Colin Matthews

Instrumentation: 2.2.Ebcl.1.bcl.2.cbsn - 4231 - timp - perc(3): 2 BD/4 tom-t/bongos/tam-t/susp.cym/siz.cym/tgl/tamb/lujon/log drum/2 c.bells/ratchet/sleigh bells/sandpaper block/guiro/vib/glsp - harp...

Instrumentation: 2.2.2.bcl.2 - 4230 - timp - perc(1): tgl/susp.cym/cyms/BD - strings I orchestrated about half of Beethoven's 'Rule Britannia' Piano Variations in 1980 for Carl Davis' score for the 19...

Instrumentation: 1.afl.2.1.bcl.2 - 2100 - perc(1): vib/glsp/t.bells/2 tam-t - cel - harp - strings (ideally 10.8.6.6.4) Chiaroscuro, the play of light and shade in painting or drawing, isn’t a term th...

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).ca(=ob).2.bcl.1 - 1100 - perc(1): glsp/susp.cym/vib/2 gong/tam-t - strings (2.2.2.2.1 or 4.4.4.4.1)

Instrumentation: picc.2.2.ca.3(II=Ebcl.III=bcl).2.cbsn - 4331 - timp -perc(4): crot/metal chimes/lujon/5 tuned gong/glsp/bell tree/sleigh bells/2 siz.cym/handbells/2 springcoils/2 brake drum/vib/susp....

This is the vocal part from an arrangement in A minor for solo voice, cor anglais, harp and strings of 'La virgen lava pañales' for voice and orchestra, a Traditional Spanish work orchestrated in this...

This is the hart part from an arrangement in A minor for solo voice, cor anglais, harp and strings of 'La virgen lava pañales' for voice and orchestra, a Traditional Spanish work orchestrated in this...

The rules of A Musical Dice Game – first published in 1793 and ascribed to Mozart as K. 516f (with more than a little likelihood of authenticity) – allow for the throw of the dice to determine the ord...

Instrumentation: fl(=picc+afl).cl(=bcl) - hn - perc(1): 5 tom-t/4 rototom/2 tam-t/boobams/7 crot/vibraslap/susp.cym/siz.cym/cabaca/waterphone - pno - vla.vlc.db The Spanish Conquest of Central and Sou...

Instrumentation: afl(=picc).bcl(=cl) - hn - pno - harp - vla.vlc

This four-minute cantata was written for Mary Wiegold and the Composers Ensemble who, under the direction of John Woolrich, gave the first performance in May 1989 at the Brighton Festival. br>I Intro...

23 Frames was composed in 1994 as a gift for Amelia Freedman and the Nash Ensemble. 23 is a favourite prime number of mine, and the ‘frames’ all incorporate a reference – sometimes recognisable but mo...