The winning pieces of the 2021 NCEM Young Composers Award are Kagura Suite for Recorders by Delyth Naya (19 to 25 years) and murmuration by Jacob Fitzgerald (18 years and under).
Delyth and Jacob got the chance to go to St. John's Smith Square, London to hear their pieces premiered by Palisander as part of the London Festival of Baroque Music, and recorded by BBC Radio 3.
The performance will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Early Music Show on Sunday 21 November. Details of the 2022 NCEM Young Composers Award will be announced in the same programme.
The shortlisted pieces were:
19 - 25 years
Mollie Carlyle
Tango Apasionado
Delyth Naya
Kagura Suite for Recorders
Lux Knightley
3-7 Davies Street, Mayfair (The FitzGerald Jig)
18 and under
Jacob Fitzgerald
murmuration
Matty Oxtoby
Southbank Swerve
Adam Spry
Sweet Hop
Shuchen Xie
Glide & Caper
Shoshana Yugin-Power
Dancing Through Time
The Award was judged at the National Centre for Early Music on Thursday 13 May when the shortlist of entries was performed by Palisander. The judges were Palisander; Les Pratt, Producer BBC Radio 3; Delma Tomlin, Director of the National Centre for Early Music. Earlier in the day the shortlisted pieces were rehearsed by Palisander in a workshop with the young composers, led by composer Christopher Fox.
This year the composers were invited to base their works on dance, choosing whatever dance-form they liked across all eras and cultures, from the bransle and the galliard to the Charleston and the tango.
This major national annual award is open to young composers resident in the UK and aged up to 25.
It is judged in two age categories:
18 years and under
19–25 years
