BODY PERCUSSION

HANDSFREE

12 Mins (2012)
No instruments
Written with choreographer David Ogle

Anna’s first body-percussion piece written with David Ogle was premiered by the National Youth Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Southbank Centre, Barbican Centre with flashmob performances on the M6 Services. It has since been performed by youth orchestras from around the World.

HandsFree can now be hired as a combination pack of workshops and resources leading to a tailored performance.

“It’s a tour de force for the NYO, who performed it from memory and were greeted with a standing ovation, richly deserved” The Guardian

“Exhilarating… Mesmerising” The Times

“Breathtaking… Astonishing” Huffington Post

Ein Stück für Orchester ohne Instrumente? Wie das geht, erklärt Komponistin Anna Meredith, die ihr Werk "Handsfree" mit dem NDR Jugendsinfonieorchester einstudiert (in Englisch). http://www.ndr.de/elbphilharmonieorchester

CONNECT IT

4 mins (2014)
No instruments
Written with Choreographer David Ogle
Classroom Resources

Anna Meredith & choreographer David Ogle created Connect It for the BBC’s Ten Pieces project which reached half of the UK’s primary school children during 2015.

Connect It can now be hired as a combination pack of workshops and resources leading to a tailored performance.

ORCHESTRAL

FIVE TELEGRAMS

25 mins (2018)
Symphony orchestra, youth SATB chorus & young brass and percussion players

In collaboration with 59 Productions doing projections/visuals. For BBC Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Proms Youth Ensemble. Written to celebrate the centenary of the First World War, it premiered at the BBC Proms Curtain Opener on 12th July 2018 and was performed at the First Night of the Proms and the First Night of the Edinburgh International Festival.

A VR version of the piece called Nothing To Be Written marked the first ever VR Prom which launched in August 2018.

The 2nd (vocal) movement can be performed as a stand alone a cappella SATB choir piece

It is possible to perform the piece without visuals though they add a lot to the experience!

A new work by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions, Five Telegrams draws on communications sent by young soldiers in 1918 and features specially produced digital projections, creating a unique spectacle. With the BBC Proms Youth Ensemble conducted by Sakari Oramo. Filmed outside and inside the Royal Albert Hall.

VARMINTS WITH ORCHESTRA

For band & orchestra (2/2/2/2 2/2/0/0 1xPerc Str) (2018)

New arrangements of the entire Varmints album for chamber orchestra to play alongside the band. The show was premiered at Queen Elizabeth Hall with the Southbank Sinfonia in 2018 and received some lovely reviews like this, this and this. Varmints with Orchestra has now been performed with partner youth orchestras in the UK, Netherlands and Georgia! get in touch if you’d be interested in performing it with us!

A live performance of Varmints with the Southbank Sinfonia orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London on 28th April 2018. Filmed by RND Media Contact: hello@annameredith.com

MOON

5 x 4 mins (2013)
(Amplified) chamber orchestra (2/1/1/0 0/1/0/0 1xPerc Str) with electronics and live drawing by Eleanor Meredith

SMATTER HAULER

5 mins (2015)
Flexible ensemble - to be memorised: 7x 5 player mixed mini ensembles & 7 Percussionists
(original performance was: Picc/3/3+ B.Clt/2/A.Sax 3/6/5/2 7xPerc 0/0/3xVcl/3xD.B)

Open-scored BBC Proms commission for the newly formed BBC Proms Youth Ensemble and the Aurora Orchestra conducted by Nick Collon. It was performed from memory at The Proms 2015.

“Bright-tones and rhythmically punchy, Smatter Hauler seized the attention and held it” The Guardian

ANNO

50 mins (2016)
String Orchestra, surround electronics, surround visuals

Written for the Scottish Ensemble Anno places Vivaldi’s Four Seasons next to Anna’s own new material, for surround electronics, string orchestra and harpsichord - all accompanied by surround visuals by Eleanor Meredith.

