DROUGHT - Excerpts

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A new string quartet movement which I composed in 2013-14 especially for The Cavaleri Quartet during their residency at the University of Oxford. This residency was generously supported by the Radcliffe Trust. The recording was by Sennheiser and the performance took place at the Holywell Music Room in Oxford on the 5th March 2014.

Violin I: Martin Jackson
Violin II: Ciaran McCabe
Viola: Ann Beilby
Violoncello: Rowena Calvert

ESCHATON - String Quartet No. 1 - The Cavaleri Quartet @ University of Oxford

'Dust Mouth' - a string quartet that forms the opening of the opera 'Drought'

DUST MOUTH / DROUGHT [Excerpt] - BBC Philharmonic conducted by Jack Sheen

Radio Glitch - DROUGHT Scene 5 - featuring Prism-SampleRNN

Radio Song - DROUGHT Scene 3

DROUGHT - Scene 4 - featuring Lila Chrisp and Sally Pitts

DROUGHT - Scene 6 - featuring Sally Pitts

13.8 Billion Years - Amy Green (soprano saxophone)

A setting of 1 Corinthians 13, performed by the choir of St David's Episcopal Church, Baltimore.

IF I HAVE NOT LOVE - St David's Choir, Baltimore cond. Douglas Buchanan

A song cycle setting words by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 

Commissioned by Glyndebourne for the Jerwood Young Artists' Recital Series 2019 as part of Balancing the Score

Recorded by https://www.eastwoodrecords.co.uk/

Photo by Chris Dawson https://www.chrisimages.co.uk/

II - How Do I Love Thee - Stephanie Wake-Edwards & Matt Fletcher - Glyndebourne 11.08.19

Anna Appleby (1993-) is a Manchester-based composer. www.annaappleby.com

Radio Song - DROUGHT Scene 3

Anna Appleby Composer