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Colin Matthews

Composer

Matthews invests much of his music with enormous energy and momentum …

— Stephen Pettitt, artspages.com

Britten : Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (2018). Tenor & orchestra

Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo was the first complete song cycle Britten wrote for Peter Pears, and he dedicated the set to him. Britten set the cycle for voice and piano; this orchestration was first performed at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 2018 by Robert Murray (tenor) and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under John Wilson.

Categories: Arrangements and orchestrations, Orchestra, Voice

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20 October, 2026 - Pluto the Renewer
Orchestre symphonique et chœurs d'ARTS², Nicolas Krüger (Conductor)
La Collégiale Sainte-Waudru de Mons, Belgium

22 October, 2026 - Pluto the Renewer
Orchestre symphonique et chœurs d’ARTS², Nicolas Krüger (Conductor)
Palais des Beaux Arts de Charleroi, Belgium

22 October, 2026 - Three Songs without Words (Ravel/Matthews)
Hallé Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (Conductor)
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

23 October, 2026 - Three Songs without Words (Ravel/Matthews)
Hallé Orchestra, Nicholas Collon (Conductor)
Sheffield City Hall

6 November, 2026 - Five Songs (Sibelius/Matthews)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (Conductor), Johanna Rusanen (Soprano)
Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore

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