tips, and links are provided to listen and to obtain performance materials.

Estonian-born composer Jüri Reinvere, who celebrates his 50th birthday this month, has received three new orchestral premieres this season. He discusses his recent style and the theatrical impulses that lie behind much of his music.

London enjoys a focus on Brett Dean’s music in the spring including major performances of three of his concertos. The Beethoven-inspired Piano Concerto receives a belated UK premiere by Jonathan Biss with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, while Dean’s London Philharmonic Orchestra residency features the Viola Concerto with Lawrence Power and the UK premiere of his Cello Concerto with Alban Gerhardt.

On 6 January Simon Rattle conducts the world premiere of Unsuk Chin’s second violin concerto, subtitled ‘Shards of Silence’, with the London Symphony Orchestra. Future performances with soloist Leonidas Kavakos are planned for March in Boston, New York and Leipzig.

Deutsch writes a new piece for The Cleveland Orchestra and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst that explores both extroverted and introverted qualities of intensity, which will debut in January 2022.

Following a brilliantly received world premiere in London, Mark Simpson’s new Violin Concerto for Nicola Benedetti is given its US premiere in January with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and conductor Louis Langrée.

The Recording Academy announces the 2022 GRAMMY Award nominations, with nods to recordings of works by Louis Andriessen, David T. Little, Béla Bartók, and John Adams.

Los Angeles Times declares Steven Mackey's "Shivaree" is a "wild lexical ride" after its world premiere with soloist Thomas Hooten, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Gustavo Dudamel.

Composer Olga Neuwirth is awarded the 2022 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, presented to her from the University of Louisville. The annual $100,000 prize also honors seminal ideas in world order, psychology, education and religion.

The St Petersburg Philharmonia has announced James MacMillan as Composer in Residence for its 2021/22 season, with a series of Russian premieres across three concerts including a final programme conducted by the composer.

Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of HK Gruber’s Short Stories from the Vienna Woods, a symphonic work pulled from the composer’s acclaimed 2014 opera, Tales from the Vienna Woods, in January 2022.

Part of our “Performer Picks” series of interviews with world-renowned artists about their favorite works in the B&H catalog. Read other “Performer Picks” interviews with Patrick Summers, Marin Alsop, and Julia Bullock.

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Brett Dean’s Notturno inquieto (Revisitato) at the Royal Festival Hall on 8 December, the latest work featured in the composer’s ongoing residency with the orchestra.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir present the UK premiere of James MacMillan’s acclaimed Christmas Oratorio in December. Mark Elder conducts performances in London’s Royal Festival Hall and Saffron Hall with soloists Lucy Crowe and Roderick Williams.