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
Josephine Stephenson Fire, river, garden (Nicolas Altstaedt and The Carice Singers; 13 December, Kings Place, London) - supported by an anonymous donor
Raquel García Tomás - Vols brisés (Nicolas Altstaedt and The Carice Singers; 13 December, Kings Place, London) - co-commission with Palau de la Musica, supported by an anonymous donor
2026
Joseph Phibbs Cello Concerto (Guy Johnston, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 16 January, Barbican, London) - co-commission with BBC Radio 3, supported by Harriet's Trust.
Arthur Keegan Coalesce: Quartet for the Start of Life (Hebrides Ensemble; 1 February, Dumfoires House, Cumnock, The Cumncok Tryst) - RPS Composers programme
Dickson Mbi TELLUS (choreographed by Dickson Mbi, music performed by Beibei Wang, Eliza Marshall, Gabriella Swallow, 6 February, DanceEast, Ipswich) - RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance
Peter Salem Gentleman Jack (Northern Ballet, choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, 7 March, Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds) - RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance
Torben Sylvest Caught Again in the Net of Rebirth (choreographed by Chandenie Gobardhan, music performed by Prathap Ramachandra, Vijay Venkat, Ramya Tangirala, 31 March, The Lowry, Salford) - RPS Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance