British Composer Awards
3 December 2009
Gabriel Jackson has won the choral prize at the British Composers Awards 2009Maggie Hamilton
Gabriel Jackson's The Spacious Firmament has won the accolade of best choral work at the 2009 British Composer Awards. Jackson's work, which sets Joseph Addison's ode for mixed choir, brass and organ, was commissioned by the John Armitage Memorial and premiered by the BBC Singers and Onyx Brass in 2008. The composer told Choir & Organ: ' I was absolutely delighted to win for myself, but also for the John Armitage Memorial who commissioned the piece, whose amazing work in commissioning new music, in giving opportunities to young composers, and in putting on numerous performances around the country is deserving of wider recognition and our great gratitude.'
Sir John Tavener's Christmas Sequence Ex Maria Virgine, which has been recorded on Naxos by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, won the liturgical award.
The awards were announced at the annual BACSA ceremony on 1 December at the Law Society, London. The full list of results can be found at www.britishcomposerawards.com/
