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Iain Farrington has a busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. Iain has recently composed Street Party, an orchestral work for the final concert of Manchester Classical. It will be performed at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester by a combined symphony orchestra of players from the Hallé, BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Collective, RNCM as well as the ENO Chorus and Hallé Choir. He has composed Songs of Summer, a new jazz-inspired cantata for the City of Bristol Choir. It will be performed in June with Iain at the piano, alongside double bass and drum kit. Iain has recently composed Talk of the Town, a new string orchestra work for his local ensemble, the Hitchin Chamber Orchestra. It is to celebrate their 10th anniversary and is based on places and events from the town. He is currently making a chamber orchestra version of his score for Planet Earth III Live, which will be performed in China this summer. He has upcoming concerts with his Art Deco Trio, chamber ensembles, singers and choirs in venues across the UK, including the Wigmore Hall, London. Iain has recently been made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM), awarded to select alumni for excellence in the profession. Iain is orchestrating a number of new songs by the singer/songwriter Laufey. He has also recently arranged a number of pieces for the saxophonist Jess Gillam. Iain recently composed an orchestral work for the London Soundtrack Festival called Quiz Biz. It is based on TV quiz themes, and was performed at London's Royal Festival Hall by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and at Alexandra Palace by the BBC Concert Orchestra for Friday Night is Music Night. In 2024 Iain composed a piece for the Last Night of the Proms called Extra Time. It was performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. Iain composed/arranged a new piece for the BBC Singers centenary concert at the Barbican, London. It is called On with the Show, and is based on classic American songs from musicals. Iain composed a new score to accompany a poem by Keith Jarrett, called E Note. It was performed at the Hackney Empire by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Iain composed, arranged and adapted the full orchestral score of Planet Earth III Live, for the 2024 European tour. He composed an organ piece Raggle Taggle Tunes for Peter Holder to perform at the Thaxted Festival. Iain also composed an organ work Heads Up for the AGO Convention 2024 in San Francisco. |
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