London's Nash Ensemble Celebrates A Whole Lot Of Wonderful New Classical Music!

Premières given by The Nash Ensemble
since 1964
* indicates a Nash commission

Michael Alcorn Wind Quintet WP Oct 90
Julian Anderson Poetry Nearing Silence WP* Mar 97
Julian Anderson Towards Poetry 1st CP* Mar 99
Simon Bainbridge Four Primo Levi Settings WP July 96
Simon Bainbridge Voicing WP* Jun 82
Rupert Bawden Donkey Dances WP* Mar 96
Rupert Bawden Ultima Scena WP* Aug 89
Rupert Bawden Wanderjahr WP* Jul 90
Sally Beamish Between Earth and Sea WP* Mar 97
Sally Beamish Madragali WP* Feb 95
David Bedford The ones who walked away from Omelas WP* Jan 77
Richard Rodney Bennett Book of Hours WP* Sep 91
Richard Rodney Bennett Commedia III WP* Feb 73
Richard Rodney Bennett Five Sonnets of Louise Labe LP* May 86
Richard Rodney Bennett Oboe Quartet LP Mar 76
Richard Rodney Bennett Sonata after Syrinx LP* May 86
Michael Berkeley Chamber Symphony WP Aug 80
Michael Berkeley Gethsemane WP May 03
Michael Berkeley Winter Fragments WP* Mar 96
Harrison Birtwistle Cantus Iambeus WP Mar 05
Harrison Birtwistle Clarinet Quintet LP Jul 82
Harrison Birtwistle Nine Settings of Celan WP* Mar 00
Harrison Birtwistle Passing Measures WP* Mar 05
Harrison Birtwistle The Woman and the Hare WP* Mar 99
Robin Black In Paradisum WP Oct 69
Denys Bouliane Comme un silence entr’ouvert UKP Oct 87
Martin Bresnick Opera della Musica Povera EUP* Apr 94
Martin Bresnick Piano Trio UKP Jul 89
Benjamin Britten Britten’s Blues arr. Runswick LP Mar 93
Benjamin Britten Introduction and Allegro WP Nov 86
Benjamin Britten The Sword in the Stone Suite LP Mar 93
Christopher Brown Chamber Dances WP* Apr 82
Christopher Brown Divertimento LP* Nov 70
Christopher Brown The Snows of Winter WP* Nov 71
John Buller Of Three Shakespeare Sonnets WP* Jun 85
John Buller The Cave WP Nov 70
Geoffrey Burgon Chamber Dances WP Apr 82
Howard Burrell Variants LP Oct 69
Elliott Carter Gra UKP Apr 94
Elliott Carter Mosaic WP* Mar 05
Elliott Carter Oboe Quartet UKP Mar 03
Elliott Carter Syringa LP Apr 80
John Casken Infanta Marina WP* Mar 94
Richard Causton Notturno WP* Apr 98
Richard Causton Rituals of Hunting and Blooding WP* Mar 00
John Cheshire Piece WP Oct 69
Jonathan Cole Scrawling Out WP* Mar 06
David Collins Clarinet Quintet WP Oct 87
Justin Connolly Sestina WP* May 72
Justin Connolly Triad V WP Feb 71
John Cooney Undertow WP* Feb 97
Gordon Crosse Oboe Quintet WP Dec 88
Gordon Crosse The World Within WP* Apr 77
Gordon Crosse Three Inventions WP* Jan 66
Gordon Crosse Wildboy WP* Feb 78
George Crumb Idyll for the Misbegotten UKP Jun 88
Martin Dalby Octet WP* Jun 81
Martin Dalby Man Walking WP* Jun 81
Martin Dalby Whisper Music WP* May 71
Claude Debussy La Boîte a joujoux arr. Merion Bowen WP* Feb 99
Claude Debussy Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé arr. Colin Matthews WP* Mar 99
Edison Denisov Dedicace WP* Feb 92
David Dennis Sextet WP Oct 69
Peter Dickinson Larkins Jazz WP Feb 90
Zsolt Durko Impromptus in F WP* Jun 84
Zsolt Durko Three English Verses WP* Sep 91
Henri Dutilleux Dyptique 'Les Citations' LP Sep 92
Petr Eben Piano Quintet WP* Feb 92
David Ellis Sequentia WP* May 66
David Ellis Wind Quintet WP* May 67
Alvin Etler Suite UKP Jan 65
Silvio Ferraz The Children who stopped time WP Aug 94
Michael Finnissy Goro WP May 79
Michael Finnissy Sir Tristran WP* Feb 78
Michael Finnissy The Cry of Zephaniah WP Dec 92
Elena Firsova Before the Thunderstorm WP* Mar 95
Elena Firsova Earthly Life WP* Nov 86
Elena Firsova Forest Walks WP* Jun 88
Elena Firsova Music for 12 UKP* Jun 90
Elena Firsova Odyssey UKP* Feb 92
Elena Firsova Piano Sonata UKP Jun 89
Sebastian Forbes Concertante LP* Oct 69
Sebastian Forbes Partita WP* Feb 76
Sebastian Forbes Serenade WP* Nov 70
Sebastian Forbes Serenade for 8 WP* Sep 79
Lukas Foss Cave of the wind EUP Aug 76
Erika Fox Eight Songs from Cavafy WP Nov 70
Jean Francaix Quintet No 2 UKP Jul 93
Roberto Gerhard Songs from Schahrazada arr. Bowen WP* Mar 94
Alexander Goehr ... around Stravinsky WP* Mar 02
Alexander Goehr Five Objects Darkly Op 62 EUP Mar 98
Larry Goves i wear you on my sleeve WP* Feb 03
Francis Grier The Cry of Mary WP Dec 92
Sofia Gubaidulina Homage a T.S.Eliot UKP Jun 88
Sofia Gubaidulina Zwei Lieder UKP Jun 90
John Harbison Variations UKP Apr 94
Simon Harris Concerto da Camera WP* Jan 66
Simon Harris Musica Mennipea WP* May 66
Jonty Harrison Farben WP Jul 87
Jonathan Harvey Lotuses WP* Sep 92
Jonathan Harvey Scena UKP May 95
Jonathan Harvey Tendril WP* Jun 87
Christopher Headington Horn Trio WP Feb 94
Hans Werner Henze Adagio Adagio UKP Sep 94
Hans Werner Henze Drei Lieder uber den Schnee UKP Sep 94
Hans Werner Henze Five Neapolitan Songs UKP Mar 01
Hans Werner Henze Quintetto EUP Sep 94
Hans Werner Henze Songs and Dances from the Operetta 'La Cubana' UKP Sep 94
Robin Holloway Concertino No 5 WP* Sep 91
Robin Holloway Divertimento No 3 1st PP Jun 82
Robin Holloway Serenade in C WP* Mar 79
Robin Holloway Serenade in E flat WP* Jun 85
Robin Holloway Spring Music WP* Oct 03
Gustav Holst Wind Quintet WP Sep 82
Simon Holt ...era madrugada WP* May 84
Simon Holt 4 Quarters LP* rev Mar 07
Simon Holt A Song of Crocuses & Lightning WP rev Mar 02
Simon Holt all fall down WP* Feb 94
Simon Holt Canciones WP* Jun 86
Simon Holt Capriccio Spettrale UKP Jun 89
Simon Holt Shadow Realm WP Sep 82
Simon Holt the other side of silence WP* Jul 04
Simon Holt Sparrow Night WP* Mar 90
John Hopkins Cantilever WP Jul 82
David Horne Life's Splinters WP* Mar 07
David Horne Splintered Instruments WP* Feb 05
Wilfred Josephs Adam and Eve WP* Feb 68
John Joubert The Secret Muse WP Dec 93
Paul Kellett Pascal’s Triangle WP* Sep 92
Gordon Kerry Blue Latitudes WP* Jan 00
Oliver Knussen Cantata WP Sep 79
George Koumentakis Concertino WP Nov 02
Gyorgy Kurtag Herdecker Eurythmie EUP Mar 94
Nicola LeFanu Deva WP Mar 79
Malcolm Lipkin Clifford’s Tower WP* Jul 80
Malcolm Lipkin Wind Quintet WP Jul 86
Vasily Lobanov Flute Sonata UKP Jun 88
James MacMillan Horn Quintet WP* Jul 07
James MacMillan Raising Sparks WP* Oct 97
Edward Maguire String Trio WP Jun 86
Colin Matthews 23 Frames for 4 Players WP* Feb 95
Colin Matthews A voice to wake... WP* Mar 05
Colin Matthews Hidden Variables LP* Jun 89
Colin Matthews Night’s Mask LP* Jul 90
Colin Matthews Piano Quartet WP* Feb 90
Colin Matthews The Great Journey WP* Jun 88
Colin Matthews The Island WP Mar 08
David Matthews Arr. of Delius 2 Pieces for small orchestra WP* Jul 93
David Matthews Clarinet Quartet WP* Jun 84
David Matthews Happy Returns WP* Nov 96
David Matthews Marina LP* Jun 89
David Matthews String Trio No.1 WP* Dec 89
David Matthews Terrible Beauty WP* Mar 07
David Matthews The Sleeping Lord WP* May 92
David Matthews Winter Passions WP Jul 99
Nicholas Maw Flute Quartet WP* May 81
Nicholas Maw Ghost Dances EP* Jun 88
Nicholas Maw La Vita Nuova WP* Sep 79
