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 solo violin work 'picking up the pieces' to performed by Darragh Morgan in Potsdam, during intersonanzen 2019
Hayden's early solo violin work 'picking up the pieces' (1991, rev.93), will be performed by Darragh Morgan in a concert with the Uroboros Ensemble at
i n t e r s o n a n z e n . 2 0 1 9 brandenburgisches fest der neuen musik 30.Mai – 5. Juni 2018 in Potsdam, dann im Land Brandenburg, on June 1 2019, 7.00pm.
Venue:
Kunsthaus sans titre, Französische Str.18, 14467 Potsdam
This performance is part of the: City Summer Sounds Festival 2019
Ian Pace performs a concert including the premiere of the complete version of Sam Hayden's ambitious 40-minute cycle for solo piano, Becomings (Das Werden) I-VII (2016-18).
Performance Space, College Building City, University of London, St John Street, London EC1V 4PB, United Kingdom
Hayden's 'frammenti di divenire' for soprano saxophone and baritone saxophone to be premiered by Michele Selva and Gianpaolo Antongirolami at Area Sismica, Forlì, Italy
Gavin Bryars | A Man in a Room, Gambling Nr. 1 and 9 (1992) for tape and string quartet
(texts by Juan Muñoz)
Tansy Davies | Song Horn - for singing horn player (2017) for horn solo
Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik, with the support of the Ministry for Families, Children, youth, Culture and Sports of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Sam Hayden | Die Abkehr (Turning Away) (2017) - world premiere
Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW
