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Genre-crossing composer and producer Anna Meredith presents FIBS and EIGHTH GRADE at the Barbican this spring

FIBS: Anna Meredith & London Contemporary Orchestra

Conducted by Robert Ames

Sat 30 Apr 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm
Tickets £20 – 25 plus booking fee

Composer, producer and performer of both acoustic and electronic music, Anna Meredith returns to the Barbican’s music programme this spring, presenting a special live orchestral performance of her Mercury Prize-shortlisted album FIBS (Moshi Moshi, 2019). 

Anna Meredith (electronics, keyboards, percussion, clarinet, vocals) will be joined on stage by her band: Jack Ross (guitar, vocals), Sam Wilson (drums, vocals), Tom Kelly (tuba, vocals) and Maddie Cutter (cello, vocals), alongside the London Contemporary Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames. 

Bringing together classical, electronic and popular music, the material was arranged for band and orchestra by Ben Corrigan and Robert Ames.

Produced by the Barbican in association with Parallel Lines
On sale to Barbican patrons and members on Wed 2 Feb 2022
On general sale on Fri 4 Feb 2022
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Eighth Grade: Live Soundtrack (15)

Sun 1 May 2022, Barbican Cinema 1, 3pm

Tickets £13.50 plus booking fee

This special screening of Bo Burnham’s alternative teen comedy-drama Eighth Grade features composer Anna Meredith’s film score, performed live here for the first time. Eighth Grade is both Burnham’s debut feature-length film and Anna Meredith's debut film score, which won the Sundance Audience Award at its premiere at Sundance 2018.  

As wannabe YouTuber, thirteen-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher), navigates the awkwardness of teen life, Anna Meredith’s score highlights the angst of her world. Electronic synths ring out, with pulsing drumbeats bolstered by dynamic bass sounds. Like the film itself, the music is at times increasingly tense, at others joyful and radiant.

Arranged by Ben Corrigan & Sam Wilson.  

Sound Design by Simon Hendry.

Produced by the Barbican in association with Parallel Lines
On sale to Barbican patrons and members on Wed 2 Feb 2022
On general sale on Fri 4 Feb 2022
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• Aoife O’Donovan (Wed 2 Nov 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm)
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