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.’
Cello and Piano duo Karolina Öhman and Tamriko Kordzaia will play Sam Hayden's Remnants III at Furia - Duo Öhman / Kordzaia on Thursday 16.03.23 @ 20:00 Uhr at the H95 | Raum für Kultur, Basel (CH).
Tickets are available here.
H95 | Raum für Kultur, Horburgstrasse 95, Basel, CH
Two of Hayden’s works are now available for streaming via the
RAM 200 PIECES website.
Artefacts (after Tema...) for solo cello performed by Amy Jolly
remnants II for bass trombone performed by Samuel Taber
Cello and Piano duo Karolina Öhman and Tamriko Kordzaia will play Sam Hayden's Remnants III at Unerhörte Musik: Duo Öhman/Kordzaia on Tuesday 11.04.23 @ 20:00 Uhr at the BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt.
Tickets are available here.
BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin-KreuzbergTicket Phone: +49 (0)30 20 22 007
Ticket Requests: tickets[at]bka-theater.de
A new album of Sam Hayden's solo and duo works was released by Métier (Divine Art Recordings) in January 2023, performed by an array of internationally renowned contemporary music specialists.
A preview track of attente II for solo flute, performed by Carla Rees is available here.
The album order page is here. The album is now available for order.
Sam Hayden's new work, 'instabilités' for cello and piano, will be premiered by Séverine Ballon (Cello) & Centre Henri Pousseur (Computer) at TRANSIT Festival (Leuven), Sunday 30 October 2022 | 17:30 | LUCA School of Arts campus Lemmens
The UK premiere will take place at HCMF 2022 (Huddersfield), Wednesday 23 November 2022 | 13:00 | Phipps Hall, University of Huddersfield
CO-PRODUCTON CENTRE HENRI POUSSEUR, TRANSIT FESTIVAL & HUDDERSFIELD CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL