Written On Skin
In 2017, Ozero Arts brought George Benjamin’s celebrated opera, Written on Skin to the Mariinsky Theatre in an ‘electrifying’ semi-staging. This was followed two years later with the Russian premiere of Lessons in Love and Violence in partnership with the London Chamber Orchestra.
These two large-scale tours were the culmination of a multi-year cultural exchange to St. Petersburg which saw Ozero Arts facilitate the Russian premieres of several key 20th- and 21st-century works - at the Mariinsky Theatre and St. Petersburg Philharmonia - including Maxwell Davies Eight Songs for a Mad King, Walton Façade, Ligeti Aventures & Nouvelles Aventures and Birtwistle The Triumph of Time.
THOMAS ADÈS
Gyökér (2020) – 4’
Song for mezzo-soprano and four percussionists
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation, premiered on Apple Music by Katalin Károlyi and Ricardo Gallardo.
JULIAN ANDERSON
le 3 mai (2020) – 5’
Song for soprano and ensemble
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation, premiered on Apple Music by Sophie Bevan and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
ECHOES (2023) - 11'
Baritone, chorus and orchestra
Premiered on 7 July 2023 at the Barbican by Davóne Tines and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Zeffman to celebrate the first Classical Pride concert in Europe.
PHILIP ASHWORTH
Bare (2013) – 20’
Chamber opera
Premiered on 31 July 2013 at the Rose Theatre Kingston by Helen Stanley, David Fearn, Henry Neill and the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
Prāthanā (2014) – 15’
Song cycle for soprano, tenor and chamber orchestra
Premiered on 26 October 2014 in the Sheremetev Palace, Saint Petersburg as part of the 14th International Conservatories Week Festival by Sara-Lian Owen, Gerard Schneider and the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
JOHN CASKEN
Trackway of Time (2015) – 10’
Song for baritone and chamber orchestra
Premiered on 15 June 2015 in Durham Cathedral by Thomas Allen and the Durham University Chamber Orchestra conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
DESMOND CLARKE
Void-Song (2015) – 15’
Viola Concerto
Premiered on 15 January 2016 in Milton Court Concert Hall by Timothy Ridout and the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
ILYA DEMUTSKY
I Guess the Universe Is to Blame (2020) – 7’
Monodrama for baritone and ensemble
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation premiered on Apple Music by Andrei Kymach and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
DU YUN
Every Grass a Spring (2020) – 5’
Song for baritone, pipa, sheng and electronics
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation, premiered on Apple Music by Shenyang, Wu Man and Wu Wei.
HELEN GRIME
Prayer (2020) – 7’
Song for mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation, premiered on Apple Music by Sarah Connolly and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
JAKE HEGGIE
Good Morning, Beauty (2024) – 7’
Song for soprano and orchestra
Premiered on 7 July 2024 at the Barbican by Pumeza Matshikiza and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Zeffman as part of Classical Pride.
WILLIAM MARSEY
Why Do You Grieve (2022) - 12'
Mixed ensemble
Premiered on 17 May 2022 at the Science Museum by the Ozero Ensemble conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
Renaissance from the White Lotus by Cristobal Tapia de Veer - arranged by William Marsey (2023) - 2’
Soprano and orchestra
Premiered on 7 July 2023 at the Barbican by Ella Taylor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Oliver Zeffman to celebrate the first Classical Pride concert in Europe.
NICO MUHLY
New-Made Tongue (2020) – 4’
Song for counter-tenor and ensemble
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation, premiered on Apple Music by Iestyn Davies and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
EDWARD NESBIT
Near Paradise (2017) – 8’
Orchestra
Premiered on 11 June 2016 in Milton Court Concert Hall by the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the first publication of Paradise Lost.
LEONID REZETDINOV
Time Lapse (2014) – 8’
Mixed ensemble
Premiered on 16 November 2014 in the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia by the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman as part of the 26th Sound Ways Festival.
JOEL RUST
Red as Blood (2013) – 12’
Chamber opera
Premiered on 31 July 2013 at the Rose Theatre Kingston by Helen Stanley, David Fearn, Henry Neill and the Melos Sinfonia
Conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
Beyond the Heart (2014) – 7’
Orchestra
Premiered on 10 January 2015 in St. John's Smith Square by the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
An awakening voice (2015) – 8’
Mixed ensemble
Premiered on 18 November 2015 in the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia by the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman as part of the 26th Sound Ways Festival.
The Fall of the Rebel Angels (2017) – 10’
Orchestra
Premiered on 11 June 2016 in Milton Court Concert Hall by the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the first publication of Paradise Lost.
ARTHUR WABEL
Transmutation (2015) – 7’
Mixed ensemble
Premiered on 18 November 2015 in the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia by the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman as part of the 26th Sound Ways Festival.
FREYA WALEY-COHEN
Happiness (2018) – 20'
Song cycle for soprano and orchestra
Premiered on 19 October 2018 in LSO St. Luke's by Lauren Fagan and the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
spell for reality (2020) – 8'
Song for soprano and ensemble
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation, premiered on Apple Music by Julia Bullock and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
ISOBEL WALLER-BRIDGE
I Let Go (2024) – 4’
Choral
Premiered on 5 July 2024 at Milton Court Concert Hall by The Fourth Choir conducted by Nicholas Chalmers as part of Classical Pride.
HUW WATKINS
How (2020) – 3’
Song for tenor and ensemble
Commissioned as one of Eight Songs from Isolation, premiered on Apple Music by Toby Spence and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
NA’AMA ZISSER
Space melts like sand running through fingers (2015) – 5’
Orchestra
Premiered on 16 October 2015 in LSO St. Luke's by the Melos Sinfonia conducted by Oliver Zeffman.
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