• 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 can handle grandeur and intimacy with equal skill.

— Fiona Maddocks, The Observer

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen in Winterthur

9 April, 2017

Colin Matthews standing on the steps of Stadthaus Winterthur (temple-like building with four pillars)

Another weekend away – this time to hear the Mahler arrangement commissioned by the Musikkollegium Winterthur  for Ian Bostridge. It’s for 12 instruments, and sounded excellent in the fine acoustics of the Stadthaus Winterthur with Ian Bostridge on great form in the songs, all four transposed from the original to match his voice. Another highlight of the weekend was a visit to the Oscar Reinhardt collection in the Römerholz, surely one of the finest private art collections anywhere.

Primary Sidebar

Search Works & Recordings

Latest News & Views

Colin Matthews, Olivier Stankiewicz and Elim Chan posing for a photo on a small platform

Premiere of new Oboe Concerto

16 February, 2026

Musical score of Continuum - first page

Continuum 2006

20 January, 2026

5 opera singers on stage - the set is an opera rehearsal room

A Visit to Friends – first performance!

30 June, 2025

Upcoming Performances

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

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

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