Sam Hayden’s recent commissions include Emergence (2004, rev. 2010) for solo accordion, ensemble and live electronics for Frode Haltli and the Oslo Sinfonietta; Relative Autonomy (2004) for the London Sinfonietta; Substratum (2006, rev. 2008) for the BBC Symphony Orchestra; schismatics II (2007, rev. 2010) for electric violin and computer for Mieko Kanno; Die Modularitäten (2007) for Ensemble Mosaik; permutazioni / a caso (2009) for RepertorioZero, Misguided (2011) for clarinets, saxophones, trumpet and trombone for ELISION, surface / tension (2012) for oboe and ensemble, for Christopher Redgate and CIKADA, String Quartet 'Transience' (2014), written for Quatuor Diotima and Die Abkehr (Turning Away) (2017), written for Ensemble Musikfabrik.
'...Hayden certainly doesn't go out of his way to win friends and influence people with his music.'
‘I was struck by the drivenness, the savage intellectuality, of Substratum.’
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Hayden's complete solo piano music 'Becomings' performed by Ian Pace has been released by Métier (Divine Art Recordings)