Anna Meredith (1978- )
Anna
Meredith is a composer and performer of both acoustic and electronic
music. Meredith's music has been performed everywhere from the Last Night of the Proms
to flashmob performances in the M6 Services, Soundwave Festival to
London Fashion Week, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival to the
Ether Festival, and broadcast on Radio 1, 3, 4 & 6 She has been
Composer in Residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, RPS/PRS
Composer in the House with Sinfonia ViVA, the classical music
representative for the 2009 South Bank Show Breakthrough Award and
winner of the 2010 Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers. During 2012
Meredith wrote HandsFree as a
PRS/RPS 20x12 Commission for the National Youth Orchestra which was
performed at the BBC Proms, Barbican Centre and Symphony Hall as well
as numerous flashmob performances around the UK. Anna's debut EP - Black Prince Fury was released on Moshi Moshi records to critical acclaim including Drowned in Sound's Single of the Year.COMPOSITIONS Anna Meredith Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Meredith on Meredith
axeman, bassoon with distortion pedal and amplification (2004)
fly-by-night, soprano, violin, cello and piano (2004)
Songs for the M8, string quartet (2005)
Flak, large ensemble and live electronics (2007)
Barchan, trombone and orchestra [lower half] (2007)
Fringeflower, chamber orchestra (2008)
On Such a Day, chorus [SS], [baritone solo?], flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, violin and cello (2008) [text: Philip Ridley]
Tarantula in Petrol Blue, young + professional performers, amplified large ensemble, w/electronics (2009) [libretto: Philip Ridley]
- Silver Fin, voice, amplified ensemble and electronics (2009) [from opera "Tarantula in Petrol Blue"]
Noisy, orchestra (2009)
Left Light, 2 pianos and chamber orchestra (2009)
Et Puer Nobis Natus Est, chorus (2009) [text: William Souter]
Songless, chorus and snare drum (2009) [text: Philip Ridley]
Lylat, any instrument [Grade 1 Standard], with electronic backing (2009)
Flowering Scotland, electronics (2009)
Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra [large ensemble and 5 beatboxers] (2010)
Heal You, female chorus [SSA] (2010) [text: Philip Ridley]
Camberwell Green, piano (2010)
Fin Like a Flower, counter tenor and harp (2010) [text: Philip Ridley]
Four Tributes to 4am, chamber orchestra, electronics and film (2011) [film by Eleanor Meredith]
Octet, flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets and 2 trombones (2011)
Forth, voice and electronics (2011?)
HandsFree, [no instruments] (2012)
Railgun, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, [cello?] and piano (2012)
Nautilus, electronics (2012?) [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
Rhododendron, electronics (2012?) [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
Never Wonder, electronics [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
Orca, electronics (2012? [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
Infant Sorrow & Infant Joy, children's choir [SA] (2013) [text: William Blake]
WORKS BY GENRE Anna Meredith Links ~ ~ ~ Meredith on Meredith ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Tarantula in Petrol Blue, young + professional performers, amplified large ensemble, w/electronics (2009) [libretto: Philip Ridley]
Orchestra or Large Ensemble
Flak, large ensemble and live electronics (2007)
Fringeflower, chamber orchestra (2008)
Noisy, orchestra (2009)
Four Tributes to 4am, chamber orchestra, electronics and film (2011) [film by Eleanor Meredith]
HandsFree, [no instruments] (2012)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Barchan, trombone and orchestra [lower half] (2007)
Left Light, 2 pianos and chamber orchestra (2009)
Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra [large ensemble and 5 beatboxers] (2010)
Choral
On Such a Day, chorus [SS], [baritone solo?], flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, violin and cello (2008) [text: Philip Ridley]
Et Puer Nobis Natus Est, chorus (2009) [text: William Souter]
Songless, chorus and snare drum (2009) [text: Philip Ridley]
Heal You, female chorus [SSA] (2010) [text: Philip Ridley]
Infant Sorrow & Infant Joy, children's choir [SA] (2013) [text: William Blake]
Chamber
Songs for the M8, string quartet (2005)
Octet, flute, clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets and 2 trombones (2011)
Railgun, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, [cello?] and piano (2012)
Solo Instrument
axeman, bassoon with distortion pedal and amplification (2004)
Lylat, any instrument [Grade 1 Standard], with electronic backing (2009)
Piano
Camberwell Green, piano (2010)
Vocal
fly-by-night, soprano, violin, cello and piano (2004)
Silver Fin, voice, amplified ensemble and electronics (2009) [text: Philip Ridley] [from opera "Tarantula in Petrol Blue"]
Fin Like a Flower, counter tenor and harp (2010) [text: Philip Ridley]
Forth, voice and electronics (2011?)
Electronic/Electroacoustic
Flak, large ensemble and live electronics (2007)
Tarantula in Petrol Blue, young + professional performers, amplified large ensemble, w/electronics (2009) [libretto: Philip Ridley]
Lylat, any instrument [Grade 1 Standard], with electronic backing (2009)
Flowering Scotland, electronics (2009)
Four Tributes to 4am, chamber orchestra, electronics and film (2011) [film by Eleanor Meredith]
Nautilus, electronics (2012?) [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
Rhododendron, electronics (2012?) [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
Never Wonder, electronics [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
Orca, electronics (2012? [released on "Black Prince Fury" EP, 2012]
ANNA MEREDITH LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Meredith on Meredith ~ top of page ~
Anna Meredith is Prom Queen (Fiona Maddocks, London Evening Standard)
Approved: Anna Meredith (CMU)
New Music: Anna Meredith – Never Wonder (Michael Cragg, The Guardian)
Prick Your Ears Up: Anna Meredith (WOW/Sportmax)
Composer's website . . . contact Anna Meredith: here
Anna Meredith @ Twitter
Anna Meredith @ Wikipedia
Anna Meredith @ A.S.M.O
Anna Meredith @ Clash Magazine
Anna Meredith @ composition:today
Anna Meredith @ Facebook
Anna Meredith @ Flaunt Magazine
Anna Meredith @ Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Anna Meredith @ InstantEncore
Anna Meredith @ LinkedIn
Anna Meredith @ MusicWeb International
Anna Meredith @ Nailler9
Anna Meredith @ NMC Records
Anna Meredith @ NPRmusic
Anna Meredith @ Pitchfork
Anna Meredith @ PRS for Music Foundation
Anna Meredith @ Royal Philharmonic Society
Anna Meredith @ 7BitArcade
Anna Meredith @ SAM (Sound and Music)/The Collection
Anna Meredith @ suite
Publisher
Anna Meredith @ Composer's website
Anna Meredith @ Scottish Music Centre
Streaming Audio
Anna Meredith @ Composer's website - check under individual work listings
Anna Meredith @ 5 : 4
Anna Meredith @ Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Anna Meredith @ last.fm
Anna Meredith @ MySpaceMusic
Anna Meredith @ Rhapsody.com
Anna Meredith @ SoundCloud
Recordings
Anna Meredith @ Amazon.com also here
Anna Meredith @ ArkivMusic
Anna Meredith @ CD Universe
Anna Meredith @ ClassicsOnline
Anna Meredith @ Discogs
Anna Meredith @ itunes
Anna Meredith @ NMC Records
Video
Anna Meredith @ YouTube
Anna Meredith @ Google Video
Anna Meredith @ Vimeo (via Google Advanced Search)
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Anna Meredith on Anna Meredith: At Creative Pioneers Reunion (VIDEO) also here
Composers
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Anna Meredith on Anna Meredith: HandsFree/Nat'l Youth Orch (VIDEO)
Composers
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