Performed in Utrecht, NL at Tivoli Vredenburg. 9th May, 2023.

C'est L'extase - Barbican Qtet *live performance*

Atomos - 'Indivisible'

Francesca Barritt - Violin
James Lisney - Piano
Joy Lisney - Cello     

I wrote this piece in 2013 at a time when I was totally immersed in the music of Jan Vriend, largely because I was learning 'Anatomy of Passion' (2004). It owes a lot to Vriend's music, in particular the tonal language. Shortly before the end, the music builds towards a climactic quotation of the piece Vriend wrote for me - 'JOY'.

'Atomos' is dedicated to Jan.

'Atomos', by Joy Lisney - performed by Francesca Barritt, Joy & James Lisney

Sea Interlude - a piece written for the Orford Lighthouse Concert and premiered in August 2015 at Orford Church, Suffolk.

This is a live recording of the world premiere performance by:
Conductor: Tom Seligman
Trumpet: Oliver Haines
Bass Clarinet: David Mears
Violin: Marie Langrishe
Violoncello: Joe Davies

Sea Interlude - by Joy Lisney (LIVE)

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Performed live by the Seraphin Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Joy Lisney.

Soloists: Paula Muldoon, Anita Monserrat, Roc Fargas i-Castells, Laura van der Heijden.

May 2017

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Seraphin Chamber Orchestra/Joy Lisney)

Joy Lisney - 'Thread of the Infinite'

Performed live at West Road Concert Hall by Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra, directed by Thomas Gould, 13th May 2017.

Joy Lisney - Thread Of The Infinite (Thomas Gould/Cambridge University Chamber Orchestra)

Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a

Performed live by the Seraphin Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Joy Lisney.

November 2017

Arensky Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky (Seraphin Chamber Orchestra/Joy Lisney)

Joy Lisney - 'Im Walde'

Performed live at the Gustav Mahler Concert Hall, Toblach, Italy, by the Orchestra for the Earth, conducted by John Warner, 4th July 2018.

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Commissioned by the Orchestra for the Earth and premiered in London in June 2018, 'Im Walde' is inspired by the painting of the same name by Moritz von Schwind. It was composed specifically for a programme featuring Mahler's Symphony No. 4 in a version for chamber orchestra and makes musical reference to that symphony, in particular to motifs from the second movement but also through the notable and exposed use of sleigh bells.

Joy Lisney - Im Walde (John Warner / Orchestra for the Earth)

Joy Lisney is a British cellist and composer. She has appeared as a soloist in international venues including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Queen's Hall Edinburgh, the Leipzig Gewandhaus and St. John's Smith Square. Her most recent tour was a Beethoven Project, performing all five cello sonatas in a single concert and concluded with a sold-out performance at London’s Southbank Centre.

Joy has enjoyed collaborations with artists including Dame Emma Kirkby, Alexander Baillie, Howard Williams, Robert Max and the Wihan Quartet and also performs regularly in duo with her father James Lisney. 

Joy is a passionate advocate of new music and in 2013 she was chosen by Jan Vriend to perform his magnum opus for violoncello and piano, 'Anatomy of Passion', to celebrate his seventy-fifth birthday. In summer of 2014 she performed as a London Sinfonietta Emerging Artist at the BBC Proms in a concert broadcast on Radio 3 to celebrate the 80th birthday of Sir Peter Maxwell- Davies.

As a composer Joy is the 2014-15 recipient of the Ralph Vaughan-Williams Scholarship and the Newton CHESS Award. In November 2014 the Arditti Quartet gave the premiere of her string quartet 'Apparitions' and she is currently working on a commission for the Kings Lynn Festival to be performed in July 2015.

Joy Lisney

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