Luke Bedford

2012
Wonderful Two-Headed Nightingale for solo violin, solo viola and 15 players; commissioned by The Scottish Ensemble with support from Britten-Pears Foundation PRS for Music Foundation; World Premiere: 17th February 2012, Inverness

2011
Igor, The Bird Who Couldn’t Sing for narrator, clarinet and piano; commissioned by Wigmore Hall; World Premiere: 07th May 2011, Wigmore Hall London

Seven Angels, Chamber opera in two acts for 7 singers and 12 instruments; World Première: 17th June 2011, CBSO Centre Birmingham

Nine Little Boxes, All Carefully Packed – Six Pieces in Nine Boxes for string quartet; Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation. World Premiere: 30th December 2011, Wigmore Hall London

2010
At Three and Two for winds, percussion and double basses; Commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society Manchester, England World Premiere Thursday 27th May 2010

Give Him His Hat for piano, version for two hands and version for four hands; Commissioned by Klavier-Festival Ruhr

2009
Great Bass Rackett for bassoon; Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta in celebration of its 40th Birthday. World Première: 9th September 2009, Kings Place London

Of the Air for string quartet; Commissioned by Helen Bishop-Stephens and Patrick Bailey in celebration of their marriage in August 2006, World Première_ 25th June 2009, Wigmore Hall

Più Mosso for large orchestra; Commissioned by the CBSO Youth Orchestra with funds provided by the Britten-Pears Foundation and the PRS Foundation; World Première: 1st November 2009, Symphony Hall Birmingham

Self-Assembly Composition No. 1 for any instruments; Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann; World Première:4th June 2009, Wigmore Hall London

Willy and Hugh for narrator and eight instruments; Commissioned by Wigmore Hall as part of Luke Bedford’s tenure as Composer in Residence; World Première: 29th January 2010, Wigmore Hall London

2008
By the Screen in the Sun at the Hill on the Gold for 18 players; Commissioned by Ensemble Modern and Siemens Arts Program for the project into…; World Première:6th March 2009 Konzerthaus Berlin

Good Dream She Has for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and 14 players; Commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; World Première: 14th April 2008, CBSO Centre Birmingham

On Time for choir and orchestra; Commissioned by Sing-Akademie zu Berlin; World Première:5th July 2008, Gethsemane-Kirche Berlin

Upon St. George’s Hill for tenor and guitar

2007
Wreathe for orchestra; Commissioned by BBC Radio 3; World Première: 7th Dcember 2007, Wiltshire Music Center Bradford-on-Avon

2006
Or Voit Tout En Aventure for soprano and 16 players; Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta; 30th May 2006, Queen Elizabeth Hall London

Outblaze The Sky for orchestra; Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra in partnership with UBS; World Première: 12th April 2007, Barbican London

2005
Chiaroscuro for violin, violoncello and piano; Commissioned for the Gould Piano Trio by Richard Phillips

Slow Music for 8 players; Commissioned by the Philharmonia for its Music of Today series

2003
Rode with Darkness for orchestra; BBC Commission for the Hallé; World Première: 8th January 2004; Bridgewater Hall Manchester

2002
Catafalque for large ensemble / for piano; World Première: 10th May 2002, Duke’s Hall London

Man Shoots Strangers from Skyscraper for 8 players; World Première: 25th May 2002, St. George’s Brandon Hall Bristol

2001
5 Abstracts for 14 players; Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for the London Sinfonietta; World Première: 22nd April 2001, Queen Elizabeth Hall London