Matthew Barley/Cellist

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.

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Concerts and workshops

Here is a list of all concerts (in bold) and workshops in my Around Britten tour.

58 full concerts

3 other performances

31 workshops

8 talks/discussions

1. Jan 11       King Edward VI School, Southampton, A level workshop
2. Jan 14      Naomi House and Jack’s Place Hospice for children
3. Jan 15      Turner Sims, Southampton
4. Jan 24     Low Moss Prison, Glasgow, concert and discussion with inmates
5. Jan 25      Salisbury Schools, La Folia and Sally Schweitzer (Britten’s niece)
6. Jan 26      Salisbury Medieval Hall, concert with La Folia and Mark Padmore
7. Jan 26      Salisbury Cathedral 60’ improvisation on Britten themes
8. Feb 8        Fundraiser for Great St Mary’s Cambridge, at the Guildhall
9. Feb 12       LVS Hassocks School workshop for Music for Autism
10. Feb 14    Lancaster pre-concert talk
11. Feb 14     Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts
12. Mar 6      Forest Fields Primary School, Nottingham, workshop
13. Mar 6      St Augustine’s Primary School, Nottingham, workshop
14. Mar 6      Emmanuel School, West Bridgford, workshop
15. Mar 6      Basford Area String Band, Nottingham, workshop
16. Mar 7      Djanogly Hall, Nottingham
17. Mar 15    Wiltshire Music Centre
18. Mar 19 – 22     Humpry Davy School, Penzance, workshop
19. Mar 22    St John’s Hall, Penzance
20. Apr 11      Southwell workshop for 12 15 young cellists
21. Apr 18     Phoenix School, Tower Hamlets, workshop for Music for Autism
22. Apr 22    Trinity Laban College, recital
23. Apr 22    Trinity Laban College, Britten masterclass, improvisation class
24. May 1      Queensmill School, workshop for Music for Autism
25. May 7       St Bartholomew’s Hospital, performance on the wards
26. May 7       Classical Revolution, at The Green Carnation, Soho, London
27. May 8       Southwell Minster
28. May 9       Gloucester Academy of Music, workshop for 20 young cellists
29. May 9       Gloucester Cathedral
30. May 17     Bury St Edmund’s Festival
31. May 18     Lincoln Cathedral
32. May 20    Newbury Festival
33. May 21    Cardiff, The Gate
34. May 22    Exeter Cathedral
35. May 31     Edinburgh Queen’s Hall
36. June 1      Mull, Tobermory Arts Centre
37. June 2     Cromarty Arts Centre
38. June 3     Pluscarden Abbey
39. June 4     Shetland, workshop for 8 young cellists
40. June 4     Shetland, Mareel Arts Centre
41. June 6      Orkney, St Magnus Cathedral
42. June 22  Gibside, National Trust
43. June 23   Oakham Castle, pre-concert talk for young musicians
44. June 23   Oakham, The Great Castle
45. June 28   Castleton, Derbyshire, Peak Cavern (The Devil’s Arse)
46. June 29   Coughton Court, National Trust
47. June 30   5pm, South Foreland Lighthouse, National Trust
48. June 30   8pm, South Foreland Lighthouse
49. July 5       Coggleshall Barn, National Trust
50. July 7       Lincoln, workshop for 73 young cellists!
51. July 16     Kingley Vale, Sussex (ancient Yew Forest)
52. July 18    St Alban’s International Organ Festival
53. July 27     Lodge Park, National Trust
54. July 29     Kensal House, workshop for Music for Autism
55. Sept 6       The Vyne, National Trust
56. Sept 7       Bodiam Castle, East Sussex Music School workshop
57. Sept 7       Bodiam Castle, National Trust
58. Sept 10    Birmingham, CBSO Centre
59. Sept 11     Pre-concert talk with BBC Music Magazine, Newby Farm
60. Sept 11     Newby Farm, Cumbria
61. Sept 12     Pre-concert talk, Manchester Victoria Baths
62. Sept 12    Manchester Victoria Baths
63. Sept 24   Hexham Abbey Festival
64. Sept 25   Bristol, workshop for 20 young musicians with the Pre Con Group
65. Sept 25   Bristol, St Monica’s Trust
66. Sept 27   Workshop for young musicians, Bristol Cathedral School
67. Sept 27   St Georges’s Bristol
68. Oct 10     East Riddlesden Hall, National Trust
69. Oct 10     Tatham Fells, Lancashire, workshop for primary school classes
70. Oct 11      Tatham Fells, Church of the Good Shepherd
71. Oct 12      Ealing Autumn Festival
72. Oct 14      Stroud, Subscription Rooms
73. Oct 18      Corsham Festival Sheldon and Hardenhuish Schools’ workshop
74. Oct 18      Corsham Festival pre-concert talk
75. Oct 18      Corsham Festival
76. Oct 19      London, workshop for young musicians at Music’All
77. Oct 20      Southampton, Friends of Turner Sims, Britten study day
78. Oct 22      Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury Festival
79. Oct 24      London, Wigmore Hall
80. Oct 31      Dartington, Great Hall
81. Nov 2       SOUND Scotland Art Gallery sound installation
82. Nov 2      SOUND Scotland, Aberdeen Art Gallery recital 1
83. Nov 3      SOUND Scotland, Aberdeen Art Gallery recital 2
84. Nov 6      Pwllheli, Oriel Galeri
85. Nov 6      Caernarfon Galeri, workshop for 8 young cellists
86. Nov 8      Caernarfon, Galeri
87. Nov 16    Isle of Man, Centenary Centre
88. Nov 19    Sheffield Lantern Room
89. Nov 20    Sheffield, High Storrs GCSE students workshop
90. Nov 20    Sheffield, Lydgate Primary School performance and workshop
91. Nov 20    Sheffield, CSYO/musicians workshop at Upper Chapel
92. Nov 21    Sheffield, High Storrs A level students workshop
93. Nov 22    Sheffield, Upper Chapel, the Centenary day of Britten’s birth
94. Nov 26    London, Dunraven School, GCSE students workshop
95. Nov 27    Keele University
96. Nov 28    Keele University post-concert discussion
97. Nov 29    Oxford, Holywell Music Room
98. Dec 3       Kensal House Full of Life, workshop with children with autism
99. Dec 4      Aldeburgh, The Red House, young cellists workshop, pre-concert talk
100. Dec 4   Aldeburgh, The Red House final concert on the 37th anniversary of the day that Britten died

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