Matthew Barley - Cellist

UK, Suffolk, Nov
2020-11-27 | Saffron Hall, Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, United Kingdom
New music with Sukwinda Singh, tabla, at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

November 14th
2020-11-14
Azul, for cello and orchestra by Osvaldo Golijov, with Jean-Claud Picard, conductor and Orchestre Symphonique de Trois Rivieres.

UK, Suffolk, October 25th
2020-10-25 | Saffron Hall, Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, United Kingdom
Complete Beethoven sonata cycle with Ivana Gavric, piano, and improvisations with Tim West, piano, at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

UK, London, October
2020-10-10 | Purcell Room, London, United Kingdom
Complete Beethoven sonata cycle with Denes Varjon, piano, and improvisations with Tim West, piano, at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London.

UK, Cardiff, October
2020-10-09 | The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Beethoven sonatas with Denes Varjon, piano, at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales.

UK, Suffolk, October
2020-10-01 | Saffron Hall, Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, United Kingdom
Stradivarius Trust celebration concert at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

China, Tour, September
2020-09-13 | China, China
China tour of Stradivarius in Rio with Viktoria Mullova

UK, Dartington, August
2020-08-08 | Dartington, Dartington, United Kingdom
Dartington International Summer School Concerts include complete Beethoven sonata cycle and improvisations with Ivana Gavric and Tim West, pianos, and trio concerts with Tom Gould and Tom Poster.

UK, Cheltenham, July
2020-07-06 | Cheltenham, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Beethoven sonatas at Cheltenham Festival, UK with Ivana Gavric, piano and improvisations with Tim West, piano.

Germany, Bad Kissingen, June
2020-06-28 | Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen, Germany
Complete Beethoven sonata cycle and improvisations with Shai Wosner, piano, at Bad Kissingen festival, Germany.

UK, Snape, May 21st
2020-05-21 | Snape Maltings, Snape Bridge, United Kingdom
Solo performance at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, showcasing new work.

UK, Snape, May
2020-05-10 - 2020-05-21 | Snape Maltings, Snape Bridge, United Kingdom
Residency in Snape Maltings/Britten Pears to develop composition and newly recorded work especially with electronics.

UK, Sussex, May
2020-05-02 | Sussex, Sussex, United Kingdom
Guest appearance at the Singing With Nightingales special festival night with Sam Lee.

UK, Stroud, April
2020-04-09 | Hawkwood College, Hawkwood College, United Kingdom
Concert at Hawkwood College with Soumik Datta, Sukwinda Singh and other musicians following a week of residency. Programme of all original music created in the residency.

UK, Stroud, March
2020-03-26 | Hawkwood College, Hawkwood College, United Kingdom
Concert at Hawkwood College with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe following a week of residency. Programme featuring baroque duets, original compositions, South African folk and improvisations.

Denmark, Herning, March
2020-03-14 | Herning, Herning, Denmark
Guest soloist/director for improvisation concert with Ensemble Midtvest, in Aarhus, Denmark.

Denmark, Holstenbro, March
2020-03-13 | Holstenbro, Holstenbro, Denmark

Denmark, Aarhus, March
2020-03-12 | Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Estonia, Jan 19th
2020-01-19 | Vanemuine Concert Hall, Vanemuise 6, 51003 Tartu, Estonia, Tartu, Estonia
Stradivarius in Rio

Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Paul Clarvis (percussion), João Luís Nogueira Pinto (guitar)

Estonia, Jan 18th
2020-01-18 | Estonia Concert Hall, Estonia puiestee 4, 10143 Tallinn, Estonia, Talinn, Estonia

Sweden, Jan 13th
2020-01-13 - 2020-01-17 | Sweden, Sweden
Improvisation project with Swedish Chamber Orchestra

UK, Dec 7 2019
2019-12-07 | St George’s Brandon Hill, Bristol, United Kingdom
Walton concerto with Bristol Concert orchestra

UK, Nov 23 2019
2019-11-23 | Queen Elizabeth Hall, GV4M+PG Lambeth, London, UK, London, United Kingdom
Matthew Barley gives the world premiere of Misha Mullov-Abbado’s Cello Concerto. Also appearing alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey are Southbank Centre resident groups Nu Civilisation Orchestra and StringTing, and together in this concert we break new ground in orchestral jazz performance. The programme also includes new and pre-existing arrangements of music by legendary jazz performer and composer Duke Ellington.
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UK, Nov 12 2019
2019-11-12 | Wimbledon, St. John’s Church, St. John's Church, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, London SW19 4NZ, UK, Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Recital with Calefax Reed Quintet – Antonín Dvořák Serenade for winds, Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia and Fugue, William Walton Cello Concerto, Henry Purcell In nomine, Bach/improvisation on Cello Suites
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UK, Nov 10 2019
2019-11-10 | Wimbledon, Trinity Church, Trinity Church, 1 Mansel Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 4AA, UK, Wimbledon, United Kingdom
From ‘Zero’ to ‘Inifinity’
Music, Maths and Architecture

From the Baroque of J S Bach ‘The Submerged Cathedral’ of Claude Debussy To Le Corbusier’s city of Chandigarh.
Matthew Barley (cello), Joby Burgess (percussion), Clare Hammond (piano), Soumik Datta (sarod), Sukhvinder Singh ‘Pinky’ (tabla and vocal percussion)
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UK, Nov 2 2019
2019-11-02 | Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree, 5 West North Street, Aberdeen AB24 5AT, UK, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Recital with Calefax Reed Quintet – Joost Buis The Swimmer, Carola Bauckholt Zugvögel (Migratory birds), Giovanni Sollima Lamentatio, Graham Fitkin Tracking Yesterday’s England
“Presenting a striking and innovative programme in collaboration with adventurous English cellist, Matthew Barley, Calefax are a reed quintet from the Netherlands who can be defined as a classical ensemble with a pop mentality.”
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UK, 11th October
2019-10-11 | Charter’s School, Charters Road, Sunningdale Ascot, Berkshire SL5 9QY, Sunningdale, United Kingdom
Day of Improvisation and Composition at Charters School

New Zealand, Sept 16 2019
2019-09-16 | Auckland, Auckland Town Hall, Queen Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
Trio recital with Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge. Schubert, Ravel, Fisher.
Piano Trio splendour, this programme offers a chance to hear one of the biggest names on the world stage, Viktoria Mullova, perform cornerstones of the repertoire. True music royalty, Mullova has appeared with most of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, and is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and our own Stephen De Pledge in performing one of the greatest trios in the repertory, the masterpiece of Schubert’s Trio in E flat – “Heavenly lengths” as Schumann would later describe, a “Trio by Schubert passed across the musical world like some angry comet in the sky.”
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New Zealand, Sept 15 2019
2019-09-15 | Christchurch, The Piano, 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand

New Zealand, Sept 14 2019
2019-09-14 | Wellington, Michael Fowler Centre, 111 Wakefield Street, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
