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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

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British Clarinet Concertos Volume 2

Recorded: 2016
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Michael Collins (clarinet & conductor);
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20th Century British Piano Music Vol.3

Recorded: 2013
Performers: Nicholas Unwin (Piano);
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Mary Wiegold’s Songbook

Recorded: 1990
Performers: Mary Wiegold (soprano); Composers Ensemble; Dominic Muldowney (conductor)
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Claude Debussy, Jeux, Preludes for Piano orch. Colin Matthews

Recorded: 2009
Performers: Hallé Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder (conductor)
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Colin Matthews: Quatrain, Memorial and others

Machines and Dreams, Memorial, Quatrain, Hidden Variables

Recorded: 1996
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
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Britten – Resonances

Recorded: 2006
Performers: Anthony Goldstone (piano);
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Holst – The Planets with Pluto

Recorded: 2008
Performers: The Hallé, ; The ladies of the Hallé Choir; Mark Elder (conductor)
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Holst – The Planets with Pluto

Recorded: 2002
Performers: Royal Scottish National Orchestra; David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)
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A Visit to Friends – first performance!

30 June, 2025

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Red Note Festival in Illinois

3 April, 2025

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Royal Philharmonic Society Gamechanger Award

12 March, 2025

Upcoming Performances

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27 November, 2025 - Two Part Invention
Timothy Lines (Director and Conductor), New Perspectives, Matthew Bottaro (Flute), Anthony McKenna (Clarinet)
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London

8 February, 2026 - Oboe Concerto (World Premiere)
London Symphony Orchestra, Olivier Stankiewicz (Oboe), Elim Chan (Conductor)
Barbican Hall, London

19 February, 2026 - Pluto the Renewer
The Hallé Orchestra, The Hallé Choir, Kahchun Wong (Conductor)
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

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

20 September, 2026 - Paraphrases
Leila Josefowicz (violin), John Novacek (piano)
Wigmore Hall, London

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Faber Music
NMC Recordings
The Holst Foundation

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