Matthew Barley
The English cellist Matthew Barley was born in 1965 and studied at the Moscow Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; he is particularly associated with contemporary repertoire and improvisation, having premiered works by composers including James MacMillan, Pascal Dusapin, John Metcalfe and Thomas Larcher, and regularly collaborates with non-classical musicians such as Jon Lord, Django Bates, Julian Joseph and Nitin Sawhney.
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Interview,
Matthew Barley on Tavener's The Protecting Veil
The boundary-crossing British cellist talks to David about his new recording of John Tavener's vast, sweeping concertante work for the cello.
Recording of the Week,
Little Britten
Cellist Matthew Barley marks the centenary of the composer’s birth with a recital centring on the Third Cello Suite, whilst Edward Higginbottom and The Choir of New College Oxford bring a vital, pleasingly rough-round-the-edges approach that recalls Britten’s own children’s choirs to the scared choral music.