Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Kenneth Hesketh
born: 07/20/1968
nationality: United Kingdom
Upcoming:
Cautionary Tales
07/21/2008 | Town Hall - King's Lynn - United Kingdom
Notte Oscura
07/21/2008 | Town Hall - King's Lynn - United Kingdom
Chronology
1996
Shakespeare Prize scholarship from the Toepfer Foundation, Hamburg
1968
Born in Liverpool
1977
Chorister at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
1985
Symphony
1987
First official commission from Sir Charles Groves for the Royal Liverpool Philhamonic Orchestra
1992
Now Springes the Spray! for soprano and orchestra
1994
Recit and Aria for soprano and chamber orchestra
1995
Leonard Bernstein Fellow at Tanglewood
1996
Fromm Foundation commission (Harvard University, USA)
1996
Theatrum for chamber ensemble
1997
Masters degree in Composition, University of Michigan, USA
1997
Torturous Instruments for chamber ensemble
1999
The Circling Canopy of Night for chamber ensemble (Faber Music Millennium commission)
1999
Award from the Liverpool Foundation of Sport and Arts
1999
Awarded Constant and Kit Lambert Fellow at the Royal College of Music, London
2000
At God Speeded Summer's End for orchestra
2000-01
Netsuke for chamber ensemble
2001
After Verdi for chamber orchestra
2001
Deux Arabesques for chamber ensemble
2001
Detail from the Record for chamber orchestra
2002
Notte Oscura for orchestra
2002
Cautionary Tales for clarinet, violin and piano
2002
Dei Destini Incrociati for six players
2002
Fra Duri Scogli for six players
2002
Three Japanese Miniatures for piano
2002-03
The Overcoat Opera in 2 Acts
2003
A Land So Luminous for violin and chamber ensemble
2003
Appointed Professor of Composition and Orchestra, Royal College of Music, London
2003-05
New Music Fellow, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
2004
Polygon Window for violin, 2 pianos and 11 percussion
2004
Two Lapels and a Pocket (Suite No. 1 from The Overcoat) for chamber ensemble
2004
Three Japanese Miniatures awarded Fondation Andre Chevillion-Yvonne Bonnaud Prize
2005
Threats and Declamations for chamber ensemble
2005
Three Pieces in the Shape of A Shoe for oboe, bassoon and piano
2005-06
The Doctrine of Affections for chamber ensemble
2006
Music of a Distant Drum for baritone and chamber ensemble
2006
Small Tales, tall tales for soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone and chamber ensemble
2006
Poetic Conceits for piano
2006
Ein Lichtspiel - after Moholy-Nagy for chamber ensemble
2007
Appointed Composer in the House with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
2007
A Rhyme for the Season for orchestra
