I began playing the lute in 2009 and spent several years as a member of The Lute Society offering my services as a recording engineer for their meetings and concerts. During this time I was able to meet and collaborate with some excellent musicians, such as Wezi Elliot Susan King, Steve Metcafle, David Van Ooijen, Stuart Walsh, and Osamu Yano. I was fortunate enough to have my compositions for lute published by lute societies in the UK, Italy, and the USA.

28/01/2021 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Ambient Lyre

An ambient imagining of an ancient landscape on a lyre.

28/01/2021 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Ambient Kinnor

An ambient imagining of an ancient landscape on a kinnor.

30/12/2020 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Apollonia (Renaissance Lute & Mandolin)

From the soundtrack of The Godfather, 1972 by Nino Rota (1911-1979)

29/12/2020 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Mr Chidley's Farewell (Renaissance Lute)

Anonymous, from the The Mathew Holmes Lute Book, c1588-1595 (GB-Cu Dd.2.11, f44r)

02/05/2020 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Compositions for Renaissance Lute published on Amazon

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02/05/2020 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Compositions for Guitar published on Amazon

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02/05/2020 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Compositions for Baroque Lute published on Amazon

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25/09/2018 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 1 No 3 Looking Skyward, Stuart Walsh, Ukulele

01/03/2017 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Contemporary Works for Solo Guitar Volume 2, Osamu Yano, Guitar (Audio Fabrique)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Introduction in G-minor - 01:50

Track 02 - Op 2 No 1 Nocturne in d-minor - 01:49

Track 03 - Op 4 No 2 Nocturne in g-minor (Version 1) - 02:16

Track 04 - Op 5 No 2 Interlude in c-minor - 02:14

Track 05 - Op 6 No 2 Cloud Level in a-minor (Version 2) - 02:21

Track 06 - Op 7 No 1 Introduction in c-minor - 02:16

Track 07 - Op 7 No 2 Interlude c-minor - 01:30

Track 08 - Op 7 No 3 Conclusion c-minor - 01:58

Track 09 - Op 9 No 1 Tasmanian Lake in d-minor - 03:17

Track 10 - Op 11 Victoria Park, December 2005 in e-minor - 02:35

Track 11 - Op 12 Late Night Sky in g-minor - 02:37

Track 12 - Op 4 No 2 Nocturne in g-minor (Version 2) - 02:27

01/12/2016 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 12 Late Night Sky, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute, (Audio Fabrique)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Op 12 Late Night Sky in g-minor - 02:04

Track 02 - Op 04 No 02 Nocturne in g-minor - 01:56

04/01/2016 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Contemporary Works for Solo Guitar Volume 1, Osamu Yano, Guitar (Audio Fabrique)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Video by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Op 01 No 01 Introduction in d-minor - 01:00

Track 02 - Op 01 No 02 The Pursuit in d-minor - 01:06

Track 03 - Op 01 No 03 Looking Skyward in d-minor - 01:16

Track 04 - Op 02 No 02 Nocturne in e-minor - 01:41

Track 05 - Op 03 From Depth in a-minor - 02:01

Track 06 - Op 04 No 01 Nocturne in f-minor - 01:31

Track 07 - Op 05 No 01 Introduction in c-minor - 02:00

Track 08 - Op 05 No 02 Conclusion in c-minor - 01:32

Track 09 - Op 06 No 01 Arpeggiata in a-minor - 01:22

Track 10 - Op 06 No 02 Cloud Level in a-minor - 02:23

Track 11 - Op 06 No 03 Eternal Recurrence in a-minor - 01:39

Track 12 - Op 08 Nocturne in c-minor - 05:07

Track 13 - Op 11 Victoria Park, December 2005 in e-minor - 02:17

19/10/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 01 Introduction, Matthew Leigh Embleton, Baroque Lute

18/10/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 03 Looking Skyward, Roland Keunings, Silent Guitar

11/10/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 01 Introduction, Roland Keunings, Silent Guitar

07/09/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Fragments of a Lake, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute (Audio Fabrique)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Video by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Op 09 No 01 Tasmanian Lake in d-minor - 04:16

Track 02 - Op 09 No 02 Fragments of a Lake in d-minor - 10:00

01/09/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - 'Interlude' from Op 05 Small Floating Crafts in c-minor, Published Sep 2015, The Lute Society of America, Quarterly 50, No 1 & 2, Spring & Summer 2015

(i) Introduction

(ii) Interlude

(iii) Conclusion

20/02/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 01 Introduction, Wezi Elliot, Baroque Lute

20/02/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 01 Introduction, Wezi Elliot, Baroque Lute

20/02/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 02 The Pursuit, Wezi Elliot, Baroque Lute

20/02/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 03 Looking Skyward, Wezi Elliot, Baroque Lute

20/02/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 03 Looking Skyward, Susan King, Baroque Lute

20/02/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Victoria Park, December 2005 in e-minor, Susan King, Baroque Lute

17/02/2015 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 09 Fragments of a Lake in d-minor, No 01 Tasmanian Lake, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

24/09/2014 - Traditional Croatian song - 'Kod Betlehema' Arranged by Matthew Leigh Embleton, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

28/07/2014 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Contemporary Works For Solo Lute (Audio Fabrique), Susan King and David Van Ooijen, Lutes

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Op 01 No 01 Introduction in d-minor - 01:03

