Kenneth Hesketh - Chronology of Important Dates

Chronology of Important Dates

1968 Born in Liverpool

1977 Chorister at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

1985 Symphony

1987 First formal commission from Sir Charles Groves for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

1992 Now Springs the Spray for soprano and orchestra

1994 Recit. And Aria for Soprano and chamber ensemble

1995 Leonard Bernstein Fellow at Tanglewood

1996 Fromm Foundation commission (Harvard University, USA)

1996 Theatrum for chamber ensemble (Tanglewood/ Fromm Foundation Commission)

1996 Shakespeare Prize scholarship from the Toepfer Foundation, Hamburg

1997 Masters degree in Composition, University of Michigan, USA

1997 Torturous Instruments for chamber ensemble

1998 Die hangende Figur ist Judas for solo cello

1999 The Circling Canopy of Night for chamber ensemble (Faber/ BCMG joint commission)

1999 Award from the Liverpool Foundation for Sport and the Arts

1999 Awarded Constant and Kit Lambert Fellow at the Royal College of Music, London

2000 At God Speeded Summer’s End for orchestra (BBC Philharmonic Orchestra commission)

2000-1 Netsuke for chamber ensemble (commissioned by Hans Werner Henze for his 75th birthday)

2001 After Verdi for chamber orchestra

2001 Detail from the Record for chamber orchestra (Michael Vyner Trust commission for London Sinfonietta)

2002 Notte Oscura for orchestra

2002 Cautionary Tales for clarinet, violin and piano

2002 Dei Destini Incrociati for six players (Munich Biennale commission)

2002 Fra Duri Scogli for six players

2002 Three Japanese Miniatures for solo piano

2002-3 The Overcoat opera in 2 Acts (ENO/ Almeida Opera joint commission)

2003 A Land So Luminous for violin and chamber ensemble

2003 Appointed Professor of Composition and Orchestra, Royal College of Music, London

2003-5 New Music Fellow, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

2004 Polygon Window for violin, 2 pianos and 11 percussion

2004 Two Lapels and Pocket (Suite No. 1 from the Overcoat)

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

2005-6 The Doctrine of Affections for chamber ensemble (Britten Sinfonia commission)

2006 Music of a Distant Drum for baritone and chamber ensemble (Spitalfields Festival commission)

2006 Small Tales, tall tales for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and chamber ensemble (Opera Group commission)

2006 Poetic Conceits for solo piano

2006 Ein Lichtspiel (after Moholy-Nagy) for ensemble (10/10 Anniversary commission)

2007 Appointed Composer in the House with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

2007 A Rhyme for the Season for orchestra (RLPO commission)

2007 Like the Sea, like time for Tenor soloist, SATB chorus, Youth chorus and Orchestra

2007 Theatre of Attractions - for chamber ensemble with film (Ensemble contemporain de Montréal commission)

2008 Graven Image for orchestra (RLPO commission)

2008 The Gilded Theatre for symphonic wind band (National Youth Wind Orchestra commission)

2008 Wunderkammer(konzert) for ensemble (Ensemble 10/10 commission)

2008 Made Honorary Professor of Composition at University of Liverpool

2008 PatterSongs for orchestra

2009 Point Forms (after Kandinsky) for Bassett Clarinet and Piano

2009 La morta meditata (Death meditated upon) Four settings of Giuseppe Ungaretti for Baritone and Piano

2009 La morta meditata (Death meditated upon) Four settings of Giuseppe Ungaretti for Baritone and Orchestra

2010 KLOK for solo percussion

2010 Danceries (set II)

2011 Diatoms I-IV (The Four Horsemen) for two pianos

2011 Sisyphus' Punishment for String Quartet

2011 Knotted Tongues for orchestra (Seattle Symphony Orchestra commission)

2012 Horae (pro Clara) I-XII for solo piano

2012 Chronicles of the time (Lamentations from Macbeth) for Baritone and piano

2012 Forms entangled, shapes collided (music for dance and 5 instruments)