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Wild being
You have life and love
And everything is free
Wild being
You don't have to prove
That you're allowed to breathe
Shiny bits of metal
Singing 'let me eat'
Tiny little numbers
In their electronic pockets

Wild being
You are born from soil
And that's where you return
Wild being
You are made of earth
And now we watch it burn
Shiny bits of metal
Singing 'let me eat'
Tiny little numbers
In their electronic pockets

There are so many of us
There are so many of us
There are so many of us
So so so so so so so so so so so

Many of us

Wild Being

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

Radio Song - DROUGHT Scene 3

A new Christmas Carol commissioned by North East choir Voices of Hope, conducted by Simon Davies-Fidler, with Kris Thomsett on organ. Produced by Ian Stephenson in 2018.

BEHOLD - Voices of Hope

13.8 Billion Years - Amy Green (soprano saxophone)

BRIDGES - Young Sinfonia conducted by Helen Harrison

ELECTRIC AEROPLANES - Laefer Quartet

THREE MINIATURES - [workshop recording] Het Balletorkest (The orchestra of Dutch National Ballet)

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

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