RPS Music Awards Winner
Announced 12 May 2009
Large-Scale Composition
donated by Anthony Bolton
George Benjamin: Into the Little Hill
The jury was impressed by the sheer skill with which the composer has created a work of immense expressive power, inventiveness, drama and beauty, of a stature way beyond the sum of its physical and temporal parts. With Into the Little Hill George Benjamin has provided music theatre with a work for our time.
Other Shortlisted Nominations in the Category
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Simon Holt: A Table of Noises
Mark-Anthony Turnage: Chicago Remains