Classical Music
- Osvaldas Balakauskas – Requiem
- Sally Beamish – Viola Concerto
- Luciano Berio – Sequenza XII
- Harrison Birtwistle – Panic (premiered at Last Night of the Proms)
- Elliott Carter – String Quartet No.5
- Mario Davidovsky – Violin Concertino
- Mario Davidovsky – Flashbacks for flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion
- Ludovico Einaudi – Chatrang Overture
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra
- Palm Beach Ouverture
- Seven Seconds
- Shadow Lines
- Andrew Glover – Fractured Vistas
- Ulrich Leyendecker – Violin Concerto
- Theo Loevendie – Piano Concerto
- Krzysztof Penderecki – Violin Concerto No. 2 Metamorphosen
- John Serry Sr. – Concerto For Free Bass Accordion (For Piano)
- Stanisław Skrowaczewski – Passacaglia Immaginaria
- Michael Tippett – The Rose Lake
- Malcolm Williamson – A Year of Birds
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[I too am in Arcadia.]”
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