Commissions
Below is a list of premiere performances that Alastair has given (not including his own compositions, which can be found here). Those marked * were commissioned by Alastair ** by the Borealis Saxophone Quartet and + by the Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet.
If you are interested in composing for Alastair or have a new score that you would like to send please email alastair@alastairpenman.co.uk.
Rage Against the Dying of the Light - Paul Mitchell-Davidson [Saxophone and Piano]
Premiered by Alastair Penman and Jonathan Pease 16/3/2024 at St Nicholas Church, Stevenage (Weston Concerts).
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This Moment of Here and Now - Janet Wheeler [Choir, saxophone and piano]
Premiered 23/9/22 at St Pauls, Covent Garden
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Unrelenting Universe - Zack Browning [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet 7/6/2018 at St John's Smith Square, London.
Puzzle Book - Mark Bowler [Saxophone Quartet] +
Premiered with the Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet 19/4/18 at 1901 Arts Club, London.
Sax in the City - Paul Patterson [Saxophone Quartet] +
Premiered with the Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet 26/6/17 at Mansion House, London.
Same Same but Different - Lucy Armstrong [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet 2/11/15 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London. Watch video recorded in the RNCM Concert Hall here.
Deconstruct - Jenni Watson [Saxophone and Electronics] *
Premiered 2/11/15 at The Forge, Camden. Recorded on Electric Dawn.
Click here for video of performance at RNCM Saxophone Day 2015
Hail - Geoff Sheil [Saxophone and Electronics] *
Premiered 2/11/15 at The Forge, Camden. Recorded on Electric Dawn.
Click here for video of performance at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, 2015
Higher - Daniel Harle [Saxophone and Electronics] *
Premiered 2/11/15 at The Forge, Camden. Recorded on Electric Dawn.
Flights of Fancy - Andrew Wilson [Saxophone Quartet]
Premiered 17/5/15 at The Beehive, Honiton with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet.
Borexino-Borealis - Darren Bloom [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered 6/1/15 at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet.
Click here for live recording from the premiere.
Periculum - Sergio Cote [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered 14/6/14 in the RNCM Gold Medal Festival in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet. Recorded on The North.
Alone - Aled Jones [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered 14/6/14 in the RNCM Gold Medal Festival in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet. Recorded on The North.
Four Miniatures - Nelson Bohorquez [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered 14/6/14 in the RNCM Gold Medal Festival in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet.
A Peculiar Distance - Richard Evans [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered 14/6/14 in the RNCM Gold Medal Festival in the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall at the Martin Harris Centre, Manchester with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet.
The North - Gary Carpenter [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered 27/2/14 at St John's, Smith Square with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet. Recorded on The North.
Old Suite, New Covers - Terrence Greaves [Saxophone Quartet]
Premiered 24/11/13 at the Heron Theatre, Cumbria with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet
Gentle Skies - Tom Harrold [Saxophone Quartet] **
Premiered 14/9/13 at Kings Place with the Borealis Saxophone Quartet. Recorded on The North.