October
3 - Basel Ballet Switzerland One of a Kind ballet by Jiri Kylian ballet scored for solo on-stage cello and electronics by Brett Dean
5 - UK, Ashburton Two Moors Festival recital with Julian Joseph piano
6 - Sweden, Gothenburg 19.30 Gothenburg Concert Hall
The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
7 - Sweden, Stockholm 19.30 Stockholm Concert Hall
The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
8 - Sweden, Järnboåsen, Nora 19.00 Järnboåsen Church
The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
9 - Sweden, Ytterjärna 19.00 Ytterjärna Culture House
The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
10 - Sweden, Karlsrona 19.30 Karlsdrona Concert Hall
The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
12 - Sweden, Umeä 19.00 Norrlands Operan Concert Hall
The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
14 - Sweden, Vara 19.30 Vara Concert Hall T
he Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
18 - 22 Manchester, UK Salford Tales: project and performance with BBC Philharmonic
26 - London, UK - LSO/St Lukes The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
September
14 - Germany, Essen - guest performer and speaker at the International Symposium on Arts Education in Europe
24 - Basel Ballet Switzerland One of a Kind ballet by Jiri Kylian ballet scored for solo on-stage cello and electronics by Brett Dean
25 - Basel Ballet Switzerland One of a Kind ballet by Jiri Kylian ballet scored for solo on-stage cello and electronics by Brett Dean
27 - Basel Ballet Switzerland One of a Kind ballet by Jiri Kylian ballet scored for solo on-stage cello and electronics by Brett Dean
28 - Basel Ballet Switzerland One of a Kind ballet by Jiri Kylian ballet scored for solo on-stage cello and electronics by Brett Dean
August
22 - Dartington Hall 10.30pm Studio 3- recital with Stephen De Pledge: John Metcalfe, Schumann, Arvo Part
25 - Dartington Hall 8.15 Great Hall The Peasant Girl in concert - Viktoria Mullova and the Matthew Barley Ensemble with special guest Julian Joseph
July
3 - Holland, Amsterdam - Live and Spontaneous! Matthew Barley returns to the Bimhuis with the Metropole Orchestra Strings in an evening of arrangements and improvisations.
4 - 12 UK, London - South Bank Centre - Bernstein’s Mass Project with Marin Alsop
16 Riga, Latvia - Recital in St Peter’s Church,
17 Latvia - all night performance of music for cello and electronics
25 Petworth, UK 1pm Bach Recital at the Petworth Festival (sold out)
7.30pm Recital with Julian Joseph tickets here
June
10 - Austria, Vienna - Konzerthaus Viktoria Mullova, the Matthew Barley Ensemble and Special Guest Julian Joseph present The Peasant Girl
11 - Holland, Amsterdam - Bimhuis as part of the Holland Festival Viktoria Mullova, the Matthew Barley Ensemble and Special Guest Julian Joseph present The Peasant Girl
14 - UK, Cambridge The Stradivari Trust Charity Concert with 30 of the UK’s top names in string playing
21 - Hong Kong - Recital of cello and electronics at ArtisTree, 7pm Details
22 - Hong Kong - Recital of cello and electronics at ArtisTree, 7pm Details
23 - Hong Kong - Chamber Music concert with principals from Hong Kong Sinfonietta at ArtisTree 7pm Details
24 - Hong Kong - Matthew play’directs the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in a programme of Schumann, Piazzolla, Jobim and finishing with Tchaikoscky Serenade. ArtisTree at 7pm Details
25 - Hong Kong - Repeat of 24th programme for families. ArtisTree at 3pm Details
May
4 - London St Pancras International Railway Station 8.30 - 9.30 am. Recital for the commuters of cello and electronics. Music by John Metcalfe
5 - London St Pancras International Railway Station 8.30 - 9.30 am. Recital for the commuters of cello and electronics. Music by John Metcalfe
6 - London St Pancras International Railway Station 8.30 - 9.30 am. Recital for the commuters of cello and electronics. Music by John Metcalfe
7 - London St Pancras International Railway Station 8.30 - 9.30 am. Recital for the commuters of cello and electronics. Music by John Metcalfe
11 - London 7.30 Limelight at the 100 Club Electric cello set, supported by the Badke Quartet
13 - London Kings Place - special guest with the John Metcalfe Band. More details and Book tickets from £9.50
14 - London Kings Place - launching new CD Constant Filter. Music for cello and electronics, and for cello and piano with Ashley Wass - will also include new transcriptions of Schumann Songs. More details and Book tickets from £9.50
15 - London Kings Place - with the Carducci Quartet mixing classical quartet movements with new arrangements of Metcalfe for quintet, and improvisations. More details and Book tickets from £9.50
19 - Italy, Milan Viktoria Mullova, the Matthew Barley Ensemble and Special Guest Julian Joseph present The Peasant Girl
April
1 - 8 (Abu Dhabi continued - see March)
10 at 7.30 Birmingham Town Hall with Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan (sarods) Recital for the Mother India Weekend
18 - 23 Hilversum, Holland - Workshops for players from Nederlands Radio Orchestras and children from local schools.
23 Utrecht, Holland - Between The Notes perform Fraser Trainer’s Gadget with the Nederlands Radio Chamber Orchestra, and new pieces created with the orchestral players and local young people
29 Schloss Elmau, Germany Viktoria Mullova, the Matthew Barley Ensemble and Special Guest Julian Joseph present The Peasant Girl
March
1 - 5 Hilversum, Holland - Workshops for players from Nederlands Radio Orchestras
8 - 10 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Preliminary Workshops for the Festival
19 - April 8 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Workshops and Between The Notes project at 7th Abu Dhabi Festival of the Arts
27 - Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Between The Notes perform their own repertoire and present the fruits of a new collaboration working with young Middle Eastern musicians
February 2010
22 - 25 Manchester Workshops for BBC Philharmonic in collaboration with Eccles Fire Station!
November
3rd - 6th Germany, Bremen. Improvising workshops for the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
21st Leicester De Montfort Hall Recital with Julian Joseph playing works from The Dance of the Three Legged Elephants
28th London Bloomsbury Ballroom Charity event for Warchild. All star lineup with Alison Balsom, Barry Douglas, Colin Currie, Pekka Kuusisto and many more!
October
6th Germany, Cologne Messiaen Quartet for the end of Time with Thomas Larcher, Viviane Hagner and Martin Frost; and new piece by Larcher for quartet and voice with Matthias Goerne, baritone
12th - 16th Holland, Hilversum - training project with musicians from Netherlands Radio Orchestras and choir with Fraser Trainer
18th Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (at Lincoln University) recital with Julian Joseph (jazz piano)
September
8th at 8pm Cambridge with Sophie Cashell (piano) and Sanju Sahai (tabla)
10th at 7.30pm Nottingham Djanogly Hall - recital with Julian Joseph, jazz piano, in aid of Firebird Trust
17th at 8pm Austria, Lech - recital with Kit Armstrong, piano, Beethoven, Debussy, Schumann, Brahms
20th at 5pm London Royal Festival Hall Opening of Bernstein Year at SBC. With Marin Alsop and Festival Orchestra
23rd - 26th, residency at Kings Place, London
click here for full programme and tickets
23rd at 7.45pm London Kings Place - Debussy, Schumann, Brahms with Kit Armstrong, piano
9pm - with Julian Joseph (jazz piano) works from The Dance of the Three Legged Elephants (Signum Records)
24th at 7.45pm - Beethoven, Armstrong, Mullov-Abbado with Kit Armstrong, piano
9pm - The Cello and the Sufi with Davod Azad
25th at 6.30pm Schubert Quintet with the Navarra Quartet
7.45pm - Schumann, Brahms, Piazzolla, Jobim, Golijov with the Matthew Barley Ensemble
9pm - Improvisations with Between The Notes
26th at 6.30 - folk music of Turkey, Macedonia, India with Sanju Sahai, tabla
7.45 - with Julian Joseph (jazz piano) excerpts from The Dance of the Three Legged Elephants
9.00 - The Virtual Cellist….in a Motion Capture Suit, with projections by YeastCulture, and music by Nitin Sawhney, Duncan Bridgeman and John McLaughlin
August Holiday!
July
11th Canada Lanaudiere Festival The Map, by Tan Dun, Concerto for cello, video and orchestra with the Lanaudiere Festival Orchestra
June
Australlia
9th at 1pm Melbourne Bach/Improvisation recital at ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall
11th at 7pm Melbourne concert with all the students from at ANAM, South Melbourne Town Hall. Programme of prepared new works and improvisations all around the whole building with a walking audience that will all end up in the Butterfly Cabarate across the road!
19th at 8pm Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University Elgar Concerto with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
20th at 2pm Melbourne - the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall Elgar Concerto with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
22nd at 6.30 pm Melbourne - the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall Elgar Concerto with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
25th London More multi-track recording…
April
6 London Wigmore Hall BBC Lunchtime Concert 6 Bach preludes, and electric improvisations
21 Southampton Turner Sims Hall Concert with Sanju Sahai, tabla master
22 - 25 Hilversum workshops for Netherlands Radio Orchestras
March
1 London 7pm start - Church of St James Norlands, St James Gardens W11, Recital with Julian Joseph
2 - 4 Champs HIll Music Room Recording for Signum with Julian Joseph
13 - 17 France - tour of concerts with solo Bach, and improvisations on electric cello
19 - April 2nd Abu Dhabi Music Festival residency
February
6 Oxford Jacqueline du Pre Music Building Recital with Julian Joseph
7 Sheffield Upper Chapel Recital with Julian Joseph
12 Nottingham Djanogly Hall Recital with Julian Joseph
January
12 Bjelovar, Croatia Haydn C Major and arrangements of Piazzolla, Jobim and Golijov with the Zagreb Soloists
13 Zagreb, Croatia Haydn C Major and arrangements of Piazzolla, Jobim and Golijov with the Zagreb Soloists
26 - 29 Brunel University Recording CD of cello and live electronics, music by Peter Wiegold and John Croft
December
11 London Royal Festival Hall Charity Gala for Leonard Cheshire Disability, 1st performance of Matthew’s new arrangement of Schumann Adagio and Allegro with London Chamber Orchestra
12 - 14 Aldeburgh workshop for young musicians
November
- 3 Colombia filming for documentary on Shamans, their ceremonies and their music
13 London Purcell Room - collaboration with Silk String Quartet playing commissioned music by Peter Wiegold and Barnaby Taylor, and solo Bach and traditional Chinese music.
