• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Biography
  • Works
    • Upcoming performances
    • Past performances
  • Recordings
  • Listen
  • Gallery
  • News & Views
    • Articles
  • Contact

Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews’ statement has a power and elegance that are quite his own.

— Paul Driver, The Sunday Times

Meditation after Telemann: 12 Fantasie

Portrait of Tabea Debus overset with the text 'XXIV Fantasie per il Flauto; Tabea Debus - Recorder
  • Recorded: 2018
  • Record label: TYXart
  • Performers: Tabea Debus;
  • Availability: On general release

Buy from

Inspired by the 250th anniversary of Georg Philipp Telemann in 2017 the City Music Foundation and Tabea Debus commissioned twelve new works based on Telemann’s XII Fantasie per il Flauto senza Basso, with an additional piece reflecting on the whole of Telemann’s twelve solo Fantasias.

Primary Sidebar

Search Works & Recordings

Latest News & Views

Around 25 musicians and composers line up to take a bow on stage at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall

Britten Pears Arts Composition and Performance 2026

16 September, 2026

Hans Werner Henze poses for a photo between Colin and Belinda Matthews. Another man (Olly Knussen) is just visible next to Colin.

Hans Werne Henze

1 July, 2026

CM, Michael Tilson Thomas & Joshua Robison posing outside next to a car door

Michael Tilson Thomas

24 April, 2026

Upcoming Performances

Click on the date and title of the performance to view venue and booking details in a new window.

22 November, 2026 - Estrangement
Emmanuel Choir
Emmanuel Church, Baltimore

28 November, 2026 - Pluto the Renewer
Yeongdeungpo Cultural Foundation, Seoul Chorus
Yeongdeungpo Art Hall, Seoul. South Korea

12 December, 2026 - C.A.N.O.N
Nash Ensemble, Claire Booth (soprano)
Wigmore Hall, London

19 February, 2027 - Lento assai from String Quartet No.16 (op.135) (Beethoven/Matthews)
Thuringian Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Weder (Conductor)
Meininger Hof, Saalfeld, Germany

20 February, 2027 - Lento assai from String Quartet No.16 (op.135) (Beethoven/Matthews)
Thuringian Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Weder (Conductor)
Meininger Hof, Saalfeld, Germany

View all performances

Useful Links

Faber Music
NMC Recordings
The Holst Foundation

© 2026 Colin Matthews · Website by Bookswarm

Menu
  • Home
  • Biography
  • Works
    • Upcoming performances
    • Past performances
  • Recordings
  • Listen
  • Gallery
  • News & Views
    • Articles
  • Contact