Author Archives: Matthew Barley

There are now clips of the Peasant Girl at the Holland Festival (Amsterdam, Bimhuis) on YouTube Enjoy

Just had a week with the MB Ensemble and Viktoria working on the last two arrangements for the Peasant Girl project (check Viktoria’s website for details). Dartington is the ideal […]

I’m enjoying my first trip to Latvia, playing two concerts at the Introvert Music Festival. Last night I played a concert featuring only slow music! by Bach, Metcalfe, Schumann, Part, […]

Very nice to be back at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam for a night with the Metropole Strings. As the world’s foremost jazz orchestra it was always going to be an […]

I’ve just heard about an incredible venture that 3 mad English cellists are undertaking: they will walk 192 miles from coast to coast, with cellos on their backs, to raise […]