“Such a beautiful and unique experience in an amazing space”
– Lie Down and Listen attendee​
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Lie Down and Listen returns to the atmospheric Blackfriars Hall. Relax on a luxurious mattress and lose yourself in a harmonious blend of Tibetan bowl sound healing and live classical harp.
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Lie Down and Listen founder Christina will guide you through a full body deep relaxation, followed by a deep Tibetan bowl sound healing.
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The heart of this experience is the harp, played by SONY recording artist Cecilia de Maria. With music by Max Richter, Phillip Glass, Debussy and more.
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You'll leave feeling inspired, uplifted and feeling illuminated.
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"Utterly blissed out"
~ Financial Times
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You'll be guided by founder Christina McMaster into deep relaxation, allowing you to feel the vibrations and purifying effect of sound healing.
Places fill up quickly for these, so don't miss out - book in for this uplifting collective immersion in sound, silence, spirituality and music.
All mattresses, cushions, blankets provided.​
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Sessions​
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Sunday 11 October
12.00pm–1.30pm
3.00pm - 4.30pm
5.45pm - 7.15pm
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Monday 12 October
12.00pm–1.30pm
5.00pm - 6.30pm
7.30pm - 9.00pm
Tickets ​
Standard
£40 (plus £1.75 booking fee)
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Includes the 90mins experience,
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Mattresses, cushions, blankets provided.
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"De-stress and get your culture fix all in one"
Evening Standard Magazine
"Utterly blissed out"
Financial Times
Meet harpist Cecilia de Maria
The harpist Cecilia De Maria, UK born to Maltese parents, has signed an exclusive contract with Sony Music Masterworks. She entered the Purcell School at the age of 11 before moving on the Royal College of Music, where she studied with Daphne Boden,completing her Master’s Degree there with distinction.
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De Maria made her concerto debut in 2008 with the LSSO and that year also made it to the string finals of BBC Young Musician of the Year, where she was honoured with the award of the Walter Todds bursary.
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The Head of Sony Music Masterworks in the UK, Sarah Thwaites noted: ‘Cecilia is an extraordinarily talented performer and has the ability to instantly captivate any audience with her stunning musicianship and wide range of repertoire. I’m very excited to work with Cecilia and to help share her artistry with the world.’
Meet Your Host: Christina McMaster
Classical pianist, sound healer and founder of Lie Down and Listen
“One of the most talked about concerts of our festival.” Alistair MacGowan, Artistic Director of Ludlow Piano Festival
“She is an incredibly sensitive intuitive player who brings out the mystery and beauty of these pieces”
Sarah Walker BBC Radio 3
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​Founder and Classical Pianist Christina McMaster noticed that it wasn't only the rituals of classical music concert halls that led to a disconnected listening experience, but in daily life, we are experiencing more disconnection than ever, leading to loneliness, anxiety, stress, sense of emptiness etc.
Lie down & Listen began after a chance meeting with Prof. Sir John Strang and a series of events at Kings College London to recreate the wellbeing benefits of a hallucinogenic experience without hallucinogenics- but simply using a certain combination of music in a lying down concert experience as they did in the 1960’s in downtown New York loft apartments where music of Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Steve Reich - also known as the New York Hypnotic School.
After training in sound healing, Christina then evolved the meditation, sound healing and lying down concert experience of today which creates space for deep relaxation and for listeners to reconnect within.
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Find out more about Christina here.