A Song for Barrie | 2025 | clarinet and piano | 4 1/2 | David Matthews |
Serenade and Tango | 2024 | string quintet | 5 1/2 | David Matthews |
An Arctic Suite | 2024 | solo viola | 8 1/2 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.11 | 2024 | orchestra | 17 | David Matthews |
Anna: Symphonic Diptych | 2024 | orchestra | 33 | David Matthews |
Three Birthday Pieces | 2023 | solo violin | 8 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.17 | 2023 | string quartet | 20 | David Matthews |
Dancing Shiva | 2022 | solo violin | 13 | David Matthews |
12 Fugues and A Fugue for Hugh | 2022 | solo piano | 13½ | David Matthews |
Shiva Dances | 2022 | string quartet and string orchestra | 13 | David Matthews |
A Birthday Song | 2022 | solo oboe | 2 | David Matthews |
A Dance for Emma | 2022 | solo flute | 2½ | David Matthews |
Oboe Sonata | 2020-22 | oboe and piano | 20 | David Matthews |
Five Trees | 2021-22 | solo piano | 12 | David Matthews |
Romance and Pastorale | 2022 | solo violin and chamber orchestra | 7 | David Matthews, Ralph Vaughan Williams |
String Quartet No.16 | 2022 | string quartet | 12 | David Matthews |
Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major | 2021 | arranged for piano and string quartet | 26 | David Matthews, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
String Quartet No.15 | 2021 | string quartet | 15 | David Matthews |
Kindertotenlieder | 2021 | arranged for voice and reduced orchestra by David Matthews | 25 | David Matthews, Gustav Mahler |
Kingsdown Suite | 2021-2023 | solo guitar | 12 | David Matthews |
Meditation | 2021 | solo organ | 8 | David Matthews |
Les nuits d’été | 2021 | arranged for baritone and string sextet by David Matthews | 27 | David Matthews, Hector Berlioz |
A Study for Sam | 2020 | solo clarinet in Bb | 1 | David Matthews |
Two Movements for Oboe and Piano | 2020 | oboe and piano | 12 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.10 | 2020-22 | orchestra | 28 | David Matthews |
Anna | 2019-2022 | an opera in two acts | 115 | David Matthews |
Concerto for Orchestra | 2018-19 | orchestra | 25 | David Matthews |
Cuatro a tango | 2019 | arrangement of the Tango movement from Symphony No.4 for violin, accordion, piano and double bass | 5½ | David Matthews |
Tango Flageoletto | 2019 | cello octet | 2 | David Matthews |
Two Arias from 'Anna' | 2019-2022 | soprano and piano | 5 | David Matthews |
New Fire | 2018 | orchestra | 6½ | David Matthews |
Variations for Violin and Piano | 2018 | violin and piano | 10 | David Matthews |
Recessional and National Anthem | 2018 | orchestra and SATB choir | c.8 | David Matthews |
White Flame | 2018 | mezzo-soprano and piano quintet | c.20 | David Matthews |
Sospiri | 2018 | Elgar arr. Matthews for string quartet | c.5 | David Matthews, Edward Elgar |
String Quartet No.14 | 2017 | string quartet | 12 | David Matthews |
Le Lac | 2017 | soprano and chamber orchestra | c.18 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.9 | 2016 | orchestra | c.27 | David Matthews |
A Song for Max | 2016 | flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano | 4 | David Matthews |
A Love Song | 2016 | solo piano | 3½ | David Matthews |
Two Pieces from 'The Seasons' | 2016 | string orchestra | 7 | David Matthews, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture | 2016 | ensemble of 11 players | 13 | David Matthews, Felix Mendelssohn |
Norfolk March | 2016 | orchestra | 10 | David Matthews |
A June Song | 2016 | string orchestra | 5 | David Matthews |
Sonatina for viola and piano | 2016 | | c.10 | David Matthews |
Sonatina for clarinet, viola and piano | 2016 | | c.10 | David Matthews |
Variations on a theme of Haydn | 2016 | piano four hands | c.17 | David Matthews |
Nachtgesang | 2015 | encore for orchestra | 5 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.13 | 2015 | string quartet and 4 singers (SATB) | c.17 | David Matthews |
