Matthew Barley

"This is a program for our time, using the magical powers of music to comfort, soothe and hopefully uplift the heart," says English cellist Matthew Barley about "Light Stories". With music and projected images from the video designers YeastCulture, he passionately talks about his own life: about the search for meaning in making music and how he overcame a trauma he experienced as a teenager. Pieces by Bach, contemporary composers and, above all, Barley himself are strung together without interruption and linked by short improvisations and electronics, creating the impression of a continuous instrumental music theater.
Concert without intermission
Matthew Barley
Violoncello
YeastCulture
Video Design
The Spell
The Dreaming
Cathedrals and Caves
Cello Suite No. 6 BWV 1012
Implanted Memories
Hell I (da Songs from the Divine Comedy)
moonmoons
Blackfriars
Unraveling
Motion Detector
In the Crosshairs
, Timefolding
Constant filter
Full, Empty
: The Unwaiting Sky



