RICHARD AYRES

No. 56 Islands premiere at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam (NL), December 8th 2022. With Asko|Schönberg, Jurjen Hempel (conductor), NEST (visuals). Photo: De Schaapjesfabriek

No. 56 Islands premiere at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam (NL), December 8th 2022. With Asko|Schönberg, Jurjen Hempel (conductor), NEST (visuals). Photo: De Schaapjesfabriek

Performances

2025

No. 57 (K’s Strange Day), for timpani and orchestra: Conductor: Roland Kluttig | Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg | 28. January 2025 | Freiburg (D)


2024

No.58 (new work related to Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony): ASKO Schönberg ensemble | 13. September 2024 | Muziekgebouw Amsterdam (NL)

No. 57 (K’s Strange Day), for timpani and orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | 4. & 5. September 2024 | Helsinki

No. 44 (diary pieces): Orkest de Ereprijs | Conductor: Hardy Li | Openingsconcert Young Composers Meeting | Stadhuis Apeldoorn | 24. February 2024 16:00 CET

No. 42 (In the Alps): 
Orchestra: Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej | Conductor: Szymon Bywalec | 4. February 2024 | Katowice (Poland) | NOSPR, Sala kameralna | National Premiere


2023

No. 53 (Trödelmarkt); NONcerto for violin | Ostrava New Orchestra | Ostrava Days Festival, Ostrava Center for New Music, Ostrava (Czech Republic) | 31. August 2023

Islands: Asko|Schönberg | 1. April 2023 8:15 PM (CET) | De Doelen, Rotterdam (NL) 

No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven): Conductor: Anna Rakitina, Orchestra: Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra | Cincinnati, Music Hall, USA | 24, 25, 26 March 2023

No. 42 (In the Alps): Oper Graz, Hauptbühne | 22 & 26 March 2023

No. 45 (Peter Pan): Conducter: Hermann Bäumer, Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz | 4, 5, 18 January, 14, 16, 17 February, 2, 4, 21, 31 March, 6, 8 May 2023 | Mainz, Germany, Staatstheater Mainz 

No. 50 (The Garden) (2018), with Geoffrey Paterson (conductor), London Sinfonietta, and Joshua Bloom (bass). Animations by Martha Colburn. 

No. 42 (In the Alps), in a project by Olivier Fredj with illustrations by Jean Lecointre. Performed by the Nederlands Blazers Ensemble with soprano Barbara Hannigan.

Performances

2022

No. 45 (Peter Pan): Conducter: Hermann Bäumer, Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz | 17 (premiere), 21, 26 December 2022 | Mainz, Germany, Staatstheater Mainz

Islands: Asko|Schönberg | 8. December 2022 8:15 PM (CET) | Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam (NL) | World Premiere

No. 36 (NONcerto for horn): for solo horn and large ensemble. Conductor: Joseph Trafton, Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen, Soloist: Stefan Dohr, Horn | 19. October 2022 7:30 PM | Festhalle, Finnentrop (D)

No. 36 (NONcerto for horn): for solo horn and large ensemble. Conductor: Joseph Trafton, Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen, Soloist: Stefan Dohr, Horn | 18. October 2022 7:30 PM | Stadthalle, Hagen (D)

No. 34b: Conducter: Gregory Charette, ensemble: Asko|Schönberg | 30. April 2022, 8:15 PM CET | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (NL)

No. 53 (Trödelmarkt): NONcerto for violin | Conductor: Hardy Li, ensemble: Oerknal, solo violin: Joseph Puglia | 26. February 2022, 3:00 PM CET | Festival Dag in de Branding, Paleiskerk, The Hague (NL) | World Premiere

No. 50 (The Garden): Conducter: Hermann Bäumer, Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz, bas: Derrick Ballard | 3. February 2022 7:30 PM (CET) | Scharoun Theater | Wolfsburg (D) - Cancelled

No. 42 (In the Alps): Conductor: Roland Kluttig, Orchestra: Grazer Philharmoniker, 23. January 2022 | Graz (Austria) - Cancelled

No. 42 (In the Alps): Conductor: Roland Kluttig, Orchestra: Grazer Philharmoniker, 19. January 2022 | Graz (Austria) - Cancelled

No. 53 (Trödelmarkt): NONcerto for violin | Conductor: Gregory Charette, ensemble: Oerknal, solo violin and curator-in-residence: Joseph Puglia | Club Fluxus, Gaudeamus, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (NL) | 14. January 2022, 8:30 PM | World Premiere - Cancelled


2021

No. 50 (The Garden): Conducter: Hermann Bäumer, Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Mainz, bas: Derrick Ballard | 4. December 2021 7:30 PM (CET) | Staatstheater Mainz (D)

No. 36 (NONcerto for horn and ensemble): Conductor: Szymon Bywalec, Orchestra: Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej, soprano: Joanna Freszel, french horn: Paweł Cal | Online NOSPR concert | 22. October 2021 7:30 PM (CET)

No. 54 (aquarium): Quatuor Bozzini and 7090 (euphonium: Koen Kaptijn, keyboard: Nora Mulder) | World premiere, Gaudeamus Festival Saturday Night, Utrecht (NL) | 11. September 2021, 19:00 PM (CET)

No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven): Conductor: Nicholas Collon, Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra | 4. July 2021, 4:00 PM | Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London (UK)

No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven): Conductor: Nicholas Collon, Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra | 3. July 2021, 7:30 PM | The Apex, Bury St. Edmunds (UK)

Strand: Acht Brücken festival, 5. May 2021 8:00 PM | Cologne, Köllner Philharmonie, Germany | conductor: Elena Schwarz, Ensemble Musikfabrik | Film: Paul Barritt | World Premiere

No. 50 (The Garden): Acht Brücken festival, 1. May 2021 7:00 PM | Cologne, Köllner Philharmonie, Germany | conductor: Geoffrey Paterson, baritone: Mark Stone, Asko|Schönberg, visuals: Martha Colburn


2020

No. 50 (The Garden): Reassemble Online, a one day online festival by London Sinfonietta. With a new film edit of the performance in April 2019, and a live conversation and Q&A with Richard Ayres and Martha Colburn. 25. October 2020 c.4:45 PM.

No. 50 (The Garden): Conductor: Hermann Bäumer, 19. & 26. September 2020 | Mainz (Germany), Staatstheater

No. 52 (Three pieces about Ludwig van Beethoven): Conductor: Nicholas Collon, Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra | 10. September 2020 | London (United Kingdom), Royal Albert Hall, BBC Proms | World Premiere. Reviewed by The Times *****.