Commissioned Works

Lewis is one of the most active commissioners and performers of contemporary classical music in the U.K. Here’s a list of works commissioned by/dedicated to Lewis

2023

Inscriptions in Granite - Electra Perivolaris

Soprano Saxophone & String Orchestra 12’

Premiered at Govan & Linthouse Parish Church, August 2023

Recording by Zip Tie Studio coming soon

2021

The Distance of Time - Stuart McCallum

For Soprano Saxophone, Electric Guitar & Electronics 20’

Written for Chrysalis, with generous support from Creative Scotland

Premiered at Twilight in the Crypt - Glasgow Cathedral Festival 2021

Journey Between Islands - Electra Perivoralis

For Soprano Saxophone & Recorded Sound 10”

Written for Chrysalis, with generous support from Creative Scotland

Premiered at Twilight in the Crypt - Glasgow Cathedral Festival 2021

2020

So My Tears Flow - Jay Capperauld

For Soprano Saxophone & Piano 4’ 21’’

Commissioned by and written for Lewis Banks

Premiered at ROSL Annual Music Competition 2021, Wind & Brass Final, Royal Overseas House, London

2019

Afterlife - Jay Capperauld

For Alto Saxophone & Piano 60’ 00”

Commissioned by and written for Lewis Banks

with generous support from Creative Scotland, The Musicians' Company, The Hope Scott Trust, The Cross Trust and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Afterlife comprises of several pieces that are ordered as follows:

1.1. Utopia  (10' 00")

1.2. Epoch Interlude 1  (2' 00")

2.1. Omniattentive: Nowadays everything happens at once  (7' 30")

2.2. Epoch Interlude 2  (2' 00")

3. Déjà Vu: A Re-Creation of the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No.1 BWV 1007  (6' 00")

4. Autopsy of a God  (5' 30")

5.1. The Third Death  (7' 30")

5.2. Epoch Interlude 3  (2' 30")

6.1. Her, the heretic  (9' 30")

6.2. Epoch Interlude 4  (2' 30")

7. Reversal (6' 00")

Premiered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on 27th September 2019