Maddy Chassar Hesketh

'The Silent Unwinding' is a collection of tracks (some initial ideas recycled from when I was 10 years old!).The idea of 'unwinding' can be meant in both a positive and negative way, and can be applied to most situations we…

Video and Press Release: 

Charity founded by Duchess of Kent releases film of memories to celebrate her 90th birthday 

Wednesday 22nd February

The charity Future Talent has today released a video to celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Duchess of…

Commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Concert Orchestra

The first performance of What We See in the Stars was given by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Hugh Brunt, at Watford Colosseum, on 13th April 2021. The piece follows…

This is from my 2022 album 'From Galaxies to Cells & other tales from Across the Universe' 

Album Notes... 

‘I have gone out into the wilderness, fleeing from the works of men, to recover the sense of eternal beauty. What…

This is taken from my 2022 album 'Galaxies to Cells & other tales from across the Universe'. 

Album notes; 

‘This was the religion of the poet and the artist, so must it be ours. That it was now left to…

This was a winner at the BBC Radio 3, 30 Second Composition Competition in 2020.

It's a meditational piece for solo harp 

The beginning and end of the piece evoke the raindrops falling out of rhythm as the shower slows…

This piano motive I wrote aged 13 - this recording is the original.

The stream was outside our house - that's the stream in the background along with the birds in the valley.

All the streams of Wales are heading…

There is always light - even behind the darkest clouds.

I wrote 'The Light in Dark Clouds' in 2019 whilst still at Birmingham Conservatoire.

It's a meditative sound journey to all those who look to the sky.

For Piano, Harp…

From Galaxies to Cells wins at the BBC Proms. It's a sound journey through time and space for full orchestra. 

Please note the audio version below is the full 12-minute version.

The 5-minute proms version is available as a score…