Composer

Peter is currently preparing his cello concerto (soloist: Matthew Barley) commissioned by the Northern Sinfonia, which he will also conduct in March 2008 at The Sage, Gateshead. His last work, He is Armoured Without was a huge success at the 2007 Proms on Brass Day, for the BBC Philharmonic, soloists Torbjorn Hultmark (trumpet), David Purser (trombone), musicians from Uzbekistan, Coldstream Guards, plus 100 more brass players.

Autumn ‘06 saw the premiere of a new work for ensemble xx.jahrhundert, directed by Peter Burwik, in Vienna, Earth and Stars (October 2006), celebrating 250 years since Mozart's birth. The piece is a funeral cortège, as if played by an ancient ensemble; a lament for Vienna beginning from a poem of Mozart’s about death. Other recent works include The Great Wheel, Parts 1, 2 and 3 London Sinfonietta and musicians from Uzbekistan, Glasgow/ London (2003), That man's talking nonsense, (Stephen Gutman and Richard Benjafield) London (2003), Brief Encounter, National Opera Studio/ Southbank Sinfonia London (2004), Farewells take place in silence, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Birmingham (2004) the burden'd air, for ‘cello (Matthew Barley) and live electronics, (2006) at St Luke’s, LSO as part of the iF Festival which also saw Peter direct cho cho for Japanese ensemble Tozai, mixing traditional and modern instruments.

From 1996-98 Peter took up an appointment as Lecturer in composition, with John Woolrich at Royal Holloway, University of London. He became freelance 1998-2003, combining his principal interests of composer, conductor and creative director. He is co-Artistic Director (with Colin Riley) of iF, a radical London Festival of new music and since 2003 has been Professor, Head of Music Research, at Brunel University.

Other works have been commissioned by Norwich Festival, Ex Cathedra, Stephen Gutman, Richard Benjafield and Chris Brannick; Symphony Nova Scotia, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, (bcmg); The City of London Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, Composer's Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,The Guildhall Ensemble, the Royal Opera Houses' 'Garden Venture' Gemini (several), Kathryn Lukas, Jane Manning, Matrix, Amphion String Quartet and Ronald Lumsden.

See Catalogue for the full collection of works. Commissions, scores and further information, contact Peter Wiegold at