Anno is available on double LP, CD and download via Moshi Moshi Records.

Its possible to perform Anno without the visuals (though the surround visuals add a lot to the experience!) contact us for more information.

Magical… Italian baroque meets techno The Times ****

Her music dovetails perfectly with Vivaldi’s, despite being written centuries apart, the thick musical tapestry gently jarring, yet at times so richly soothing… The Herald *****

The Guardian **** The Scotsman **** Bachtrack ****

One of the most dramatic, influential and celebrated pieces of music ever written, and one of the most exciting, innovative and idiosyncratic composers of today's generation... Anno is a collaboration between Scottish Ensemble, the UK's leading professional string orchestra, and the critically-acclaimed composer, performer and producer Anna Meredith. It combines movements from Vivaldi's instantly recognisable masterpiece, The Four Seasons, with new music by Anna and bespoke visuals by her sister, visual artist and illustrator Eleanor Meredith. The live experience, premiered in London's Oval Space in June 2016 as part of the Spitalfields Music Summer Festival, represents the passing of a year (hence, Anno). In parts, it is achingly, bittersweetly beautiful - in others, fierce and breathtaking. Both the London premiere, and its Scottish premieres in November of the same year, received critical praise. This mini documentary, filmed across the two premieres, offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the creation of the piece as well as exclusive live footage from the performances. For more information about Anno go to http://bit.ly/2kGxZ07 ____________________________ Composer Anna Meredith Visual artist Eleanor Meredith Solo violin Jonathan Morton Lighting and environment design DO Architecture Sound design Sound Intermedia Movement director Matthew Lenton Animation assistant Batuhan Bintas Filmmaker and photographer Hugh Carswell (Maker) Co-commissioned by Scottish Ensemble and Spitalfields Music Supported by Cockayne – Grants for the Arts, John S. Cohen Foundation, Hinrichsen Foundation, The Leche Trust, The London Community Foundation, Lord Phillimore’s Charitable Trust, The Radcliffe Trust, RVW Trust and an anonymous donor. ____________________________ www.scottishensemble.co.uk www.annameredith.com www.eleanormeredith.co.uk www.makerhq.com

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FOUR TRIBUTES TO 4AM

4x 3 mins (2011 - rev 2019)
Amplified chamber orchestra (2+Picc/2/2/2 2/2/2+B.Tbn 2xPerc Str) with electronics and film (by Ewan Jones Morris and Colette Vermeulen)

FRINGEFLOWER

5 mins (2008)
Chamber orchestra (2 both dbl.Picc/2/2/2 4/2/0/0 Timp Str)

FLAK

12 mins (2007)
Large ensemble (ob/s.sax/2xtpt/hn/b.tbn.e.gtr/b.gtr/vln/vla/vcl/db) with Live Electronics

Extract from flak (whole piece 13 mins) Performed by London Sinfonietta - conductor Ryan Wigglesworth Electronics - Sound Intermedia

CONCERTO

ORIGAMI SONGS

14 mins (2014)
Solo Recorder, strings, harpsichord, clarinet dbl. Eb & Bass, trombone, percussion

Origami Songs is a set of 5 movements written by Anna for the recorder player Erik Bosgraaf and the Aurora Orchestra. The Australian premiere was by Erik Bosgraaf with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in May 2017.

CONCERTO FOR BEATBOXER AND ORCHESTRA

12 mins (2010)
Solo Beatboxer, Large Ensemble + 5 Ensemble Beatboxers (Ob/Clt dbl Eb/B.Clt/Sop Sax dbl Al Sax/C.Bsn Hn/Tpt/B.Tbn 3xPerc Harp E.Gtr Mandolin 3xVln/2xVla/2xVcl/DB)

BARCHAN

10 mins (2007)
Solo Trombone with (lower half of) Symphony Orchestra (A.Flt/C.A/2xB.Clt/2+C.Bsn 2/2xFgl/Tbn/B.Tbn/Tba Timp 3xPerc Cel. 2xHp 0/0/Vla/Vcl/DB)

CHAMBER

BLACKFRIARS

3 mins (2016, arr. 2023)
String quartet & electronics

Blackfriars, originally from Varmints, arranged for string quartet by Richard Jones.

