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Colin Matthews

Composer

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

— Bayan Northcott, The Sunday Telegraph

Beethoven : Five Variations on ‘Rule Britannia’ (1980/1997). Orchestra

I orchestrated about half of Beethoven’s ‘Rule Britannia’ Piano Variations in 1980 for Carl Davis’ score for the 1927 Abel Gance silent movie Napoleon – a scene showing the British fleet off Toulouse. In 1997 Carl asked me to orchestrate the rest of the Variations for a performance he gave with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Kerkrade, Netherlands.

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

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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