Colin Matthews
(1946 - )
British
‘…the Isambard Kingdom Brunel of contemporary music: master of great time machines, steamy with energy derived from pulse and from massive, surging harmony, and openly displaying their structural engineering, all finished with a craftsman's care.’
Paul Griffiths
'Alphabicycle Order' and 'Horn Concerto' audio samples © The Hallé Concerts Society - available on HALLÉ CD from www.halle.co.uk
Electronics for cello work 'Drammatico' can be downloaded here
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News & Reviews
As Time Returns: a gritty song cycle from Colin Matthews
The 20-minute setting of poems by Ivan Blatný was commissioned with funds from the Koussevitzky Foundation. Read more
Colin Matthews’s Spleen: A Land of Rain
An intriguing new work for medium voice and ensemble premieres in Birmingham Read more