Fifteen Preludes | 2007-2015 | solo violin | 22 | David Matthews |
Dawn Chorus | 2015 | unaccompanied choir and soloists | c.5 | David Matthews |
Bright Wings | 2015 | double bass and piano | 4 | David Matthews |
Prelude and Fugue | 2015 | arranged for chamber orchestra | 10 | David Matthews, Johann Sebastian Bach |
Three Housman Songs | 2015 | soprano and string orchestra | 11 | David Matthews |
Ein Celloleben | 2014 | solo cello | 4 | David Matthews |
Sonatina for violin and piano | 2014 | | 7 | David Matthews |
Dark Pastoral | 2014 | viola and chamber orchestra | | David Matthews, Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Two Nocturnes | 2014 | string ensemble | c. 8 | David Matthews, Fryderyk Chopin |
Toward Sunrise | 2014 | orchestra | 9½ | David Matthews |
Two Chorale Preludes | 2014 | solo organ | 6 | David Matthews |
To what God shall we chant our songs of battle? | 2014 | unaccompanied SATB | 5 | David Matthews |
Dark Pastoral | 2014 | viola and piano | | David Matthews, Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Symphony No.8 | 2014 | orchestra | 26 | David Matthews |
The Flaying of Marsyas | 2013 | Concertino for oboe, violin and string orchestra | 15 | David Matthews |
A Vision of the Sea | 2013 | a symphonic poem for orchestra | 20 | David Matthews |
Three Schubert Songs | 2013 | baritone and strings | 10 | David Matthews, Franz Schubert |
Rheinlegendchen | 2013 | baritone and strings | 3½ | David Matthews, Gustav Mahler |
Vier Ernste Gesänge | 2013 | baritone and strings | c.18 | David Matthews, Johannes Brahms |
Double Concerto | 2013 | violin, viola and string orchestra | 20 | David Matthews |
Skies Now Are Skies | 2013 | tenor and string orchestra | 18 | David Matthews |
Four Portraits for Piano | 2013 | solo piano | 14 | David Matthews |
Four Wolf Songs | 2013 | baritone and strings | 12 | David Matthews, Hugo Wolf |
Three Dunwich Songs | 2013 | tenor and piano | 8 | David Matthews |
It takes two | 2013 | Arrangement of the tango from Symphony no 4 for cello and piano | 3 | David Matthews |
A Blackbird Sang | 2013 | flute and string trio | 12 | David Matthews |
Tango for Counterpoise | 2013 | tenor saxophone, trumpet, violin and piano | 3 | David Matthews |
Psalm 23 The Lord is my Shepherd | 2012 | SATB and strings | 5 | David Matthews |
Romanza | 2011-12 | violin and piano | 12 | David Matthews |
The Shorter Ring | 2012 | piano | 5 | David Matthews, Richard Wagner |
Duo Sonata | 2012 | violin and cello | 7 | David Matthews |
Winter Remembered | 2012 | viola and reduced strings | 13 | David Matthews |
Romanza | 2012 | violin and strings | 12 | David Matthews |
Fortune’s Wheel | 2012 | chorus, percussion and string orchestra | 15 | David Matthews |
White Nights | 2012 | Fantasia for violin and small orchestra | 12 | David Matthews |
Lebensregeln | 2011 | nine songs to words by Goethe for voice and piano | 13 | David Matthews |
Horn Quintet | 2011 | horn and string quartet | 12 | David Matthews |
White Nights | 2011 | flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano duet | 10 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.12 | 2011 | string quartet | 40 | David Matthews |
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | 2011 | chamber ensemble of 7 players | 10 | David Matthews, Claude A Debussy |
Three Birds and a Farewell | 2011 | suite for string orchestra | 9 | David Matthews |
Dark Pastoral | 2010 | cello and piano | | David Matthews, Ralph Vaughan Williams |
String Quartet | 2010 | string orchestral arrangement of the Elgar String Quartet | 27 | David Matthews, Edward Elgar |
Dark Pastoral | 2010 | cello and chamber orchestra | 11 | David Matthews, Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Piano Concerto | 2010 | piano and strings | 21 | David Matthews |
Actaeon | 2010 | narrator and chamber ensemble of 4 players | 14 | David Matthews |
