Sound Investment[edit]
The Sound Investment scheme is a partnership between BCMG, the composers whom it commissions to write new pieces and BCMG's audience. Members of the public are invited to "invest" in a new commission by paying a sum of money, currently £150, to purchase Sound Investment Units in the new work and so contribute to the costs involved in commissioning new pieces. For each commissioned piece, a certain number of Units are available, typically 30-50.[5] Sound Investors are kept informed about "their" work's progress and are invited to attend rehearsals, as well as the first public performance. They are also able to purchase either a signed copy of the score or receive a signed copy of the score's title page. Composer Colin Matthews, who has had four works commissioned by BCMG, has called the Sound Investors "a remarkable group...although the only return on their investment is a signed copy of the score.[6]
1990: : "Lilith"
Simon Holt
1992: : The Magnification of the Virgin
Geoffrey Poole
1992: : My Evil Twin
David Lang
1993: : Distance
Elena Firsova
1993: : The Memory of Water
David Sawer
1994: Detlev Muller-Siemens: Phoenix
1994: : Are you worried...?
Errollyn Wallen
1994: : ...through the glass
Colin Matthews
1995: : Chamber Concerto
Philip Cashian
1995: : Goblin Market
Aaron Jay Kernis
1995: : Musicians Wrestle Everywhere
Judith Weir
1996: : A Book of Seasons
Sally Beamish
1996: : Last Round
Osvaldo Golijov
1996: : Delicate
Howard Skempton
1997: : Concerto Conciso
Thomas Adès
1997: Peter-Paul Nash: Symphony No. 2
1997: : Desire
Gerard McBurney
1998: : Guitar Concerto
Simon Bainbridge
1998: : The Passing Measures
David Lang
1999: Alastair Greig: Play
1999: : Sinful Songs
Bent Sørensen
1999: : Portrait
Stuart MacRae
1999: : The Circling Canopy of Night
Kenneth Hesketh
2000: : Wiener Blut
Gerald Barry
2000: : Continuum
Colin Matthews
2000: : Lamenting with Ariadne
Thea Musgrave
2000: : Bitter Fruit
John Woolrich
2001: : ABYSM
Poul Ruders
2001: Edward Rushton: Palace
2002: : Dead March
Gerald Barry
2002: : Palimpseste
Marc-André Dalbavie
2002: : The Torn Fields
Mark-Anthony Turnage
2002: : Boots of Lead
Simon Holt
2003: : The Theatre of Magical Beings
Param Vir
2004: : Three Pieces
Philip Cashian
2004: : Neighbours for a Night
Michael Wolters
2005: : Book of Hours
Julian Anderson
2005: : Rondo
Huw Watkins
2005: : Psyche and Manimekelai
Judith Weir
2005: : Ben Somewhen
Howard Skempton
2006: : Skein
Philip Cashian
2006: Morgan Hayes: Violin Concerto
2006: Dave Douglas: Blue Latitudes
2007: : Going a Journey
John Woolrich
2007: : Falling Angel
Tansy Davies
2007: Elvind Buene: Garland (for Matthew Locke)
2007: : Wolf-Lieder
Brett Dean
2007: : One Movement and Five Miniatures
Johannes Maria Staud
2007: : Concerto in Black
Nicholas Sackman
2008: : Beethoven
Gerald Barry
2008: : Good Dream She Has
Luke Bedford
2008: : The Partenheimer Project
Kevin Volans
2009: : Ballata
Francesco Antonioni
2009: : A Cold Spring
Helen Grime
2009: : Capriccio Spettrale
Simon Holt
2009: : Chamber Symphony
Richard Causton
2009: : Hey Presto!... moon - flower - bat
Vic Hoyland
2009: : Rumpelstiltskin
David Sawer
2010: Charlie Usher: Slow Pan
2010: : I see with my eyes closed
Michael Wolters
2011: : Three Songs Tennyson Sung
Jo Kondo
2011: : Six Cabaret Songs
Dominic Muldowney
2012: : Nature
Tansy Davies
2012: : To These Dark Steps / The Fathers are Watching
Alexander Goehr
2012: : The Mustering Drum
John Woolrich
2013: : The Tyranny of Fun
Richard Baker
2013: : Rumpelstiltskin Suite
David Sawer
2013: : The Lighthouse Keepers
David Sawer
2014: : Crowd Out
David Lang
2014: : Raga Fields
Param Vir
2015: Ivo Nilsson: Rapidità
2015: : The Importance of Being Earnest
Gerald Barry
2015: : FRACTURES: Monk Unpacked
Melinda Maxwell
2016: : Parallel Colour
Edmund Finnis
2016: : Seize the Day
Michael Zev Gordon
2016: : Horns Strings and Harmony
Benedict Mason
2016: Richard Baker: Hwyl fawr ffrindiau
2016: : Swansong
John Woolrich
2016: : In Black Bright Ink
Luke Bedford
2016: Zoë Martlew: Broad St. Burlesque
2017: Helen Grime:
Piano Concerto
(The year shown is the year of first performance)