A round-up of news, performances, events and key dates from some of the composers on Music Patron
Live events/performances
OCTOBER
Stick in the Wheel A Thousand Pokes, UK & Ireland Tour
2 October – 16 November
Stick in the Wheel continue their album tour throughout October with performances across the UK and Ireland including Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dublin. View the full tour schedule.Â
Yshani Perinpanayagam Fanny, King’s Head Theatre, London
From Friday 10 OctoberÂ
Following its premiere at The Watermill Theatre earlier this year, Fanny is a joyful and irreverent comedy telling the story of Fanny Mendelssohn. Yshani’s compositions features alongside her arrangements of music by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn.
Jo Quail God is an Astronaut Embers Tour
Wednesday 8 –Â Sunday 19 October
Jo guest performs with Irish instrumental post-rock band God Is An Astronaut on the second leg of their European tour.Â
Amelia Clarkson The Rain Keeps Coming, Ulster Hall, Belfast
Friday 10 OctoberÂ
The Ulster Orchestra performs the premiere of Amelia’s new work, The Rain Keeps Coming in Belfast.
Listen to Amelia talk about the premiere on Classical Connections with John Toal (from 0:40:35 via BBC Sounds, available until 26 October)
Yshani Perinpanayagam Improvising Pianist, Various
Monday 9 and Friday 31 October – Sunday 2 November
Two opportunities to catch Yshani on keys in ‘comedy improv’ mode: the Jane Austen-themed Austentatious in London (6 October only)Â and Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Show in Birmingham, Hereford and Cheltenham (31 October – 2 November).
Yshani Perinpanayagam Record Review, BBC Radio 3/BBC Sounds
Saturday 18 OctoberÂ
Yshani chooses her favourite recording of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major with Andrew McGregor.
Angela Elizabeth Slater Nu Quintet of Momentations, Rose Studio at Chamber Music Society, New York
Sunday 19 October
The US premiere of Angela’s Nu Quintet of Momentations for wind quintet.Â
Yshani Perinpanayagam The Multi-Story Orchestra, STUCK, London
Thursday 23 – Friday 24 October
Yshani composes, in collaboration Multi-Story Young Creatives Gabrielle Chudi and Richard Baker, this bold new musical STUCK, which narrates the relationship between an ambitious young man and his barber uncle, whose shop – and way of life – are threatened by a looming local redevelopment project. Performances at Southbank Centre and Fairfield Halls.
Angela Elizabeth Slater My skin: A Selkies Tale, Portsoy Salmon Bothy, Aberdeenshire
Saturday 25 OctoberÂ
Angela’s work My skin A Selkies Tale for soprano and cello, as part of Sound Festival 2025. Performed by Stephanie Lamprea and Jessica Kerr, the piece is an Illuminate 2024-25 Scotland commission. Read more about the piece on Illuminate’s website.
Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson Ragnarök: fate of the gods, ReyjkavÃk Opera Days
Saturday 25 OctoberÂ
Helgi R. Ingvarsson’s seventh opera, Ragnarök: fate of the gods, will be premiered on Saturday October 25th, 2025 in Harpa’s Norðurljós hall during the ReykjavÃk Opera Days, in collaboration with the Chamber Opera (Kammeróperan).
On-demand audio, soundscapes + installations
Amelia Clarkson Music and Medication Podcast, BBC Sounds
Amelia’s Wings of Peace soundtracks Nicole Vignola’s guided meditation. Commissioned and recorded by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, exclusively for this episode.
Listen to the podcast
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. EP available to download on Bandcamp.
Explore the Cutty Sark soundscapeÂ
Elliot Galvin Music And… Podcast, Mixcloud
In Music and… Elliot talks to fellow musicians about one unique passion they each have outside of music. Be it climbing, art, cookery, or anything in between, Elliot finds out how these passions have influenced each guest, whilst playing tracks that relate to their musical output and extramusical passion. Guests include Anna Meredith and Shabaka Hutchings.
Explore episodes in the series
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
Lisa Robertson The Sampler mixtape, Mixcloud
Listen to Lisa’s curated mixtape showcasing composers from Scotland writing about the environment. Featuring Lisa’s own music alongside tracks by Emily Doolittle, Linda Buckley, fellow Music Patron composer Stuart MacRae and more.Â
Listen to the mixtape
Stick in the Wheel Noods Radio
Second Tuesday of the month, 3-4pm
Listen to Stick in the Wheel’s monthly radio showÂ
Tom Coult Monologues for the Curious, BBC Sounds
Listen to the world premiere, commissioned by the BBC and recorded live from the BBC Proms 2025. Performed by tenor Allan Clayton and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.Â
Listen to the episode
Yshani Perinpanayagam Add to Playlist, BBC Sounds
Yshani joins Howard Goodall, Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye adding new tracks to an ever-growing musical playlist.
Listen to the podcastÂ