The Bartered Bride Overture | 2010 | chamber ensemble of 11 players | 7 | David Matthews, Bedřich Smetana |
Three Housman Songs | 1996-2010 | soprano and string quartet | 8 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.7 | 2010 | orchestra | 20 | David Matthews |
Love Songs | 2009 | medium voice and string quintet | 18 | David Matthews, Antonín Dvořák |
Love Songs | 2009 | medium voice and string orchestra | 18 | David Matthews, Antonín Dvořák |
Love Songs | 2009 | high voice and string quintet | c.18 | David Matthews, Antonín Dvořák |
Fantasy on themes from Swan Lake | 2009 | violin and orchestra | 9 | David Matthews, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Love Songs | 2019 | high voice and string orchestra | 18 | David Matthews, Antonín Dvořák |
On an Overgrown Path | 2008 | arrangement for chamber orchestra | 27 | David Matthews, Leoš Janáček |
Ständchen | 2008 | arrangement of Schubert's song Ständchen for voice, female chorus and orchestra | 5 | David Matthews, Franz Schubert |
All will grow great and powerful again | 2008 | voice and piano trio | 4 | David Matthews |
Cavatina | 2008 | for string quartet | 6 | David Matthews |
The Key of the Kingdom | 2008 | SATB chorus and organ | 7 | David Matthews |
Plover's Peak | 2008 | voice and piano | 3 | David Matthews |
Journeying Songs | 2008 | three pieces for solo cello | 18 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.11 | 2008 | string quartet | 23 | David Matthews |
Adonis | 2007 | violin and piano | 12 | David Matthews |
Goodnight Song | 2007 | string orchestra | 5 | David Matthews |
Two Dionysus Dithyrambs | 2004/7 | piano | 7 | David Matthews |
One Foot in Eden | 2007 | high voice and piano quintet | 20 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.6 | 2007 | orchestra | 35 | David Matthews |
Owen Wingrave (Chamber Reduction) | 2007 | Reduced orchestration | 106 | Benjamin Britten, David Matthews |
Piano Concerto (version for marimba and string quintet) | 2006 | arranged for marimba and orchestra | 32 | David Matthews, Robert Schumann |
Darkness Draws In | 2006 | solo viola | 4 | David Matthews |
It takes two | 2006 | arrangement of the tango from Symphony No.4 for violin and piano | 3 | David Matthews |
Fanfares and Flowers | 2006 | wind orchestra | 6 | David Matthews |
Terrible Beauty | 2006 | mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble of 7 players | 16 | David Matthews |
Movement of Autumn | 2005 | soprano and chamber orchestra | 22 | David Matthews |
Two Choruses from 'For the Time Being' | 2005 | unaccompanied SATB | 6 | David Matthews |
Voyages | 2005 | baritone and piano quartet | 25 | David Matthews |
Piano Trio No.3 | 2005 | piano trio | 15 | David Matthews |
Six Songs | 2005 | for medium voice and chamber ensemble | 20 | David Matthews, Johannes Brahms |
Sonata for Strings | 2005 | string orchestra | 29 | David Matthews, Malcolm Arnold |
Little Threnody, A | 2004 | solo bassoon | 4 | David Matthews |
Aequam memento | 2004 | SATB chorus | 7 | David Matthews |
Four Australian Birds | 2004 | solo violin | 9 | David Matthews |
Piano Quintet | 2004 | piano quintet | 24 | David Matthews |
Little Serenade | 2004 | string quartet | 3 | David Matthews |
The Maiden and the Nightingale | 2003 | orchestra | 6 | David Matthews, Enrique Granados |
String Trio No.2 | 2003 | string trio | 11 | David Matthews |
L'invitation au voyage | 2003 | soprano and piano quartet | 15 | David Matthews |
Total Tango | 2003 | string orchestra | 5 | David Matthews |
Congress of Passions, A | 2003 | medium voice, oboe and strings (43221) | 9 | David Matthews |
Psalm 23 The Lord is my Shepherd | 2003 | SATB chorus and organ | 5 | David Matthews |
Winter Remembered | 2003 | viola and piano | 14 | David Matthews |
For A Wine Festival | 2003 | soprano and piano | 3 | David Matthews |
Concerto in Azzurro | 2002 | cello and orchestra | 21 | David Matthews |
