A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the composers on Music Patron
Live events/performances
Laura Bowler Power Play, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Friday 4 April
Irish premiere of Laura Bowler and Sam Redway’s Power Play (2024), presented by Danish accordionist Andreas Borregaard, one of two new works written for him as part of his ongoing exploration of the contemporary music performer.
Stick in the Wheel Spring Tour, UK-wide
April 2025
Stick in the Wheel’s UK tour continues in April with dates in Sheffield (Tue 01/04), Coventry (Wed 02/04), and Cambridge (Thur 03/04).
Full tour dates and venues for March and April
Lisa Robertson an sgaireag: she screams
Tom Coult Find Planets
Sounds Of Now, Portsmouth
Thursday 17 April
The Hermes Experiment perform work by Lisa Robertson and Tom Coult. The premiere of Lisa’s harp, clarinet, voice, and double bass work an sgaireag: she screams commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, and Tom’s Find Planets, commissioned by the ensemble themselves. Part of Music in the Round
Tom Coult Souling, ORA Singers, The Stoller Hall Manchester
Tuesday 29 April
World premiere of Tom’s piece Souling performed by the ORA Singers as part of a concert themed around the passing of a year.
Read Tom’s own words about the inspiration behind Souling here.
On-demand audio, soundscapes + installations
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Magic Classical
Saturdays 12-3pm
Listen to Ayanna’s weekly radio show
Stick in the Wheel Noods Radio
Second Tuesday of the month, 3-4pm
Listen to Stick in the Wheel’s monthly radio show
Emily Peasgood Listening Desk, venues across the UK
The Listening Desk is an interative sound sculpture that democratises access to sound archives in a fun and playful way. Installed at 10 locations around the UK.
Explore the Listening Desk
Colin Riley Cutty Sark soundscape, London
An immersive ambient set of soundtracks mixing sounds from the Cutty Sark with an orchestra of electric violas and treated piano.
Explore the Cutty Sark soundscape or download the EP on Bandcamp.
Alice Beckwith ‘Tomorrow, at dawn’ with The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge and Steven Grahl
Commissioned by Choir & Organ magazine for the New Music Series 2025, Tomorrow, at dawn is a stunning new choral work by Alice Beckwith. The recording and score was released in February 2025 with the Spring issue of Choir & Organ and is available to download for free until 31 August 2025 from Gramophone magazine.
