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Unsuk Chin's Beethoven-inspired subito con forza receives its US premiere with the Minnesota Orchestra and conductor David Afkham in October, followed by the West Coast premiere with the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Gustavo Gimeno.

The world premiere recording of Tod Machover's acclaimed opera Death and the Powers is being released today by the Grammy Award-winning BMOP/sound,

Steven Mackey’s lexicon-inspired trumpet concerto uses unusual words sourced from Dictionary.com as a jumping off point for musical exploration. Shivaree premieres in October with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, featuring soloist Thomas Hooten.

Part of our “Performer Picks” series of interviews with world-renowned artists about their favourite works in the B&H catalogue. Read other “Performer Picks” interviews with Patrick Summers, Marin Alsop, and Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

Two world premieres see Mark-Anthony Turnage return to Birmingham this month, the city where he has enjoyed long composing associations since 1989. Concertino for clarinet and ensemble is premiered by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and his new overture Go For It is a centenary commission from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

We sat down with singer Julia Bullock to discuss her role in Michel van der Aa’s new multimedia opera Upload which premiered at Bregenz in July and will tour to other cities in Europe and America.

The BBC Proms in London plays host to the first premiere by Grace-Evangeline Mason under her new publishing agreement with Boosey & Hawkes. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra performs The Imagined Forest on 5 September conducted by Domingo Hindoyan.

September 8, 2021, marks the 50th anniversary of Bernstein’s landmark theatre piece, with upcoming international performances, television broadcasts, and a special edition recording planned to mark the occasion.

Oscar Bettison’s first opera, The Light of Lesser Days, is premiered by Asko|Schönberg and singers Katrien Baerts and Barbara Kozelj at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Utrecht on September 9.

The coming season welcomes a return to live performance with an extensive collection of new and recent works by Boosey & Hawkes composers. 2021/22 brings celebrations for Steve Reich’s 85th birthday (3 October), Sofia Gubaidulina’s 90th (24 October) and John Adams’s 75th (15 February).

Louis Andriessen died on 1 July, aged 82, prompting a wave of obituaries, tributes and homages to the great Dutch composer, one of the most influential figures in contemporary music.

The new Kashperova Edition, published by Boosey & Hawkes and edited by Dr Graham Griffiths, is launched with publications of the rediscovered Russian composer’s two cello sonatas op.1 and her piano suite In the midst of nature.

Kenneth Grahame’s classic The Wind in the Willows reached the opera stage for the first time in July, with Elena Kats-Chernin’s new version for young audiences, premiered to acclaim at the Staatstheater in Kassel.

Acclaimed young composer Grace-Evangeline Mason has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Boosey & Hawkes to represent past and future works worldwide. Scores under the new contract include The Imagined Forest to be premiered at the BBC Proms on 5 September.

Upload, the new film opera by Michel van der Aa, drew bravos at its world premiere at the Bregenz Festival in Austria on 29 July. The acclaimed production, featuring singers Julia Bullock and Roderick Williams, travels on to Dutch National Opera in October, and Park Avenue Armory New York and Cologne Opera in future seasons.

As we return to live performances, explore uplifting orchestral works that help us celebrate the occasion, by Christopher Rouse, Anna Clyne, HK Gruber, and more.

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music premieres Sean Shepherd's Sprout on a virtual program alongside the composer's 2018 orchestral work Melt.

La Arqueología del Neón, Oscar Bettison’s striking new work for ensemble, receives its live world premiere with the Talea Ensemble at the TIME:SPANS Festival on August 23 at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music.

Composer Steven Mackey and librettist Rinde Eckert’s new chamber opera Moon Tea premiered to critical acclaim at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in June. The live performance will be available for streaming September 3-30.

This fall we celebrate the triumphant return to the concert hall. We've pulled together a list of important performance highlights this fall, including several premieres across the country.