Video

This page features video of music commissioned by NMSW and a film review of our 2014/15 seasons.

Chapel Arts, Bath

On Sunday 6th March 2016 Andy Keenan (sax & clarinet), Harriet Riley (marimba) and Paul Israel (piano) gave the first performances of a number of NMSW commissions alongside pieces by Thomas Adès, Graham Fitkin and Charles Ives. We also asked Geoff Poole to write a marimba & piano version of his piece The Impersonal Touch, the result was Fibonacci Fizz.

Fibonacci Fizz by Geoff Poole

Season Finale 2015

SOUND WORLD 20th September 2015 at St. George’s, Bristol. For our season finale concert we commissioned Michael Ellison, Julian Leeks and Sara Garrard to write new works inspired by the landmarks and history of Bristol, and we asked Andy Keenan to write a special arrangement for large ensemble of his piece Shatter.

Vincent & Avona by Michael Ellison

Shatter by Andy Keenan

Building The City by Julian Leeks

Season Finale 2016
From Darkness into Light 18th September 2016 at St. George’s, Bristol. This year out Season Finale concert was performed by Kokoro, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary music group, and featured a specially commissioned by Lois Wyatt and the three shortlisted pieces from the NMSW Young Composers’ Prize 2016.

Baros by Lois Wyatt

Winner of the 2016 NMSW Young Composers’ Prize:

Bridge of Life by Sam Macdonald

Film Review of our 2014 & 2015 seasons

Hauser & Wirth 13th June 2015. NMSW commissioned new music in response to the work of prominent Shanghai artist Zhang Enli and West Country artists Fiona Robinson and Debbie Locke.

Zhang Seascapes by Geoff Poole (to skip the intro speeches and get straight to the music please fast forward 5 mins.)

Selected pieces from A Modern Menagerie, a special NMSW commission for responses to the 14 movements of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. Performed at St. George’s, Bristol. 7th September 2014.

Elephant by Anna Meredith