2020
Robin Haigh No One (Oliver Wass - harp, Presteigne Festival, streamed digitally, 26 August) - RPS Composers programme
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Boy Breaking Glass (Vocab Dance, choreographed by Alesandra Seutin; 2 October, Riley Theatre, Leeds, then on tour) - RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance
Lori Laitman The Imaginary Photo Album (Katharina Konradi - soprano, Joseph Middleton - piano; 25 October, Wigmore Hall) - co-commission with BBC Radio 3 for New Generation Artists
Peter Wilson Piano Quintet (Ensemble 360, Music in the Round, streamed digitally, 23 November) - RPS Composers programme
Further commissions due this year were delayed to 2021-22 owing to the pandemic
2021
Sylvia Lim same but different (Miyabi Duo; 4 June, Wigmore Hall) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Claire Roberts Shoot and Leaf and Breath and Feet (Liselotte Östblom - vocalist, Marina de Lucas - piano, Harry Jelley - poet; 4 June, Wigmore Hall) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Cecilia McDowall Off the Ground (London Mozart Players; 16 July, JAM on the Marsh) - supported by the Elgar Bursary Fund and RVW Trust
Lillie Harris The Dusk of Thee (Merton College Choir; 5 July, Gloucester Cathedral, for Cheltenham Music Festival) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Lillie Harris A Point of Pride (Aaron Diaz - trumpet; 5 July, Gloucester Cathedral, for Cheltenham Music Festival) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Jonathan Woolgar Canzoni et Ricecari (12 Ensemble; 9 July, Gloucester Cathedral, for Cheltenham Music Festival) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
David Fennessy Aberdeen (Sonia Cromarty - cello; 9 July, Spitalfields Music) - supported by an anonymous donor
James B. Wilson Water Dance (George Xiaoyuan Fu - piano; 27 August, Presteigne Festival) - RPS Composers programme
Robert Laidlow Chromodynamics (Ensemble 10/10; 6 October, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool) - RPS Composers programme
Rūta Vitkauskaitė Nanga (Ensemble 360, Music in the Round; 22 October, Crucible Studio Theatre) - RPS Composers programme
2022
Abel Selaocoe Camagu, Tshepo, and Kea Mo Rata (Manchester Collective, Abel Selaocoe - cello; 'The Oracle' tour in Spring 2022, beginning on 31 March, Future Yard, Birkenhead) - commissioned by Manchester Collective in partnership with the RPS through the generous support of an anonymous donor
Joss Campbell Clubland (Philharmonia players, Patrick Bailey - conductor; recorded for release by NMC Recordings, June 2022) - RPS Composers programme
Hollie Harding What was scattered (Philharmonia players, Patrick Bailey - conductor; recorded for release by NMC Recordings, June 2022) - RPS Composers programme
Joel Järventausta Pilgrim (Philharmonia players, Patrick Bailey - conductor; recorded for release by NMC Recordings, June 2022) - RPS Composers programme
Anna Appleby TIN MAN (Joss Arnott Dance, Psappha; 26 March, The Lowry, Salford) - RPS Drummond Fund
Daniel Elms The Age of Spiritual Machines (Alexander Whitley Dance, Manchester Collective; 14 May, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London) - RPS Drummond Fund
Angela Elizabeth Slater The Light Blinds (Ensemble 360, Music in the Round; 21 May, Crucible Studio Theatre) - RPS Composers programme
Sarah Lianne Lewis All my ships are white (Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia, Timothy Burke - conductor; 2 July, Forum Shopping Centre, Wallsend) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Andrew Chen ilk (Gould Piano Trio; 9 July, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham) - RPS Composers programme
Kareem Roustom Clorinda Agonistes (Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Ed Lyon - tenor, Robert Hollingworth - conductor; 13 July, The Grange Festival) - RPS Drummond Fund
Lucy Armstrong The Whale's Cabaret (Lynn Henderson - horn, Ben Smith - piano; 16 July, Wigmore Hall) - RPS Composers programme
Rylan Gleave to Gelert (Gemma Rosefield - cello; 25 August, St Andrew's Church, Presteigne) - RPS Composers programme
Ayanna Witter-Johnson Equinox (Philharmonia players, Darren Bloom - conductor; recorded for release by NMC Recordings, October 2022) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Alex Paxton Levels of Affection (Philharmonia players, Darren Bloom - conductor; recorded for release by NMC Recordings, October 2022) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Alex Ho Carved in Gorton Stone (Manchester Camerata, Ellie Slorach - conductor; 17 November, The Monastery, Gorton) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
