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Nick Sackman

Associate Professor and Reader, Faculty of Arts

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Expertise Summary

Nicholas Sackman is a composer whose works have received critical acclaim both nationally and internationally. Recordings of his compositions are available on the NMC and Metier labels with his piano concerto Meld released on NMC 099 in March 2005. An entire CD of chamber compositions is about to appear on the Metier label. Recent compositions have included Cross hands for piano (commissioned by Sarah Nicolls) Puppets for percussion quartet (commissioned by Drumstruck) and Vivace (commissioned for Sinfonia ViVA). He is currently working on a commission from the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group for a large-scale chamber work for 17 players to be premiered in autumn 2006. Besides composition he is actively involved in sound-recording technology and is Director of the Recording Studio at the Department of Music.

Research Summary

composition contemporary music and notation Kurt Weill ensemble direction orchestral conducting

Recent Publications

  • SACKMAN, N., 2007. Before the rainbow - for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass [First performance London, 22 March 2007. Commissioned with funds made available by the Britten-Pears Foundation and the Vaughan Williams Trust]
  • SACKMAN, N., 2007. Concerto in black - for 16 players [First performance Birmingham 1 November 2007. Commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group]
  • SACKMAN, N., 2004. Puppets - for percussion quartet. Commissioned by "Drumstruck".First performance Nottingham, 2004.
  • SACKMAN, N., 2004. Vivace - for chamber orchestra. Commissioned for ViVA: orchestra of the east midlands. First performance Nottingham, 2004.
  • SACKMAN, N., 2007. Before the rainbow - for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass [First performance London, 22 March 2007. Commissioned with funds made available by the Britten-Pears Foundation and the Vaughan Williams Trust]
  • SACKMAN, N., 2007. Concerto in black - for 16 players [First performance Birmingham 1 November 2007. Commissioned by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group]
  • SACKMAN, N., 2004. Puppets - for percussion quartet. Commissioned by "Drumstruck".First performance Nottingham, 2004.
  • SACKMAN, N., 2004. Vivace - for chamber orchestra. Commissioned for ViVA: orchestra of the east midlands. First performance Nottingham, 2004.
  • SACKMAN, N., 2003. Cross hands - for piano [First performance at The Hague, Holland, 27 February 2003. Commissioned by Sarah Nicolls. Commercial CD-recording released on the Metier Sound and Vision label - MSVCD92049]
  • SACKMAN, N., 2002. Ballo - for ensemble [First performance by the Luxembourg Sinfonietta, Centre des Arts Pluriels, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg, 20 April 2002]
  • SACKMAN, N., 2002. Mosaic - for orchestra. Commissioned by the Nottingham Youth Orchestra. First performance at the NAYO Festival, Edinburgh. Further performances in Glasgow and Nottingham.
  • SACKMAN, N., 2002. Fling - trio for Flute, Cello and Piano. Commissioned by Carla Rees. First performances at Nottingham; subsequent performances at the Royal College of Music and the Kings Lynn Festival.
  • SACKMAN, N., 2000. Sextet - for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon and Horn.Commissioned by Swiss Winds.First performance in Bern, Switzerland.CD-recording by Metier Sound and Vision MSVCD92049.
  • SACKMAN, N., 1999. Meld - concerto for Piano, Brass and Percussion Commissioned by Philip Mead First performance at the Royal Northern College of Music, subsequently at the Royal College of Music and the London Warehouse (Cutting Edge series). Recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio 3. CD-recording by NMC (NMC 099) and released March 2005
  • SACKMAN, N., 1999. Koi - for four flutes.Commissioned by the Bern Flute Quartet.First performance in Bern, Switzerland.CD-recording by Metier Sound and Vision MSVCD92049.
  • SACKMAN, N., 1998. Folio III: Six Pieces for flute and piano (11 minutes), first performance by Viola Calthrop-Owen and Jeremy Kimber, Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham, Wednesday 6th May 1998
  • SACKMAN, N., 1998. Sing my day - a carol (5 minutes). Composed for the University of Nottingham's Jubilee festival of Lessons and Carols. First Performance by the University Singers, St. Mary's Church, Nottingham, 15th December 1998.
  • SACKMAN, N., 1998. String Quartet no.2 (1990-91) (23 minutes), commercial CD recording by the Bochmann Quartet, Metier MSV CD92016
  • SACKMAN, N., 1997. Cecilia Dances, CD Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra, cond. Peter Stark (including booklet notes by Nicholas Sackman)
  • SACKMAN, N., 1997. dB Or Not dB? Sound on Sound. 12(12),
  • SACKMAN, N., 1996. Folio II: Six Pieces for cello and piano (first performance Nottingham, October)
  • SACKMAN, N., 1995. Compact-disc publication of Sonata for Piano, performed by Stephen Neugarten (Metier, MSV CD92008).
  • SACKMAN, N., 1995. First performance of Cecilia dances for orchestra (16 minutes) at The Colosseum, Watford, by the Hertfordshire County Youth Orchestra, conducted by Peter Stark, 3 January (broadcast on BBC Three Counties Radio on 5 February); repeat performance at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 4 July. Also performed in the Great Hall, University of Nottingham, by University Philharmonia, conducted by the composer, 12 February
  • SACKMAN, N., 1995. Compact-disc publication of Hawthorn for orchestra (1993), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis (New Music Cassettes, D027S).
  • SACKMAN, N., 1995. First performance of Scorpio for multi-percussion and piano (13 minutes). Matthew Dickinson and Mervyn Cooke. Djanogly Recital Hall, The University of Nottingham, 23 June
  • SACKMAN, N., 1994. Friday 13th May: public concert performance of Piano Sonata at University of Huddersfield. Jonathan Darnborough - pianist
  • SACKMAN, N., 1994. Thursday 19th May: public concert first-performance of Night Train (for five percussionists) at University of Nottingham, Department of Music
  • SACKMAN, N., 1994. Monday 21st November: public concert performance of Corranach at Royal College of Music, London. RCM 20th-Century Ensemble, conducted by Edwin Roxburgh

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