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– Philip Glass gets commission from NYC Opera 30 Sep 2008
– Mauricio Kagel dies in Cologne at 76 19 Sep 2008
– New Mozart tune found in France 18 Sep 2008
– Nathan Currier wins International Sackler Award 18 Sep 2008

– Wed 15 Oct: Iron Rain Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland
– Wed 15 Oct: Opera For Piano Mannes College of Music, Manhattan, New York City, USA
– Thu 16 Oct: thingNY does Berio Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY (USA)
– Thu 16 Oct: Outsound and The Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
– Fri 17 Oct: 23rd Annual Concert of Sacred Choral Music Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana, USA

Birthdays:
– Moritz Hauptmann
– Elisabeth Kuyper
– Peter van Anrooy
– Enrique de Marchena
Dying days:
– Louis Ferdinand Prince von Preußen
– Rudolf Mengelberg
– Arthur Vincent Lourié
– Rebecca Clarke
Events:
– (1836) Adolphe-Charles Adam: Premiere of Le Postillon de Longjumeau, in Paris, France.
– (1908) Max Reger: Premiere of violin concerto in A major op. 101, in Leipzig, Germany.
– (1917) Modest Moussorgsky: Premiere of Sorochintsy Fair, in St. Petersburg, Russia.
– (1968) Gustaf Allan Pettersson: Premiere of Symphony no. 7, in Stockholm, Sweden.
– (1982) Leonard Bernstein: Premiere of Candide (new version), in New York, USA.

– Sergio Fidemraizer (10 Oct)
– Giovanni Giovenale Ancina (9 Oct)
– Jan Adams (Johann Adam) Reinken (8 Oct)
– Richard Englefield (8 Oct)
– John Arrigo-Nelson (8 Oct)
– Arthur Butterworth (8 Oct)
– George Butterworth (8 Oct)
– Luís Carvalho (8 Oct)
– Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (2 Oct)
– Josef Antonín Gurecký (2 Oct)

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Born: 20 July 1962 — Worcester — England

Died:

• Piano Sonata (1982)
• Phantasy V, for clarinet (1984)
• Snapshots, for flute, sax, cello, bass, percussion (1988)
• Four Songs for tenor and piano (1989)
• Window Waiting, for tenor, choir, string quartet (1991)
• Fingers Pointing to the Moon, for piano (1992)
• Sonata for cello and piano (1993)
• Three Advent Carols, for choir and organ (1994)
• Deviation — Norm, for horn (1995)
• Passion games, for viola (1999)
• kalomnesis, for 12 cellos (1999)
• Haiku mass, for choir and 10 brass (2002)
• Waiting for the impure fool, for 4 horns (2002)
• Red land spring, for piano duet (2002)
• Three Meditations, for choir, violin, organ (2002)
• So Springs the Fair Earth, for tenor and piano (2002)
• Three Piano Pieces (2002)
• Bird singing, for soprano and piano (2003)
• Meditation 4, for choir, violin, organ (2003)
• Trio for flute, trumpet, viola (2004)
• Songs of Mary and Simeon, for choir and organ (2004)
• After the dissonance..., for string quartet (2005)
• Ten Bulls, for 2 clarinets, horn, cello and piano (2005)
• Les Vitraux de Saint-Séverin, for 14 players (2006)

• Educated at King’s School Worcester, St John’s College Cambridge, Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
• "Snapshots" won Young Composers’ Competition at Huddersfield Festival in 1985.
• Several works shortlisted by SPNM, 1984-1999.
• "red land spring" was prizewinner in Tong Piano Duet Composition Competition in 2002.
• "haiku mass" was nominated for British Composer Award in 2003.
• Steven Kings now lives in Bristol, U.K. Currently working on several commissions.

• http://www.stevenkings.co.uk
• http://www.severnsidecomposers.all.at

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