Matthew Barley: Amongst Friends

What happens the first time a group of the country’s leading chamber musicians and soloists get together to play music? For many, the first time a piece is played together is the most exciting, but it usually happens behind closed doors. Tonight, though, the audience can hear the very first moments of musical collaboration as the cellist Matthew Barley plays through some familiar chamber music with a group of ten friends, amongst them the oboist Nicholas Daniel, violinist Giovanni Guzzo and clarinettist Julian Bliss.