Fifteen Fugues | 2002 | solo violin | 45 | David Matthews |
Congress of Passions, A | 2001 | medium voice, oboe and strings (44321) | 9 | David Matthews |
Aubade | 2001 | chamber orchestra | 11 | David Matthews |
Winter Remembered | 2001 | viola and strings | 14 | David Matthews |
After Sunrise | 2001 | chamber orchestra | 9 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.10 | 2001 | string quartet | 11 | David Matthews |
Band of Angels | 2001 | organ | 5 | David Matthews |
Invocation | 2001 | organ | | David Matthews |
After Sunrise | 2001 arr. 2013 | for clarinet quintet | 9 | David Matthews |
Introit | 2000 | two trumpets and strings (reduced string version) | 6½ | David Matthews |
Tango Flageoletto | 2000 | cello and piano | 2 | David Matthews |
Fall Dances | 2000 | string orchestra | 12 | David Matthews |
Three Roman Miniatures | 2000 | solo clarinet | 5 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.9 | 2000 | string quartet | 22 | David Matthews |
Two Pieces for Strings | 2000 | string orchestra | 20 | David Matthews |
Eight Duos | 1999 | two violins | 15 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.5 | 1999 | chamber orchestra | c.22 | David Matthews |
Winter Passions | 1999 | voice and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 12 | David Matthews |
The Book of Hours | 1999 | mezzo soprano and piano | 13 | David Matthews |
Thirty to Tango | 1999 | arrangement of the Tango movement from Symphony No.4 for symphonic wind band | 3 | David Matthews |
Winter Journey | 1999 | solo viola | 14 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.5 | 1999 | orchestra | c.22 | David Matthews |
Ricercar a 6 | 1999 | Bach, arranged by David Matthews for wind nonet | 6 | David Matthews, Johann Sebastian Bach |
Y Deryn Du (The Blackbird) | 1998 | piano quartet | 2 | David Matthews |
Violin Concerto No.2 | 1998 | violin and chamber ensemble | 18 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.8 | 1998 | string quartet | 18 | David Matthews |
Burnham Wick | 1997 | chamber orchestra | 15 | David Matthews |
Variations for Piano | 1997 | piano | 16 | David Matthews |
Hurrahing in Harvest | 1997 | six solo SSATBarB voices, or chorus | 6 | David Matthews |
Andante Cantabile | 1997 | orchestra | 8 | David Matthews, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Im Dorfe | 1997 | string quartet | 4 | David Matthews, Franz Schubert |
Little Chaconne | 1996 | string orchestra | 10 | David Matthews |
Montana Taylor's Blues | 1996 | violin and piano | 5 | David Matthews |
Montana Taylor's Blues | 1996 | oboe and piano | 5 | David Matthews |
Loveliest of Trees | 1996 | soprano and string quartet | 3 | David Matthews |
Vision and a Journey, A | 1996 | symphonic fantasy for orchestra | 22 | David Matthews |
Song and Dance Sketchbook, A | 1994-96 | chamber orchestra | 15 | David Matthews |
Song and Dance Sketchbook, A | 1995 | piano quartet | 15 | David Matthews |
Spell of Sleep (baritone) | 1995 | An arrangement of a movement from the song cycle The Golden Kingdom for baritone, clarinet and piano | 6 | David Matthews |
Moments of Vision | 1995 | SATB divisi | 6 | David Matthews |
Sinfonia | 1995-2016 | chamber orchestra | 8 | David Matthews |
Adagio for String Orchestra | 1994 | string orchestra | 8 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.7 | 1994 | tenor and string quartet | 18 | David Matthews |
Congress of Passions, A | 1994 | medium voice, oboe and piano | 9 | David Matthews |
Piano Trio No.2 | 1994 | piano trio | 20 | David Matthews |
Vespers | 1994 | mezzo soprano and tenor soli, SATB chorus and orchestra | 45 | David Matthews |
Little Threnody, A | 1993 | cor anglais | 4 | David Matthews |
Four to Tango | 1993 | arrangement of the Tango movement from Symphony No.4 for chamber ensemble of 4 players | 3 | David Matthews |
Five to Tango | 1993 | arrangement of the Tango movement from Symphony No.4 for chamber ensemble of 5 players | 3 | David Matthews |
