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Colin Matthews

Composer

It is fascinating how Matthews can use, almost entirely, dark and subtly shifting colours …

— David Denton, Tempo

Reflected Images (1997-2003). Orchestra

Reflected Images is a single 12-13 minute work, divided into four parts of roughly equal length which play without a break. All four parts are inter-related, and might be thought of as four different ways of looking at the same thing, although all are in some way elusive, almost as if what is being looked is seen out of the corner of the eye. The concept, although definitely not the content, of the individual parts has been influenced by my recent work on Debussy’s Preludes, and each section has a title, although it is, like Debussy’s, not revealed until the end. The titles (or perhaps it would be better to call them afterthoughts) are: Distant Waltz, Past March, Present Recitative and Future Movement.

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23 October, 2025 - Fuga
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John StorgÄrds (Conductor)
Concert Hall, Korundi House of Culture, Rovaniemi, Finland

24 October, 2025 - Fuga
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John StorgÄrds (Conductor)
Kemi Church, Kemi, Finland

30 October, 2025 - Pluto the Renewer
Odense Symfoniorkester, Alpesh Chauhan (Conductor)
Carl Nielsen Salen, Odense Concert Hall, Denmark

31 October, 2025 - Pluto the Renewer
Odense Symfoniorkester, Alpesh Chauhan (Conductor)
Carl Nielsen Salen, Odense Concert Hall, Denmark

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

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