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Three Choirs Festival this Friday

This Friday, a special late-night meditation on the Rig Veda will take place at Gloucester Cathedral as part of the prestigious Three Choirs Festival. The concert weaves together Vedic chant with choral settings of these Hindu texts. Jean Coulthard, a student of Vaughan Williams, exults the mystery of creation, while delicate music of contemporary composers… Continue reading
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Meet the Contras

Following a call by rarescale for music for the unusual and rather exciting combination of contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet and contrabassoon, Anna’s newly-composed work Contradanza has been selected for the ‘Meet the Contras’ concert programme this Thursday. Thursday 21st June, 7:30pm ADMISSION FREE St James’ Church, Sussex Gardens, London W2 3UD (nearest station: Paddington) These three… Continue reading
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Exeter ‘living room concert’

Music by Anna Matthews and Anastassis Philippakopoulos to feature in the next Flute@37 living room concert by flautist Ruth Molins. Tickets available from Ruth’s website: https://www.ruthmolins.com/flute37.html Continue reading
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Torquay and Crediton concert performances

High quality chamber choir the Torbay Singers will be performing Anna’s music in two concerts this summer. Conductor Tina Guthrie will lead the choir and audience on a musical journey around the world. The mixed programme will include Anna’s folk-like anthem for Devon, Devon, My Home, alongside music from further afield by composers including Copland,… Continue reading
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A Quiet Night In

A new piece by Anna will be performed at ‘A Quiet Night In’ at Exeter’s Spacex Gallery on Friday 29th January. AQNI is an Exeter new music concert series with a rapidly growing following. Curated by Emma Welton, the programme asks the audience to listen in a new way with a focus on quiet music.… Continue reading
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BBC Radio Berkshire and forthcoming performances

Performances of ‘From Flanders’ are already scheduled for the following dates: Wokingham, 9th November 2014 9:30am, St Paul’s Church, Remembrance Day service. Exeter, 10th & 11th December 2014 7:30pm, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter Philharmonic Choir carol concerts. More information and tickets from www.exephil.org.uk – book early to avoid disappointment. Listen to today’s Mike Read show on BBC Radio Berkshire… Continue reading
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Vibraphonic Festival 2014

Let’s Throw Some Shapes #1 (see previous post) will be performed by Get Rich Quick and the Festival Scratch Orchestra at this year’s Vibraphonic Festival. This is the 10th anniversary year of the music festival which brings the best of reggae, soul, urban, jazz, funk, blues, hip hop, drum & bass, electronica and experimental music to the… Continue reading
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Thank you, Guildford!
Sunday was my first visit to Guildford Cathedral and I was delighted to arrive in time to hear the choristers doing a quick run-through of my piece before Evensong. ‘Come unto me’, which I was commissioned to write by Choir & Organ Magazine, was given a stunning first performance by the men and boys of… Continue reading

