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Iain Farrington has a busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. Iain is currently composing, arranging and adapting the full orchestral score of Planet Earth III, for the 2024 tour. He is composing a new organ piece for Peter Holder to perform at the Thaxted Festival. Iain recently composed The New Pioneers for the Black Dyke Band, written to mark the reopening of Rochdale Town Hall. He has composed an organ work Heads Up for the AGO Convention 2024 in San Francisco. He has recently arranged songs for the baritone Benjamin Appl, and violin pieces for Ray Chen. 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. 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 recently 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. He arranged the new carols for the BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. For the finalists concert he composed a new Christmas piano work called A Carvery of Carols. |