17 - 30 Melbourn, Cambridgeshire - Residency with Between The Notes
October
4 London Kings Place - afternoon recital with Stephen de Pledge at the opening weekend of a stunning new hall at Kings Cross, London. Click here for tickets
7 - 15 Tour of Sweden Click for tour details
7 Nacka On The Road recital
8 Arboga On The Road recital
9 Norbergs On The Road recital
10 Skinnskatteberg On The Road recital
12 Säffle On The Road recital
13 Hammarö On The Road recital
14 Köping On The Road recital
15 Skelleftea On The Road recital
17 - November 3, Filming in Colombia with Shamans and local musicians and dancers
September
4 London BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, Messaien Quartet for the End of Time with Thomas Larcher - piano, Anthony Marwood - violin, Martin Frost - clarinet
14 Koln Philharmonie, Germany - Messaien Quartet for the End of Time with Thomas Larcher - piano, Viviane Hagner - violin, Martin Frost - clarinet and world premiere if a new piece by Thomas Larcher with Matthias Goerne
15 - 20 , Holland Amerfoort - workshops with the Netherlands Radio orchestras and choirs and young musicians, with performance on 20th at Amsterdam Concertgebouw
27 London Queen Elizabeth Hall - opening of the International Chamber Music Season in a programme of new arrangements by Matthew Barley with Viktoria Mullova, Julian Joseph and Between The Notes
June
10 -14 France, Lyons - 5 performances with Lyons City Ballet of Brett Dean’s ballet One of a Kind, for solo on-stage cellist and electronics
20 Scotland, Orkney St Magnus Festival - world premiere of Samagam, a concerto for sarod, cello and orchestra by Amjad Ali Khan, and Vivaldi B minor concerto with Scottish Chamber Orchestra and David Murphy
21 Scotland, Orkney St Magnus Festival , St Magnus Cathedral - duo recital with Amjad Ali Khan
25 London, City of London Festival - Samagam with Amjad Ali Khan, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and David Murphy
27 The Sage Gateshead - Samagam, a concerto for sarod, cello and orchestra by Amjad Ali Khan, and Vivaldi B minor concerto with Scottish Chamber Orchestra and David Murphy
May
1 London St James Norlands Church Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
3 Oxford University Church Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
18 London Hackney Prom Messaien Quartet for the end of Time
23 Italy, Bolzano - Messaien Quartet for the End of Time with Thomas Larcher - piano, Viviane Hagner - violin, Martin Frost - clarinet
24 Austria, Wattens - Messaien Quartet for the End of Time with Thomas Larcher - piano, Viviane Hagner - violin, Martin Frost - clarinet
April
1 Edinburgh - workshop with Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Amjad Ali Khan for new double concerto by Khan for sarod, cello and orchestra
2 London LSO St Lukes - performance with Viktoria Mullova and Between The Notes
4 Finland, Levi - duo recital with violinist Viktoria Mullova
14 London SW1 Gallery - world premiere of new piece by Fraser Trainer with Between The Notes
19 Cambridge St John’s College Chapel Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
23 Carlisle Cathedral Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
24 Hereford Cathedral Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
25 St Asaph Cathedral Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
26 Sheffield Cathedral Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
30 Southwell Minster Bach suites 1 and 2, and world premieres for electric cello and electronics by John Metcalfe
March
1 Nottingham, Lakeside Arts - recital with jazz pianist Julian Joseph
3 - 5 Champs Hill - recording for Signum Records with Julian Joseph
7 - 10 Brunel University - recording of cello and live electronic music by Peter Wiegold and John Croft
13 - 15 Abu Dhabi Workshops and recital with jazz pianist Julian Joseph in the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Festival
25 - 29 The Sage Gateshead Workshops
30 The Sage Gateshead world premiere of new concerto, The Shades of the Departed by Peter Wiegold with mostly improvised cello part, and Kai, by Mark Anthony Turnage, with Northern Sinfonia
February
7 - 14 Manchester - Workshops with BBC Philharmonic and students, based on Sir John Tavener’s Protecting Veil
15 Manchester, Maxwell Hall, Salford University - Performance and recording for BBC Radio 3 of Protecting Veil, with BBC Philharmonic and Charles Hazlewood
18/19 The Sage, Gateshead - Workshop/rehearsal with Northern Sinfonia for Wiegold’s improvised cello concerto
20 -23 Holland, Hilversum - workshops with the Netherlands Radio orchestras and choirs
29 Oxford, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building - recital with jazz pianist Julian Joseph
January 2008
24 USA Birmingham, Alabama - Protecting Veil by Sir John Tavener with Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Justin Brown
25 USA University of Montevalla - Protecting Veil by Sir John Tavener with Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Justin Brown
