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Iain Farrington has a busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. Iain composed a piece for the Last Night of the Proms called Extra Time. It was performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London on September 14th, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. The piece is a celebration of sports as well as famous sporting TV themes. 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. The concert was broadcast live on BBC Radio Three on October 2nd. Iain is currently composing a new score to accompany a poem by Keith Jarrett. It will be performed on October 18th at the Hackney Empire by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Iain has composed, arranged and adapted the full orchestral score of Planet Earth III Live, for the 2024 tour. It is currently touring arenas throughout Europe. He recently composed a new 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. He arranged a song for the CBeebies Prom in this year's BBC Proms, and has also made new arrangements of several orchestral works for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, various songs by Laufey for her performances with orchestra, a number of Classical songs for the baritone Benjamin Appl, violin pieces for Ray Chen and Esther Yoo, and recorder works for Lucie Horsch. Iain recently composed The New Pioneers for the Black Dyke Band, written to mark the reopening of Rochdale Town Hall. Iain was commissioned to compose a new organ piece for the Coronation of King Charles III in 2023. It is called Voices of the World and includes traditional song melodies from various Commonwealth countries, mixed together in a joyful, jazzy and dance-like character. The piece was performed by Matthew Jorysz at Westminster Abbey. Iain also arranged a number of the orchestral pieces for the Coronation Orchestra. In 2023, Iain's Art Deco Trio released a critically acclaimed new album of his jazz-inspired arrangements of Classical favourites, called Classical Changes. It also features new arrangements of sea shanties and African-American spirituals. Iain arranged and composed the score for The Land of Might-Have-Been, a new musical based on songs by Ivor Novello, and including new songs and incidental music by Iain. It was performed at the 2023 Buxton Festival and Norwich Theatre Royal. Also in 2023, Iain arranged the songs for the Horrible Histories Prom 'Orrible Opera with English National Opera. With Aurora Orchestra he created a musical presentation exploring Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, for performances in the BBC Proms and Helsinki, in which Iain played the piano. Iain composed and arranged several orchestral works for the Philharmonia Orchestra and violinist Esther Yoo, that were performed at Buckingham Palace for the South Korean state visit. |
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