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Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews can handle grandeur and intimacy with equal skill.

— Fiona Maddocks, The Observer

La Virgen Lava Panales (1985). Voice and orchestra

An arrangement of the traditional Spanish carol La Virgen Lava Panales (the virgin washes the swaddling) for voice and orchestra. First performed in December 1985 at the Barbican Centre, London, by Kiri te Kanawa and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Carl Davis.

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14 May, 2026 - Berceuse and Sarabande
Folkestone New Music
The Green Room at the Grand, Folkestone

22 May, 2026 - Seascapes
Claire Booth (Soprano), Ensemble 360
Crucible Playhouse, Sheffield

26 July, 2026 - Fantazia 13
The Happenstancers
Carlton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa, Ottawa Chamberfest

5 August, 2026 - La Vallée des Cloches (Ravel/Matthews)
Hallé Orchestra, Kahchun Wong (Conductor)
Royal Albert Hall, London

7 March, 2027 - Paraphrases
Leila Josefowicz (violin), John Novacek (piano)
Wigmore Hall, London

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