Nicholas Maw Roman Canticle WP* Nov 89
Peter Maxwell Davies Mishkenot WP May 88
Peter Maxwell Davies Seven Skies of Winter WP* Jun 04
David McBride Clarinet Quintet WP Jan 77
John McCabe Time Remembered WP Oct 73
Dominic Muldowney Piano Trio WP* May 82
Detlev Müller-Siemens Pavane WP* Jun 86
Detlev Müller-Siemens Sextet WP* Mar 94
Tristan Murail Vues aeriennes WP* Dec 88
Peter-Paul Nash Leaving Without Trace WP Mar 98
Peter Paul Nash Sextet WP* Oct 87
Alasdair Nicolson The Stamping Ground WP* Jun 06
Anders Nordentoft Hymne WP* Mar 96
Per Norgard Scintillation WP* Mar 94
Michael Nyman Introduction & Allegro Concertato WP* Jan 65
Nigel Osborne Fantasia WP* May 83
Nigel Osborne Mythologies WP* Jun 80
Nigel Osborne Zone WP* Oct 89
Jim Parker La Comédie Humaine WP* Dec 90
Paul Patterson At the Still Point of the Turning World WP* Feb 80
Paul Patterson Wind Quintet WP* Aug 67
Anthony Payne Empty Landscape - Heart’s Ease WP* Mar 95
Anthony Payne A Sea Change WP* Jun 88
Anthony Payne The Stones and Lonely Places Sing WP* Sep 79
Anthony Payne The World’s Winter WP* Jul 76
Paul Pellay Concertante WP* Sep 91
Patrick Piggott Candles WP May 88
Francis Poulenc Chamber Opera 'Le Gendarme Incompris' UKP Jun 87
Howard Riley String Trio WP Jun 76
David Rowland Franciscan Rounds WP May 77
David Rowland The Revolving Sphere WP Nov 70
Poul Ruders The Bells WP* Mar 94
Daryl Runswick Zany WP* Dec 75
Jan Sandström Wahlberg Variations WP* Mar 96
Satie arr. Muldowney Sports et Divertissements WP* Mar 81
Robert Saxton A Yardstick to the Stars WP* Feb 95
Alfred Schnittke Dialog LP Mar 94
Alfred Schnittke Piano Quartet UKP Jun 89
Roger Sessions Concertino for Chamber Orchestra UKP Nov 76
Roger Smalley Melody Study II WP* May 70
Dmitri Smirnov Eight Line Poems WP* Sep 92
Dmitri Smirnov Moonlight Story WP* Jun 89
Dmitri Smirnov The Seasons UKP* Jun 88
Naresh Sohal Experiment 2 WP Nov 70
Tim Souster Le Souvenir de Maurice Ravel WP* Jun 84
Tim Souster Sonata WP Aug 80
Giles Swayne A Song for Hadi WP May 83
Toru Takemitsu Quatrain UKP Jun 83
John Tavener Akhmatova Settings WP* Mar 95
John Tavener Lamentation Last Prayer and Exaltation LP Jan 79
John Tavener Requiem for Father Malachy WP* Jun 73
John Tavener Settings of Six Russian Folksongs WP* Jan 79
John Tavener The Gentle Spirit WP* Jun 77
Michael Tippett Suite from The Ice Break arr. Bowen LP Mar 99
Michael Tippett Suite: The Tempest arr. Bowen WP* Dec 94
Mark-Anthony Turnage An Invention on 'Solitude' WP* Apr 98
Mark-Anthony Turnage At Close of Day WP May 93
Mark-Anthony Turnage Bleak Moments WP* Mar 06
Mark-Anthony Turnage Beating about the Bush WP* Jun 87
Mark-Anthony Turnage Cantilena WP* Mar 02
Mark-Anthony Turnage Cortège for Chris WP* Apr 98
Mark-Anthony Turnage Entranced LP Jun 83
Mark-Anthony Turnage Eulogy WP* Jul 03
Mark-Anthony Turnage Her Anxiety WP* Sep 92
Mark-Anthony Turnage Returning WP* Jul 07
Mark-Anthony Turnage Slide Stride WP* Jan 03
Mark-Anthony Turnage Three Farewells WP* Jul 90
Mark-Anthony Turnage Two Baudelaire Songs WP* Oct 04
Mark-Anthony Turnage Vocalise WP* Jul 90
Huw Watkins Sonata for cello and 8 instruments WP* Mar 99
Huw Watkins Gig WP* Feb 05
Michael Blake Watkins The Magic Shadow-Show WP Jul 80
Michael Blake Watkins Spirit of the Universe WP Oct 78
Judith Weir Airs from another planet WP* Oct 86
Malcolm Williamson Pas de Quatre UKP* Oct 68
Malcolm Williamson Piano Trio WP Jul 76
Hugh Wood Horn Trio WP Nov 89