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.’
A new album of Sam Hayden's complete works for solo piano, performed by Ian Pace has been released by Métier (Divine Art Recordings) in November 2020.
A preview track of Becomings I is available here.
The album order page is here.
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Please contact Sam Hayden here if you wish to buy a pre-release CD direct from the composer.
Hayden’s Le Retour à la Raison for solo percussion and computer will be performed by Theirry Miroglio at the Columbia Global Centers, Paris, on Saturday February 29 2020 at 8.00pm.
More information here. Venue: Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Reid Hall, 4 Rue de Chevreuse, Paris, France.
Tickets are available here.
The European premiere performance of Hayden’s attente for solo flute will be performed by Ine Vanoeveren at the Witte Zaal, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, on Tuesday December 3 2019 at 8.00pm.
The event is part of the conference:COLLABORATIONS ARE MORE REFRESHING THAN NEW SOCKS
3 – 5 December 2019
WITTE ZAAL
Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (Belgium)
Desguinlei 25, B-2018 Antwerpen (BE)
20u concert Mixed Currents/Sam Hayden
Sam Salem – The Raft breaks for violin, electronics, tape and video; Linda Jankowska: violin
Gilles Doneux / Dejana Sekulic – What Hides the Grain of Sound for violin and electronics; Dejana Sekulic: violin
Pablo Galaz – new trio; Linda Jankowska, Dejana Sekulic, Irine Røsnes: violin
Colin Frank – new trio; Linda Jankowska, Dejana Sekulic, Irine Røsnes: violin
Sam Hayden – attente for flute solo, Ine Vanoeveren: flute
Direct link is here.
See review in The Times by Paul Driver (17/11/2019): here.
This album is in The Times and The Sunday Times Top 100 Classical Albums of 2019 list:
Direct link is here.