HONEYED WORDS

4 mins (2016, arr. 2023)
String quartet

Honeyed Words, originally from Varmints, arranged for string quartet by Richard Jones.

HAZE

3 mins 50 (2018, arr. 2023)
String quartet & electronics

Haze, originally from ANNO, arranged for string quartet by Richard Jones

CHORALE

8 mins 20 (2010, arr. 2023)
String quartet & electronics

Chorale, arranged by Richard Jones

TUGGEMO

5 mins (2017)
String quartet and electronics

TRIPOTAGE MINIATURES

2016
(3x duets, 2x trios, 1x sextet - can be performed as separate pieces or as a set) - flt(dbl A flt & picc)/ob (dbl CA)/clt (dbl Eb)/horn/vla/db

DUETS (3 mins)
Picc & db (2 mins), viola & cor anglias (3 mins), horn & Eb clarinet (3 mins)

TRIOS (2 mins)
Alto flute, oboe and horn (2 mins), clarinet, viola, double bass (2 mins)

SEXTET (3 mins)
Flt/ob/clt/hn/vla/db (3 mins) 

SONGS FOR THE M8

5 x 2min (2005)
String Quartet

Movements II and V were included in the OST for The Favourite (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos) for which Olivia Coleman won an Oscar in 2018

BRISK WIDOW

12 mins (2015)
2 x drummers, quad-diffused electronics, optional part for 4 spotlights!
Written with percussionist Sam Wilson

Brisk Widow can be hired as part of a package where Sam comes and works with drummers to learn the piece

OCTET

6mins (2011)
Flt/clt/2bsn/2tpt/2tbn

RAILGUN

8 mins (2012)
Clt/hn/pno/vln/vla/vcl

FLY-BY-NIGHT

3 mins (2004)
Sop/pno/vln/vcl

SPOOK

5 mins (2015)
Guitar, string quartet, marimba

SOLSTICE IN / SOLSTICE OUT

2 x 3 mins (2014)
Trumpet and string quartet

A SHORT TRIBUTE TO TEENAGE FANCLUB

4 mins (2013)
String quartet

CHORAL

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN

4 mins (2018)

Choral movement from Five Telegrams which can be performed as stand-alone SATB piece

ET PUER NOBIS NATUS EST

3mins (2009)
Christmas Carol SATB
Words by William Souter

INFANT SORROW & INFANT JOY

2x 2mins (2013)
Children's Voices (S+A)
Words by William Blake

HEAL YOU

5mins (2010)
S/S/A
Words by Philip Ridley

SOLO & DUO

GIGUE

4 mins (2014)
For economy dance mat and electronics
Written with percussionist Sam Wilson

By Anna Meredith and performed by Sam Wilson 29/9/16

AXEMAN

3 mins (2004)
Bassoon with distortion pedal and amplification

BRISK WIDOW

12 mins (2015)
2 x drummers, quad sound electronics, optional part for 4 spotlights!

Brisk Widow can be hired as part of a package where Sam comes and works with drummers to learn the piece

FIN LIKE A FLOWER

3 mins (2010)
Counter Tenor (or Alto) and Harp
Words by Philip Ridley

CAMBERWELL GREEN

4 mins (2010)
Solo piano

YOUNG PERFORMERS

INFANT SORROW & INFANT JOY

2x 2mins (2013)
Children's Voices (S+A)

OPERA

TARANTULA IN PETROL BLUE

90 mins (2009)
Libretto - Philip Ridley
Young performers + professional performers, amplified large ensemble with electronics