Matthews' First World War cantata No Man's Land for tenor, baritone and chamber orchestra was much praised when it was premiered at the BBC Proms in 2011 and has gone on to win the vocal category of t...
Premiered at the BBC Proms in 1984, Matthews’ first concerto for cello is an extravagantly coloured collaboration between soloist and orchestra. Though packed with virtuosity, Matthews makes orchestra...
Instrumentation: 2.2(II=ca).2(II=bcl).2 - 2(1)00 - timp(=rototom or tom-t+glsp) - strings (min 4.4.3.3.2)
"Matthews calls the processes in Landscape `the irrational logic of a dream'. It might otherwise be described as an instinctive but masterful reinterpretation of sonata principles, surprising...
Instrumentation: 2(I=picc ad lib).2.2.(bcl).2 - 423(1) - timp -perc(1/2): tam-t/glsp/cyms/2 susp.cym/ratchet/BD/tgl/(siz.cym) - (pno) - (harp) - strings
Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).2.2.bcl.(cbcl).2.cbsn - 4.2(I=ptpt adlib).3.1 - timp - perc(3): vib/3 BD/3 susp.cym/hi-hat/tpl.bl/xyl/6 tom-t/(siz.cym)/tam-t/gong/6 rototom/4 t.bells/glsp/claves/mcas - p...
The title Cortege does not imply a funeral march, but rather a measured processional in which the colours are predominantly sombre and the mood dark and often menacing. One of the most important eleme...
Instrumentation: picc.2.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(2/3): BD/4 tom-t/vibraslap/metal ratchet/susp.cym/siz.cym/hi-hat/tam-t/guiro/glsp - harp - strings
Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2 - 4230 - timp - perc(2): wdbl/3 susp.cym/cyms/BD+cym/hi-hat/glsp/vib/BD+foot ped/tam-t/flexatone/mar - pno(=elec keyboard ad.lib) - harp - strings (min 24[vln div i...
"Pluto is dedicated to the memory of Holst's daughter Imogen, with whom I worked for many years until her death in 1984, and who I suspect would have been both amused and dismayed by this ven...