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Rio was composed in November 1993 for a workshop given by the BBC Singers at the Royal Academy of Music. It was subsequently selected by them for performance at the RAM’s ‘Schnittke at 60’ festival in March 1994, following which the work was revised. The premiere performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in November 1994, along with an interview with the composer. Rio later secured an honourable mention in the 1995 contemporary choral composition competition administered by the Roger Wagner Center for choral studies, California State University, Los Angeles.