Each year the spnm reading panel selects a list of "highly commended" works. These are high quality works which did not quite make it onto the shortlist, but were admired by members of the panel. Below you can find a full list of works. If you would like to find out more about any of these works please contact us. Highly Commended Works: works for orchestra works for mixed ensemble (more than 6 players) works for mixed ensemble (3 to 6 players) works for wind / brass works for strings vocal works solos / duos works for orchestra Jonathan Eato - STRASSENAUSBLICK duration: 18 minutes for orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp - perc - harp - pf - str) Sungji Hong - KIKLOS for orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - perc - pf - cel - str) Liz Lane - SYMPTOMS OF LOVE duration: 9 minutes for solo tenor and orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - perc - harp - str) Simon Lasky - "DRUMS AND BASS" duration: 11 minutes for orchestra (2.2.2.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp - perc - pf - str) Duncan MacLeod - O VIRGO VIRGINUM duration: 7 minutes for orchestra (1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - perc - harp - str) Brian Newsome - Chrysalis duration: 14 minutes for orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - timp - perc - harp - cel - str) Geoffrey Paterson - FRIEZE duration: 10 minutes for orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 2.3.1.0 - perc - str) Helen Rowley - SONUS POESIS duration: 11 minutes for orchestra (3.3.3.3 - 4.3.2.1 - timp - perc - harp - pf - str) Helen Timms - TWO WAYS OF WORKING WITH STONE duration: 15 minutes for orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - perc - harp - pf - str) Martin Vishnick - LEGEND, THE CURSE OF THE HOUSE OF ATREUS duration: 5 minutes for orchestra (2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp - perc - hp - str) Cath Yarwood - STATIC duration: 6 minutes for solo violin and orchestra (3.2.3.2 - 3.3.2.1 - harp - mar - perc - str) back to top works for mixed ensemble (more than 6 players) Mark Bowden - THE DAWN HALTS duration: 6 minutes for fl/pic, cl, ob, bn, hn, harp, 2vn, va, vc Matthew Brooks - 'Mister Humus Aerobic' duration: 6 minutes fl/afl, cl/bcl,perc, pf, vn, va, vc, db Nicholas Giles - ON THE OTHER SIDE duration: 8 minutes ob, cl/bcl, vib, pf, vn, va,vc John Guilfoyle - UNIVERSITY OF AIR duration: 12 for fl/afl, cl/bcl, tpt, trb, perc, vn, va, vc Emily Hall - Eurostar duration: 8 minutes fl, cl, tpt, perc, pf/cel, 2vn, vc Elisabeth Kerr - Ichiriki Teahouse duration: 6 minutes fl/pic, cl, 2bn, 2tpt, 2trb Martin Read - Dialogues and diatribes duration: 15 minutes for fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, trb,tuba,asax, tsax, pf, bgui, drums, 2vn, 2va, 2vc, db Constantinos Stylianou - ANTIEMENE duration: 12 minutes solo oboe, fl/pic, cl/ecl, bn/cbn, 2hn, perc, 2vn, va, vc, db Dobrinka Tabakova - THE ACCORDION duration: 7 minutes fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, trb, db Eneko Vadillo Perez - Jiseiyi duration: 10 minutes fl (pic),cl,bn, hn, perc, vn, va, vc, db Simon Willson - MNEMOSYNE duration: 11 minutes ob, cl, hn, harp, vn, va, vc back to top works for mixed ensemble (3 to 6 players) David F Breeze - NEW FLAME duration: 14 minutes for fl/afl and pic, cl/bcl, pf, vn, vc Deborah Broderick - TRIOLET duration: 10 minutes fl, cl, vc Richard Fitzhugh - ABOUT TIME duration: 9 minutes 2ob, 2bn, db Massimo Di Gesu - "SCHEGGE" [slivers] duration: 12 minutes vn,vc,pf Martin Glover - REFRACTION duration: 6 minutes fl, gui, bcl