Track 02 - Op 01 No 02 The Pursuit in d-minor - 00:56

Track 03 - Op 01 No 03 Looking Skyward in d-minor - 01:04

Track 04 - Op 03 From Depth in a-minor - 01:43

Track 05 - Op 02 No 01 Nocturne in d-minor - 01:40

Track 06 - Op 02 No 02 Nocturne in e-minor - 01:51

Track 07 - Op 06 No 01 Arpeggiata in a-minor - 01:13

Track 08 - Op 10 Extransience in d-minor - 01:09

Track 09 - Op 11 Victoria Park, December 2005 in e-minor - 02:33

Track 10 - Op 06 No 02 Cloud Level in a-minor - 03:06

Track 11 - Op 09 No 01 Tasmanian Lake in d-minor - 01:58

Track 12 - Op 06 No 03 Eternal Recurrence in a-minor - 01:42

18/05/2014 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Shades of History (Audio Fabrique)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Minnie Rogers provides backing vocals on two tracks designed to invoke an ambience inspired by Ancient Rome.

Track 01 - Hymn To Mithras (Ambience of Ancient Rome) - 07:00

Track 02 - Spanish Voyage (Ambience of Renaissance Spain) - 09:30

Track 03 - Hymn To Saturn (Ambience of Ancient Rome) - 07:00

07/05/2014 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 05 Small Floating Crafts in c-minor, No 03 Conclusion, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

02/05/2014 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 05 Small Floating Crafts in c-minor, No 01 Introduction, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

24/03/2014 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Music For Lute And Laptop Volume 4 (Featuring David Van Ooijen, Lutes) (Alex Tronic Records / ATR Classical)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Op 12 Lute Night Sky, Part 1 - 04:00

Track 02 - Op 03 From Depth in a-minor - 04:00

Track 03 - Op 12 Lute Night Sky, Part 2 - 05:00

03/11/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, Steve Metcalfe, Archlute

26/10/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 02 Nocturnes in d-minor and e-minor, No 02 Nocturne in e-minor, Steve Metcalfe, Archlute

01/09/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Music For Lute And Laptop (Live, Utrecht 1st September 2013), Susan King, Baroque Lute

18/08/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 03 From Depth in a-minor, Steve Metcalfe, Renaissance Lute

30/07/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 07 Journey in c-minor, No 01 Introduction, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

08/07/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Music For Lute And Laptop Volume 3 (Featuring David Van Ooijen, Lutes) (Alex Tronic Records / ATR Classical)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Lutes on the Lake, Part 1 in d-minor - 04:00

Track 02 - Op 06 No 01 Arpeggiata in a-minor - 04:00

Track 03 - Lutes on the Lake, Part 2 in d-minor - 04:00

06/06/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 06 Journey in a-minor, No 02 Cloud Level, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

01/06/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 04 Nocturnes in f-minor and g-minor, Published Jun 2013, The Lute Society of America, Quarterly 48, No 3, Fall 2012

(i) Nocturne in f-minor

(ii) Nocturne in g-minor

15/05/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 06 Journey in a-minor, No 01 Arpeggiata, David Van Ooijen, Baroque Lute

06/05/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Music For Lute And Laptop Volume 2 (Featuring Susan King, Lute) (Alex Tronic Records / ATR Classical)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Op 01 No 03 Looking Skyward in d-minor - 02:40

Track 02 - Op 09 No 01 Tasmanian Lake in d-minor - 06:08

Track 03 - Op 10 Extransience in d-minor - 01:30

01/05/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 06 Journey in a-minor, No 01 Arpeggiata, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

16/04/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 06 Journey in a-minor, No 03 Eternal Recurrence, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

04/03/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Music For Lute And Laptop Volume 1 (Featuring Susan King, Lute) (Alex Tronic Records / ATR Classical)

Artwork by Mike Embleton

Track 01 - Op 06 No 02 Cloud Level in a-minor - 07:00

Track 02 - Op 06 No 03 Eternal Recurrence in a-minor - 03:30

Track 03 - Op 11 Victoria Park, December 2005 in e-minor - 04:00

01/02/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 03 From Depth in a-minor, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

25/01/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 03 From Depth in a-minor, David Van Ooijen, Baroque Lute

05/01/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, No 03 Looking Skyward, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

01/01/2013 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 03 From Depth in a-minor, Published Jan 2013, The Lute Society

15/12/2012 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 02 Nocturnes in d-minor and e-minor, No 02 Nocturne in e-minor, Stuart Walsh, Renaissance Lute

01/11/2012 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, Published Nov 2012, Il Societa Del Liuto, Rivista, Numero 5, ISSN 2280-9392

(i) Introduction in d-minor

(ii) The Pursuit in d-minor

(iii) Looking Skyward in d-minor

01/07/2012 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 02 Nocturnes in d-minor and e-minor, Published Jul 2012, The Lute Society

(i) Nocturne in d-minor

(ii) Nocturne in e-minor

29/06/2012 - Bach - BWV999 Prelude In C Minor, Ambient Remix, David Van Ooijen, Archlute, Matthew Leigh Embleton, Ambient electronics.

27/05/2012 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, David Van Ooijen, Baroque Lute

01/05/2012 - Matthew Leigh Embleton - Op 01 Journey in d-minor, Published May 2012, The Lute Society

(i) Introduction in d-minor

(ii) The Pursuit in d-minor

(iii) Looking Skyward in d-minor

Matthew Leigh Embleton plays a 7 Course Renaissance Lute in F made by Luke Emmet of Orlando Lutes.

External Links:

Wouter van Geene's 'Another Lute Website' listing composers of lute music

Peter Croton's Modern Lute Music Project

Modern and Contemporary Lute Music

The Lute Society (UK)

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