Colin Matthews
Born: 13th February 1946, London, England
Nationality: English
Colin Matthews, OBE is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Noted for his large-scale orchestral compositions, Matthews is also a prolific arranger of other composer's music, including works by Berlioz, Britten, Dowland, Mahler, Purcell and Schubert. Other arrangements include orchestrations of all Debussy's 24 Préludes, both books of Debussy's Images, and two movements—Oiseaux tristes and La vallée des cloches—from Ravel's Miroirs. Having received a doctorate from University of Sussex on the works of Mahler, from 1964–1975 Matthews worked with his brother David Matthews and musicologist Deryck Cooke on completing a performance version of Mahler's Tenth Symphony.
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Colin Matthews on NMC
5th Nov 2024
As the contemporary music label celebrates its 35th birthday with an album of works by Imogen Holst, its founder Colin Matthews reflects on their friendship, NMC's legacy and ongoing work, and the challenges and rewards involved in promoting new voices today.
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- 60 Second Waltz (1)
- A Land of Rain (1)
- Aftertones (1)
- Alphabicycle Order (1)
- As Time Returns (1)
- Broken Symmetry for orchestra (2)
- Cantata on the Death of Antony (1)
- Cello Concerto No. 1 (2)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 (2)
- Chapter 10 - The Lobster Quadrille (1)
- Cortège (2)
- Crossing The Alps (1)
- Divertimento for Double String Quartet (1)
- Eleven Studies in Velocity (1)
- Five Concertinos for Wind Quintet (1)
- Five Studies (1)
- Flourish, with fireflies (1)
- Fourth Sonata for orchestra (2)
- Fuga (1)
- Galliard - Versions 1-13 & Complete Version based on a Galliard of Thomas Morley (1)
- Hidden Variables (2)
- Horn Concerto (1)
- Landscape (1)
- Machines and Dreams (2)
- March (1)
- Meditation after Telemann (1)
- Memorial (2)
- Night-Spell (1)
- Night's Mask (1)
- No Man’s Land (1)
- Oboe Quartet No. 1 (1)
- Out in the Dark (2)
- Pluto, the Renewer (12)
- Postlude: Monsieur Croche (1)
- Postludes (1)
- Quatrain (2)
- Rosamund's March (1)
- Scherzetto (1)
- Seascapes (1)
- some moths for Steve (1)
- Sonata No. 5 (1)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1)
- Strugnell's Haiku (1)
- Sumer is Icumen In (1)
- Suns Dance for 10 players (2)
- The Angel's Carol (1)
- The Great Journey (1)
- The Island (1)
- Three Enigmas (1)
- Three of a Kind (2)
- Triptych (1)
- Turning Point (2)
- Un Colloque Sentimental (1)
- Violin Concerto (2)
- Waltz (1)
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Colin Matthews: Seascapes
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Themes & Variations | Three sets of variations - two previously unrecorded - with contributions from 19 British composers ranging from William Walton to Judith Weir
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