The shortlist for the 2016 British Composer Awards has been announced.
In a break from previous practice, this year entries were judged anonymously for all categories apart from Community or Educational Project, Sonic Art and Stage Works. Works could also be submitted by the composers themselves, where previously they had to be submitted by publishers.
Though seven-time award winner Harrison Birtwistle has once again been shortlisted, this year for his stage work The Cure, 50 per cent of the nominees have been shortlisted for the first time. The number of nominated female composers has also reached an all-time high - women make up 38 per cent of the shortlist.
The winners will be announced at the British Film Institute (BFI) on Tuesday 6 December 2016, and BBC Radio 3 will broadcast exclusive coverage of the Awards on Hear and Now on Saturday 10 December.
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2016 British Composer Awards Shortlist in full:
Amateur or Young Performers
I am, I say by Kate Whitley
In Sea-Cold Lyonesse by John Pickard
The Monster in the Maze by Jonathan Dove
Chamber Ensemble
13 Vices by Brian Irvine and Jennifer Walshe
Chamber Symphony No. 2 ‘The Australian’ by Laurence Crane
Freezywater by Leo Chadburn
Choral
Ave Verum Corpus Re-Imagined by Roderick Williams
Noli Pater by James MacMillan
When Time is Broke by Cecilia McDowall
Community or Educational Project
Activating Memory by Eduardo Reck Miranda
Brass Roots; Musical Wings by Lucy Pankhurst
Into the Light by John Webb
Contemporary Jazz Composition
Karembeu's Guide to the Complete Defensive Midfielder by Joe Cutler
Our Lady of Stars | Book of Hours by Sorana Santos
With One Voice by Mark Lockheart
Orchestral
Alba by Rebecca Saunders
Instability by Luke Bedford
Smatter Hauler by Anna Meredith
Small Chamber
A Day at the Spa by Oliver Leith
Afference by Emily Howard
Modus Triplex by Alex Nikiporenko
Solo or Duo
Ampelos by Martin Iddon
Five Memos by Mark Bowden
Misplaced Time Refound by Richard Whalley
Sonic Art
SING SIGN: a close duet by Hanna Tuulikki
Sonorama by Claudia Molitor
Tree Radio by Magz Hall
Stage Works
Between Worlds by Tansy Davies
Nothing by David Bruce
The Cure by Harrison Birtwistle
Wind Band or Brass Band
A Richer Dust by Nigel Clarke
Au79 by Fumiko Miyachi
Just a Vibration by Shri Sriram
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