The nominees for the 2009 British Composer Awards were announced on Radio 3's In Tune on 20 October 2009.

Radio 3's Performance on 3 will feature a selection of the nominated works in part two of the programme on five evenings (23, 24, 25, 30 November and 1 December).

The complete programme on Wednesday 2 December at 7pm will be devoted to coverage of the Awards Ceremony when the winners will be announced.

The 2009 nominees listed by category:

CHAMBER

Work: String Quartet: The Tree of Strings
Composer: Sir Harrison Birtwistle

Work: Since Brass, Nor Stone…Fantasia for string quartet and percussion Op 80
Composer: Alexander Goehr

Work: In Time Entwined, In Space Enlaced
Composer: Christian Mason

CHORAL

Work: Shakespeare Requiem
Composer: Judith Bingham

Work: The Death of Balder
Composer: Bernard Hughes

Work: The Spacious Firmament
Composer: Gabriel Jackson

COMMUNITY OR EDUCATION PROJECT

Work: My Secret Heart
Composer: Mira Calix

Work: Moving Music
Composer: Howard Moody

Work: More Glass than Wall
Composer: James Redwood

CONTEMPORARY JAZZ COMPOSITION

Work: Schweben; aye But Can Ye?
Composer: Barry Guy

Work: Rain on the Window
Composer: John Surman

Work: Rhythm & Other Fascinations
Composer: Jason Yarde

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO OR DUO

Work: The Message
Composer: Sir Harrison Birtwistle

Work: Prism
Composer: Patrick Nunn

Work: Soliloquy V - Flauto Acerbo
Composer: Thomas Simaku

INTERNATIONAL

Work: Doctor Atomic
Composer: John Adams

Work: Dominoeffekt
Composer: Peter Helmut Lang

Work: Seht die Sonne
Composer: Magnus Lindberg

LITURGICAL

Work: Voce Mea
Composer: Tarik O’Regan

Work: Stay With Me
Composer: Roxanna Panufnik

Work: Ex Maria Virgine
Composer: Sir John Tavener

MAKING MUSIC

Work: A Few Seconds
Composer: Anthony Powers

Work: I can’t do this without you
Composer: Robert Szymanek

Work: The Serious Side of Madness
Composer: Elizabeth Winters

ORCHESTRAL

Work: Speakings
Composer: Jonathan Harvey

Work: A Table of Noises
Composer: Simon Holt

Work: Mambo, Blues and Tarentella
Composer: Mark-Anthony Turnage

SONIC ART

Work: Entomophonix
Composer: Robert Jarvis

Work: A Quiet Reverie
Composer: Mark Peter Wright

STAGE WORKS

Work: Into The Little Hill
Composer: George Benjamin

Work: The Minotaur
Composer: Sir Harrison Birtwistle

Work: Reel
Composer: Graham Fitkin

VOCAL

Work: Good Dream She Has
Composer: Luke Bedford

Work: The Dream of the Rood
Composer: John Casken

Work: Riverwork
Composer: Anthony Powers

WIND BAND OR BRASS BAND

Work: Penlee
Composer: Simon Dobson

Work: Farewell
Composer: Adam Gorb

Work: The Gilded Theatre
Composer: Kenneth Hesketh