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Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews can handle grandeur and intimacy with equal skill.

— Fiona Maddocks, The Observer

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the 8 panufniks composers plus colin matthews lined up together with the LSO logo in the background

Panufnik composers for 2019

28 February, 2019

It’s difficult to believe that it’s a year since the last group of composers was welcomed on to the LSO’s Panufnik Scheme, initiated by Camilla…
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Nicholas Daniel with his oboe

Postludes with the Britten Sinfonia

5 February, 2019

My new work Postludes will be premiered at the Britten Sinfonia concert at the Wigmore Hall on February 6, with Nicholas Daniel (pictured) on the…
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black and white portrait of Ivan Blatny

As Time Returns

2 December, 2018

I first came across the poetry of Ivan Blatný (1919-1990) several years ago, and was immediately struck by the remarkable circumstances of his life. One…
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Hélène Clement playing the viola

Britten’s viola

27 October, 2018

At Aldeburgh and Snape last week for the annual Britten Weekend, this year devoted to the string quartets played by the Doric Quartet; there were…
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Oliver Knussen (centre) with Colin and Belinda Matthews

Olly Knussen, 1952-2018

9 July, 2018

  Devastated by the death of Olly Knussen. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/09/oliver-knussen-obituary 

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10 December, 2019 - Hidden Variables
LA Phil New Music Group, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA

21 February, 2020 - Hidden Agenda
London Bridge Trio
Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales

20 March, 2020 - La Puerta del Vino / Les collines d’Anacapri (Debussy/Matthews)
San Antonio Symphony
H-E-B Performance Hall, Tobin Center, San Antonio, USA

31 March, 2020 - Hidden Agenda
London Bridge Trio
Wigmore Hall, London

28 July, 2020 - The Great Journey
Roderick Williams (tenor), Adrian Partington (conductor), Philharmonia Chamber Players
Three Choirs Festival, Worcester

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