James Dillon

First performed April 1982, South Bank Centre London by Simon Limbrick

First performed March 1994, Ars Musica Brussels by BBC Singers conducted by Simon Joly. Commissioned by the BBC.

First performed May 1988, Busto Arsizio Italy by Magnus Andersson. Commissioned by Curo Ltd (Sweden)

First performed October 1978, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival by Keith Swallow.

First performed December 1980, British Music Information Centre London by Michael Finnissy

First performed March 1987, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London by Michael Finnissy

First performed May 1981, British Music Information Centre, London by Alan Brett

First performed July 1984, La Rochelle Festival by Pierre-Yves Artaud. Commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture

First performed November 1985, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris by Jean-Yves Artaud.

First performed August 2000, Royal Albert Hall London by Thomas Zehetmair (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the 2000 Promenade Con...

First performed October 1982, St John's Smith Square, London by Lontano conducted by Odaline de la Martinez. Part 1 of the Nine Rivers Cycle

First performed November 1983, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival by Arditti String Quartet. Commissioned by the Yorkshire Arts Association

First performed July 1988, Almeida Festival, London by Irvine Arditti. Commissioned by the Greater London Arts Association.

First performance January 1997, ICA, London by Irvine Arditti and Graeme Jennings. Traumwerk Book 1 was awarded the 1997 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber-scale composition.

First performed 16 October 2010, Donaueschingen by Arditti Quartet, Quatuor Diotima and Jack String Quartet. Commissioned by Donaueschinger Musiktage for the festival's 'Quardittiade'.

String Quartet No. 8 by James Dillon is a 19-minute work in three movements that are arranged symmetrically. Both outer movements unfold through episodic blocks of material with the central movement b...

String Quartet No. 9 by James Dillon is a 20-minute work composed in 2017 & 2018. Its three parts are organised continuously, and the ever-changing micro-gestures of part 1 are combined with the more...