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Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews generates a sustained span from the most subtly coloured cross-pulsations …

— Bayan Northcott, The Sunday Telegraph

Flourish, with Fireflies (2002). 16 players

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Flourish, with Fireflies is a 4 minute piece for 16 players, written for Olly Knussen’s 50th birthday. It was first performed by the London Sinfonietta at a 50th birthday concert for Olly at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in June 2002.

See also Fanfare and Flourish (with Fireflies).

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London Sinfonietta (2006)

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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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