BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Woolgar draws from a wide range of musical experience to create work that is communicative without compromise. His award-winning music has been played around the world by performers such as The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as broadcast several times on BBC Radio 3.
NEWS
Britten Sinfonia Magnum Opus 2026
I have been selected to take part in the Britten Sinfonia’s Magnum Opus programme for 2026. This involves two new commissions, a chamber piece to be premiered in April and…
Read More“Three Dream Songs” wins British Horn Society Composition Prize
My piece for unaccompanied solo horn, Three Dream Songs, has won the British Horn Society Composition Prize 2025. The premiere performance, by the excellent Tommaso Rusconi, coincided with the announcement…
Read More“Imaginary Lover” in Armenia
I’m thrilled that my song cycle for tenor and piano, Imaginary Lover, to texts by Armenian poet Vahan Terian, will be performed again on 19th July in Yerevan, Armenia in…
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WORKS
Three Dream Songs
for solo horn
Duration: 7min. | First perf.: 30th November 2025
Movements for Philip Sharp
for solo piano
Duration: 6min. | First perf.: 21st March 2024
Canzoni et ricercari
for string orchestra
Duration: 7min. | First perf.: 23rd November 2023
Symphonic Message: “Wach auf!”
for orchestra
Duration: 8 min. | First perf.: 28th May 2023
Symphonic Message in memory of L. R.
for orchestra
Duration: 11 min. | First perf.: 22nd Sep 2022
JONATHAN WOOLGAR 