Songs for the M8 5 tracks, 10.58 Anna Meredith on November 01, 2011 15:40
- 1. songs for the M8 movement 1 2.00 360 plays
- 2. songs for the M8 movement 2 2.23 159 plays
- 3. songs for the M8 movement 3 2.44 116 plays
- 4. songs for the M8 movement 4 1.48 101 plays
- 5. song for the M8 movement 5 2.01 119 plays
Black Prince Fury 4 tracks, 18.20 Anna Meredith on June 27, 2011 11:16
- 1. Nautilus 5.31 3186 plays
- 2. Rhododendron 3.34 1235 plays
- 3. Never Wonder 3.12 1352 plays
- 4. Orca 6.02 1341 plays
acoustic sampler 6 tracks, 20.23 Anna Meredith on November 14, 2010 13:46
- 1. flak (extract) 3.17 767 plays
- 2. Fin like a Flower - Words Philip Ridley 2.13 449 plays
- 3. Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra (extract) 3.11 635 plays
- 4. axeman 3.05 497 plays
- 5. Left Light (extract) 5.03 336 plays
- 6. Barchan (extract) 3.31 271 plays
About
Anna Meredith is a composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music.
Her acoustic material has been performed around the world by many leading orchestras and ensembles. She has been composer in residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and is currently the PRS/RPS Composer in the House with Sinfonia ViVA.
She came to public attention through her 2008 work froms for the BBC Last Night of the Proms and has since written another BBC Prom commission, her first opera (Tarantula in Petrol Blue - with libretto by Philip Ridley) and collaborated with the beatboxer Shlomo - writing the acclaimed Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra. Anna is also a judge for the BBC Young Musician of the Year, a mentor for Goldie for the TV show Classic Goldie and a frequent guest and commentator for the BBC Proms and other Radio 3 and 4 shows.
She was the classical music representative for the 2009 South Bank Show Breakthrough Award and recently won the 2010 Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers.
Anna's most recent piece, Four Tributes to 4am for orchestra, electronics and visuals by Eleanor Meredith was premiered by Sinfonia ViVA and André de Ridder as part of the ABO Conference in Feb 2011. She has also been awarded one of the 20x12 Cultural Olympiad Commissions to work on a new flashmob/no instruments piece for the National Youth Orchestra for performance during 2012.
She is building a reputation for her eclectic electronic work which she has performed throughout Europe.
She supported These New Puritans on the Berlin leg of their Hidden tour, performed alongside James Blake, Seb Rochford and Max de Wardener at Ether 2011 and has recently been touring, performing alongside Mira Calix performing their compositions for string quartet and sampled MRI scanner as part of Brainwaves.
Anna plans to release her debut four track EP (Black Prince Fury) over the coming months building towards an album of new material.