Liz Johnson - TOWARDS THE SEA duration: 6 minutes cl, va, vc Graham Judd - Zephyr duration: 4 minutes shakuhachi, Japanese perc, vn, pf Jonny Laing "NO ONE KNEW THE HYENA WAS CRYING" duration: 8 minutes fl/afl, pf, perc Danny Ledesma - SEEKING STRUCTURE duration: 8 minutes cl, 2vn, va, vc Christopher Long - GROTTO duration: 5 minutes vn, perc, pf Reuben Pace -‘Gawhra’ duration: 8 minutes fl, cl, gui, vc Richard Whalley - Twisted Variations duration: 7 minutes vn, (or va), vc, pf, accordion, perc Raymond Yiu - THE HOURS duration: 17 minutes fl/picc-afl, cl/bcl, pf back to top works for wind / brass Ben Aldous - WIND QUINTET (RAMP AND FALLEN ANGELS) fl, ob, cl, hn, bn Richard Barnard - FAKE ANTIQUE duration: 10 minutes for brass ensemble (4tpt, hn, 4trb, tuba) Kokoras Panayiotis - ACROSOME v. 2.0 duration: 9 minutes wind quintet back to top works for strings Susan Cannon - WARM-BLOOD duration: 4 minutes strng quartet Paul Foster - "LYONESSE DANCES" duration: 27 minutes 2vn, 2va, 2vc, db, harp Jonny Laing - SPRING duration: 7 minutes string sextet (2vn, 2va, 2vc) Fumiko Miyachi - Waves duration: 6 minutes string quartet Vassilios Nikolaou - 3/3/2/1 Variations for string quartet duration: 3 minutes string quartet Halyna Ovcharenko - String Quartet duration: 12 minutes string quartet Amy Smith - ELEMENTAL duration: 9 minutes string quartet Clive R. Taylor - "Sleepyhead Dreams" duration: 10 minutes string quartet James Weeks - Vertical Diptych duration: 10 minutes string quartet back to top vocal works Songs Chris Allen - Three Sonnets duration: 8 minutes baritone / high voice with piano Kerry Andrew - LUNA-CY duration: 5 minutes 3 sop Susan Cannon - THE WOODS OF WESTERMAIN duration: 4 minutes solo baritone David Braid - Cantata K.42 duration: 8 minutes for soprano, baritone, solo viola, harp, 3 vn, va, vc, db Arabella Ramsay - Mein Blaues Klavier mez, pf Simon Lasky - "SILVER" duration: 6 minutes sop, pf Guy Newbury - O OMBRE VANE duration: 9 minutes high voice, pf back to top Choral Works Liz Johnson - MAGNIFICAT and NUNC DIMITIS duration: 10 minutes sop solo, semi chorus, double SATB, org Richard Leigh - MYRIADS duration: 53 minutes SATB, harp, perc, prep pf, persian chant Brent Jolley - TO THE SACRIFICE duration: 7 minutes SATB back to top solos / duos Solo Keyboard Works Thanos Chrysakis - In a Reve(a)rie, in-between duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds solo pf or solo harp Jane Gardner - Mr. Abdul duration: 6 minutes solo pf Joanna Kate Lee - THE HUNGRY RALLiPRETAC duration: 4 minutes solo pf Andrew McBirnie - YET DARKER duration: 9 minutes solo pf Evis Sammoutis - ABRAHAM duration: 9 minutes solo org back to top Solo String Works Emily Hall - Alap duration: 5 minutes solo vn Edmund Jolliffe - Lovers, to bed duration: 5 minutes solo vc Phillip Martin - "Shattered Spectrums" duration: 7 minutes solo vn Christopher McClelland - RE: EVOLVE duration: 8 minutes solo vn Amber Priestley - TO RAISE HELL AS WE ROLL A LONG duration: 7 minutes solo va Clare Slate - Butterflies in Plastic duration: 5 minutes solo vn back to top Duos Alison Bach - Rocky Outcrops duration: 4 minutes hn, pf Anna Meredith - hex duration: 4 minutes vn, vc Arlene Elizabeth Sierra - ZWEI HUHNER duration: 3 minutes ob, trb Helen Timms - AND STILL TO THINGS ETERNAL LOOK duration: 12 minutes vn, pf Simon Willson - THIS AIR OUT OF THE NIGHT duration: 9 minutes vn, pf Edmund Jolliffe - PAGAN DANCES duration: 19 minutes 2pf Alistair Justice - Waulking Sang duration: 2 minutes pf (four hands) back to top For more information, see the Composer Opportunities.