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Colin Matthews

Composer

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

— Bayan Northcott, The Sunday Telegraph

Britten Pears Arts Composition and Performance 2024

12 October, 2024

a large group of musicians, some with instruments, stand together on a concert stage

This is one of those photographs that really needs a key to find the six composers who took part in this year’s Britten Pears Arts Composition Course, hidden amongst the course directors, the ensemble and the course management at the end of the final concert. The composers are Liucile Vilimaite, Mingdu Li, Sam Rudd-Jones, Hy-Khang Dang, Alex Tay and Jasper Eaglesfield. Standing to either side are the excellent course administrators, Betsa Collins and Matt Walker. This was one of the most successful courses in recent years, with a remarkable ensemble directed by Jonathan Berman (front row, centre) and blessed by lovely September weather.

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Upcoming Performances

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20 September, 2026 - String Quartet No.6
Gildas Quartet
Brighton Dome

20 October, 2026 - Pluto the Renewer
Orchestre symphonique et chœurs d'ARTS², Nicolas Krüger (Conductor)
La Collégiale Sainte-Waudru de Mons, Belgium

22 October, 2026 - Pluto the Renewer
Orchestre symphonique et chœurs d’ARTS², Nicolas Krüger (Conductor)
Palais des Beaux Arts de Charleroi, Belgium

22 October, 2026 - Three Songs without Words (Ravel/Matthews)
Hallé Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (Conductor)
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

23 October, 2026 - Three Songs without Words (Ravel/Matthews)
Hallé Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (Conductor)
Sheffield City Hall

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