Matthew Barley and 51 Strings Grooves and Lullabies
Date: Thursday, 30 July
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: St Mary’s Church, Petworth
Tickets: £34.50 (adults) £11.50 (under 18s)
All ticket prices include a £1.50 booking charge with a maximum booking charge of £7.50 per reservation.
Matthew Barley - cello, UK Hanna Rynnänen – kantele, Finland Dawda Jobarteh – kora, Gambia Adriano Adewale - berimbau & percussion, Brazil
The repertoire will include new compositions, arrangements of dances and lullabies from UK, Finland, Brazil and Gambia and ‘designed improvisations*’.
The lullabies will explore the dark side that so many of them feature – and the grooves and dances will provide the antidotal celebration. The designed improvisations will connect them and provide a sense of a narrative journey through the concert.
‘Cellist Matthew Barley has long been shaking up the classical scene with his collaborations and inventive approaches to performance.’ BBC Music Magazine