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Colin Matthews

Composer

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

— Bayan Northcott, The Sunday Telegraph

Recordings

Cover of CD of violin concerto featuring an abstract painting (portrait of CM composer) by Jack Smith

Violin Concerto, Cortège, Cello Concerto No.2

Recorded: 2016
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Leila Josefowicz (violin), Anssi Karttunen (cello); Oliver Knussen (conductor), Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Rumon Gamba (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: Cello Concerto and others

Sonata No.5 ‘Landscape’, Cello Concerto No.1, Hidden Variables, Memorial, Quatrain, Machines and Dreams

Recorded: 2004
Performers: London Sinfonietta, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Baillie (cello); John Carewe (conductor), Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
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The Great Journey, Night’s Mask, Fuga

Recorded: 1990
Performers: The Nash Ensemble; David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone), Patrizia Kwella (Soprano); Lionel Friend (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: Divertimento

Divertimento for Double String Quartet, Oboe Quartet No.1, Triptych, Five Concertinos, String Quartet No.2

Recorded: 2008
Performers: Divertimenti Ensemble, Schubert Ensemble, Haffner Wind Ensemble, Brindisi Quartet; Melinda Maxwell (oboe); Oliver Knussen (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: No Man's Land, Crossing the Alps, Aftertones

No Man’s Land, Crossing the Alps, Aftertones

Recorded: 2014
Performers: Hallé Orchestra; Ian Bostridge (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone); Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir; Nicholas Collon (conductor), Richard Wilberforce (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: Horn Concerto, Alphabicycle Order

Horn Concerto, Alphabicycle Order

Recorded: 2008
Performers: Hallé Orchestra; Richard Watkins (horn); Henry Goodman (narrator), ; Sir Mark Elder (conductor), Edward Gardner (conductor)
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The Debussy Preludes

Recorded: 2010
Performers: Hallé Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
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Oboe Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Recorded: 2016
Performers: The Berlin Oboe Quartet;
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The London Symphony Orchestra rehearsing, pictured above from the balcony - all socially distanced

Socially distanced LSO

24 March, 2021

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

Nottingham University Challenge team - Roy, Hopkins, Wood, Matthews

Christmas University Challenge

19 December, 2020

Upcoming Performances

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27 April, 2021 - Seascapes (World Premiere)
Nash Ensemble
Wigmore Hall, London

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Faber Music
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