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Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews invests much of his music with enormous energy and momentum …

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CD cover of Beethoven for Three, Symphonies Nos.2 and 5 - image of Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma

Beethoven for Three

1 March, 2022

Arranging Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony for piano trio is not something I ever expected to do, but when Emmanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma ask…
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Line up of the panufnik composers with Colin Matthews. One composer is on a video screen, the rest are there in person.

Latest Panufnik Composers

15 February, 2022

It’s been such a difficult time for the Panufnik Scheme over the past two years, with the 2019 group of composers having to wait a…
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Group of about 25 young musicians at magdalen farm strings, along with teachers and colin matthews

Magdalen Farm Strings

4 August, 2021

Last year’s Magdalen Farm Strings course, which usually takes place at Easter, had to be postponed until July of this year. The first to be directed…
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Performers on stage receiving applause at the end of the Great Journey in Worcester Cathedral

The Great Journey

27 July, 2021

Photo credit: Michael Whitefoot This was the first performance of The Great Journey in 25 years, thanks to the commitment of the Three Choirs Festival, who…
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Tony Payne, standing in front of a lake and mountain view

Anthony Payne (1936-2021)

2 May, 2021

That Anthony Payne has died so soon after the death of his wife Jane Manning is a shock. But, inseparable as they were in life,…
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28 March, 2023 - Time Stands Still, Dual, 23 Frames for Piano, Horn and String Trio
Nash Ensemble
Wigmore Hall, London

28 March, 2023 - Seascapes
Claire Booth (soprano), Nash Ensemble
Wigmore Hall, London

1 April, 2023 - Hidden Agenda
London Bridge Trio
Hall 2, The Sage Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

28 May, 2023 - Mosaics (world premiere)
London Symphony Orchestra, Francois-Xavier Roth
Barbican Hall, London

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