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Colin Matthews

Composer

He has … brought musical architectronics to a personal pitch of mastery.

— Paul Driver, The Sunday Times

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Colin Matthews kneeling down to plant trees in a field

Earth Day

22 April, 2021

Celebrating Earth Day by planting more trees in the micro-forest I’ve been working on for the past few weeks. So far over 100 saplings in…
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The London Symphony Orchestra rehearsing, pictured above from the balcony - all socially distanced

Socially distanced LSO

24 March, 2021

On March 8 a reduced London Symphony Orchestra played for the 2019 Panufnik composers whose workshop had to be cancelled at short notice a year…
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An ensemble of 6 (socially distanced) musicans plus conductor performing together; this is a screenshot on zoom and you can see Colin Matthews dialling in top left.

Recording the Panufnik composers

30 January, 2021

The group of composers who joined the LSO’s Panufnik Scheme last February (see my post of March 6) have had a pretty miserable year, but…
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Nottingham University Challenge team - Roy, Hopkins, Wood, Matthews

Christmas University Challenge

19 December, 2020

Not what I was expecting to find myself doing in this strangest of years! Since my last post here I’ve been working steadily away, but…
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Gurrelieder poster for first perfomance in 1913

Gurrelieder

7 April, 2020

I’m not finding it easy to listen to music at the moment, or more accurately, not finding the right music to listen to. For something…
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Upcoming Performances

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11 March, 2026 - Postludes / Little Continuum
New England Conservatory New Music Ensemble, Stefan Asbury (Conductor)
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, USA

14 May, 2026 - Berceuse and Sarabande
Folkestone New Music
The Green Room at the Grand, Folkestone

26 July, 2026 - Fantazia 13
The Happenstancers
Carlton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, Ottawa, Ottawa Chamberfest

7 March, 2027 - Paraphrases
Leila Josefowicz (violin), John Novacek (piano)
Wigmore Hall, London

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