The Ivors Academy have revealed the nominees for classical, jazz and sound art for The Ivors Composer Awards 2021. The winners will be revealed in a live ceremony on 8 December at the British Museum.
In a change with previous years and to reflect the impact the pandemic has had on the music world, The Ivors Academy has included new works on a commercial recording – as long as the recording was the first time the work had been heard by the public – in addition to concerts that were live-streamed anywhere in the world, as long as the concert could be viewed by the UK public.
This year’s nominations include composers such as Tansy Davies, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Howard Goodall and James MacMillan. 40% of the composers in the running for an Ivor Novello Award this year are first-time nominees, including Nwando Ebizie, Nikki Iles, Dave Manington, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Alex Paxton, who has three works nominated.
The Ivors Composer Awards are supported by PRS for Music.
JAZZ COMPOSITION
BYE by ALEX PAXTON
for small jazz ensemble and improviser
CORNCRACK DREAMS by ALEX PAXTON
for trombone, keyboard and drums
DREAMS by BRIGITTE BERAHA and DAVE MANINGTON
for jazz sextet
THE CAGED BIRD by NIKKI ILES
for jazz band
THE RISE OF THE LIZARD PEOPLE by IVO NEAME
for jazz orchestra
LARGE SCALE COMPOSITION
CATAMORPHOSIS by ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR
for orchestra
DEMOCRACY DANCES by CONOR MITCHELL
for symphony orchestra
KAAMOS by LARA POE
for orchestra
PHARMAKEIA by JAMES DILLON
for 16 players
THIS DEPARTING LANDSCAPE by MARTIN SUCKLING
for orchestra
SMALL CHAMBER COMPOSITION
A FIELD GUIDE TO PEBBLES by LYNNE PLOWMAN
for percussion duo
NIGHTINGALES: ULTRA-DEEP FIELD by TANSY DAVIES
for string quartet
SOMETIMES VOICES by ALEX PAXTON
for keyboard and drums
STILL LIFE by STEPHEN GOSS
for cello and guitar
WICKED PROBLEMS by LAURA BOWLER
for voice, bass flute and fixed tape part
SOLO COMPOSITION
‘ECHO THE ANGELUS’ by JAMES DILLON
for piano
FADING SPELLSPHERE by BEN GAUNT
for piano
LAMPADES by MARTIN IDDON
for tuba and fixed media
LINEAR CONSTRUCTION (NO. 5) by ALEX GROVES
for cello
NO ONE by ROBIN HAIGH
for harp
SOUND ART
FIRE PREVENTION OR HOW TO SING A LABYRINTH OR THE REBEING AND THE BURNING OF THE LABYRINTH by NWANDO EBIZIE
for piano, voice and electronics with field recordings
LONDON 26 AND 28 MARCH 2020: IMITATION: INVERSION by CAROLINE KRAABEL
for baritone, alto and sopranino saxophones and double bass
NOCTURNAL INSIGHTS by NIKKI SHETH
for field recordings of crepuscular and nocturnal wildlife in the UK
THE CUCKMERE SOUNDWALK by ED HUGHES
for chamber orchestra
WAVES OF RESISTANCE (RADIO ART WITHOUT BORDERS) TONNTA FRIOTAÍOCHTA (EALAÍNE RAIDIÓ GAN TEORAINNEACHA) by MAGZ HALL
radiophonic poem, WASP synth and location recordings from the Irish Sea and Canterbury Garden
VOCAL OR CHORAL COMPOSITION
BARUCH – TEN PROPOSITIONS OF BARUCH SPINOZA FOR TENOR AND PIANO by MICHAEL ZEV GORDON
for tenor and piano
GYÖKÉR (ROOT) by THOMAS ADÈS
for mezzo-soprano and four percussionists
NEVER TO FORGET by HOWARDGOODALL
for SATB choir and small orchestra
THINKING I HEAR THEE CALL by CHERYL FRANCES-HOAD
for soprano, speaker and electronics
VIDI AQUAM by JAMESMACMILLAN
for 40 a cappella voices, split into 8 SSATB choirs