2023
Florence Anna Maunders Reef (Kyan Quartet; 15 April, Wigmore Hall) - RPS Composers programme
Zakiya Leeming Sometimes. In Dreams. I Still. (Riot Ensemble; 5 May, The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool) - RPS Composers programme
Grace-Evangeline Mason A Memory of the Ocean (Bristol Choral Society, Steven Kings - piano, Evva Mizerska - cello; 24 June, Bristol Cathedral) - supported by the Vaughan Williams Foundation to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Soosan Lolavar The World is the Active String (Carice Singers, George Parris - conductor; 9 July, Cheltenham College Chapel) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Electra Perivolaris Mastiha (Presteigne Festival Orchestra, George Vass - conductor; 28 August, St Andrew's Church, Presteigne) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Michael Betteridge ode to urbanity (Ensemble 10:10; 4 November, Tung Auditorium, Liverpool) - RPS Composers programme
Blasio Kavuma The Separating Line (Manchester Camerata, AMC Gospel Choir; 22 November, New Century Hall, Manchester) - RPS Composers programme
2024
Amy Bryce Mimic (Solem Quartet; 28 February, Tung Auditorium, Liverpool) - RPS Composers programme
Ben Lunn String Trio (Ensemble 360; 9 March, Upper Chapel, Sheffield) - RPS Composers programme
Arowah (Anjelica Cleaver) What we carry; Espinho e Rosa (Asaka Quartet; 31 May, Wigmore Hall, London) - RPS Composers programme
Fergus Hall Look what I found (The Hermes Experiment; 10 June, Café OTO, Dalston) - RPS Composers programme
Keting Sun Us, the most fleeting of all (Clare Hammond; 13 July, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham Music Festival) - RPS Composers programme
Sarah Frances Jenkins Halfway to Zenith (The Marian Consort; 24 July, Castle Howard Chapel, Ryedale Festival) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
James Albany Hoyle Koivunsoitto (Anne Denholm; 23 August, Church of St Mary Magdalene, Leintwardine, Presteigne Festival) - RPS Composers programme
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Suite for Solo Cello (Natalie Clein; 29 September, Wigmore Hall, London) - co-commission with Kate Kennedy, supported by an anonymous donor
Philip Dutton Time's Scythe (ORA Singers; 28 October, Wigmore Hall, London) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
2025
James B. Wilson Microcosm (YCAT Artists; 8 February, Schloss Elmau, Krün, Germany) - co-commission with Young Classical Artists Trust.
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade Piano Concerto (Clare Hammond, BBC National Orchestra of Wales; 21 February, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff) - co-commission with BBC Radio 3, supported by the John Ellerman Foundation
Lisa Robertson an sgaireag: she screams. (The Hermes Experiment; 17 April, Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the RPS Thea Musgrave Fund
Zygmund de Somogyi music for the quarter-life crisis (synth étude); IN THE EVENT THAT YOU STAY (Temporal Harmonies Inc; 19 April, Wigmore Hall, London) - RPS Composers programme
Aileen Sweeney Equinox (Ensemble 360; 16 May, The Crucible, Sheffield, Sheffield Chamber Music Festival) - RPS Composers programme
Sasha Scott Night Owl (12 Ensemble; 16 May, St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich, Norfolk & Norwich Festival) - RPS Composers programme
Cassandra Miller Grace's Amazing Imitation Apartment (Anton Lukoszevieze and Kerry Yong; 19 May, Octagon Chapel, Norwich, Norfolk & Norwich Festival) - supported by an anonymous donor
Derri Joseph Lewis An Die Musik (Tim Horton; 25 August, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, Presteigne Festival) - RPS Composers programme, supported by the Susan Bradshaw Composers' Fund
Jasper Dommett Folds on Folds (Hebrides Ensemble and Rebecca Afonwy-Jones; 11 September, St Mary's Church, Whitekirk, Lammermuir Festival) - RPS Composers programme
Stefano Ancora Anatomy of Survival (The Place, choreographed by Frauke Requardt; 11 September, Shoreditch Town Hall) - RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance
Oliver Leith The Folly at Dirge Hill (Anastasia Kobekina; 27 September, Wigmore Hall, London) - supported by an anonymous donor
Cameron Biles-Liddell Ghost Dances (Concerto for Chamber Orchestra)(Ensemble 10:10;8 October, Tung Auditorium, Liverpool) - RPS Composers programme