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Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews, like Britten, has the gift of creating crisply memorable material …

— Edward Greenfield, The Guardian

Cello Concerto No.1 (1983-4). Cello & Orchestra

Cover of score for Cello Concerto No.1

I have long wanted to write a concerto for cello – it is so much my favourite solo instrument – and several years ago I started planning a Double Concerto for two cellos.  But in the end I settled for one.

I have attempted to make the soloist’s role a less dominant one than is customary in a concerto.  That is not to say that it is any less important: but soloist and orchestra are conceived as equal partners in advancing the musical argument, so that the cello sometimes assumes the part of commentator rather than protagonist.

CM 1984

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26 April, 2018 - Oiseaux Tristes (Ravel/Matthews)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
Symphony Hall, Birmingham

28 April, 2018 - Oiseaux Tristes (Ravel/Matthews)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (conductor)
Symphony Hall, Birmingham

30 April, 2018 - Ghost Story (world premiere)
London Music Masters
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Southbank Centre

4 May, 2018 - Les sons et les parfums / La terrasse des audiences (Debussy/Matthews)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, James Gaffigan (conductor)
Opéra National de Bordeaux, France

4 May, 2018 - Voiles (Debussy/Matthews)
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor)
Parco della Musica, S. Grande, Rome

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