for violin and piano, 2020
recorded in workshop by Martin Suckling (vn) and Mark Hutchinson (pf)

Tower

viola improvisation 1

Canopy, for piano trio, 2021
Recorded at the Royal College of Music by the Fidelio Trio
March 2022

Canopy

parcel of quiet (2022) for bass clarinet and piano
performed by michelle hromin and oscar ridout
recorded at the royal college of music, may 2022

parcel of quiet

Candle (2022) for oboe and harp
performed by sasha puller and henriette poos
recorde

Candle

light, lightness (2. smoke, nacre, frost) for orchestra
workshop recording with players from the royal college of music, cond. graham ross
recorded at the royal college of music, may 2022

light, lightness (2. smoke, nacre, frost)

for soprano (with bells) and double bass
text from agnes martin (used with permission)
live recording of premiere performance
stephanie lamprea : james banner duo
the old hairdresser's, glasgow
8.6.2022
recorded and mixed by james banner

lines going this way and lines going that way

Viriditas, concerto for trumpet and sixteen instruments
live recording of premiere performance with ed sykes and the rcm new perspectives ensemble under gabriella teychenne, 26.06.2022, royal college of music

Viriditas

un paraje de sal, rocas y pajaros bajo la ley del mediodia absorto
for three flutes and five trumpets
2023

live recording of premiere performance, 13 march 2023
flutes : emma holmes / lydia cochrane / ben pattinson
trumpets : callum robb / ellena teal / edward smith / stone tung / jack wilson

recorded by paul ridout

un paraje de sal, rocas y pájaros bajo la ley del mediodía absorto

for mezzo-soprano, viola and double bass
performed by and written in collaboration with lucy gibbs, elena accogli, will duerden
with thanks to haris kittos

written as part of the -contemporary music in action- initiative

live recording of premiere performance at royal college of music, 11.05.2023, courtesy of the rcm studios team

...the infinite moment of dawn that burns away the nightwoven dew...the last ache of night lays watery web on the ground...remembered and imagined rays of dark and of light lower and lift...

...rugiada gocciata là nella notte...al sorgere dell'alba svanita...

for two guitars.

performed by Omri Kochavi and Joanna Ward
recorded live at Cafe Oto, 3rd July 2023
mixed by Joanna Ward

nearness, distance

world premiere (30.06.2018) of Bath
Colla Voce Singers dir. Aidan Coburn
text by Amy Lowell

Bath (2018)

inside lightning

wp of [so the fruiting body...], 01.03.2019, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York. 
given by Susie Duxbury, soprano, & members of the Chimera Ensemble, cond. Archie Bonham.
text by Timothy Thornton.

[so the fruiting body...]

The 24, dir. Robert Hollingworth
concert recording, 19.02.2020, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York

nunc dimittis (2017)

live recording of wp of featherwood, for bassoon, cello and ensemble
the chimera ensemble undergraduate commission, 2019

rosa juritz and rebecca burden // the chimera ensemble // john stringer
sir jack lyons concert hall, york, 28 feb 2020

recorded by saul devlin, zoyi tsang, xiaoya zhao, oli partridge

flutes: lily brown (d.piccolo), lauren walters
clarinets: james redelinghuys, lydia coomes (d.bass clarinet)
trumpet: tong gu
trombone: peter raven
percussion: kieran crowley, james mcleish
piano: archie bonham
violins: philippa booth, olivia virgo
viola: jake williams
cello: chris rundell
bass: shelagh revell

featherwood (2019)

composer, london

architectures, dreams, environments, songs

ridoutoscar@gmail.com

Oscar Ridout

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