Winter Journey | 1993 | solo violin | c.14 | David Matthews |
Long Lion Days | 1993 | cello and piano | 6 | David Matthews |
One to Tango | 1993 | piano | 3 | David Matthews |
The Sleeping Lord | 1992 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 7 players | 14 | David Matthews |
Spell of Sleep | 1992 | Arrangement of a movement from the The Golden Kingdom for soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 6 | David Matthews |
Oboe Concerto | 1992 | oboe and orchestra | 17 | David Matthews |
From Sea to Sky | 1992 | overture for small orchestra | 4 | David Matthews |
Three to Tango | 1991 | arrangement of the Tango movement from Symphony No.4 for piano trio | 3 | David Matthews |
From Coastal Stations | 1991 | six songs for medium voice and piano | 14 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.6 | 1991 | string quartet | 14 | David Matthews |
Capriccio | 1991 | 2 horns and strings | 10 | David Matthews |
The Music of Dawn | 1990 | large orchestra | 30 | David Matthews |
Romanza | 1990 | cello and chamber orchestra | 12 | David Matthews |
Scherzo Capriccioso | 1990 | orchestra | 8 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.4 | 1990 | chamber orchestra | 25 | David Matthews |
Fanfare for the Queen Mother | 1990 | unaccompanied double SATB chorus | 2 | David Matthews |
Adagio for String Quartet | 1990 | string quartet | 8 | David Matthews |
String Trio No.1 | 1989 | string trio | 11 | David Matthews |
Sonata for Piano | 1989 | solo piano | 15 | David Matthews |
The Ship of Death | 1989 | unaccompanied double SATB chorus | 15 | David Matthews |
The Seasons | 1989 | orchestra | 50 | David Matthews, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Cantiga | 1988 | soprano and chamber orchestra | 24 | David Matthews |
Marina | 1988 | baritone, basset horn, viola and piano | 10 | David Matthews |
The Flaying of Marsyas | 1987 | concertino for oboe and string quartet | 18 | David Matthews |
Chaconne | 1987 | orchestra | 21 | David Matthews |
Andante from String Sextet in B flat Op 18 | 1987 | string orchestra | 9 | David Matthews, Johannes Brahms |
Suite from A Village Romeo & Juliet | 1987 | orchestra | 26 | David Matthews, Frederick Delius |
Vers la flamme | 1986 | large orchestra | 6 | David Matthews, Alexander Scriabin |
Aria | 1986 | violin and piano | 11 | David Matthews |
Variations for Strings | 1986 | string orchestra | 16 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.3 | 1985 | orchestra | 20 | David Matthews |
In the Dark Time | 1985 | symphonic poem for large orchestra | 29 | David Matthews |
Three Studies | 1985 | solo violin | 9 | David Matthews |
The Croquet Waltz | 1985 | chamber ensemble of 11 players | 5 | David Matthews, Peter Sculthorpe |
String Quartet No.5 | 1984 | string quartet | 19 | David Matthews |
Clarinet Quartet | 1984 | clarinet, violin, viola, cello | 15 | David Matthews |
The Golden Kingdom | 1983 | song cycle for high voice and piano | 20 | David Matthews |
Piano Trio No.1 | 1983 | piano trio | 23 | David Matthews |
Violin Concerto No.1 | 1982 | violin and orchestra | 24 | David Matthews |
Introit | 1981 | two trumpets and strings | 6½ | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.4 | 1981 | string quartet | 30 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.1 | 1980 | string quartet | 25 | David Matthews |
The Company of Lovers | 1980 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 15 | David Matthews |
Small Town | 1980 | string quartet | 7 | David Matthews, Peter Sculthorpe |
The Stars Turn | 1979 | unaccompanied AATbrtbrtB chorus | 5 | David Matthews, Peter Sculthorpe |
Symphony No.2 | 1979 | orchestra | 35 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.3 | 1978 | string quartet | 19 | David Matthews |
Symphony No.1 | 1978 | orchestra | 20 | David Matthews |
String Quartet No.2 | 1976 | string quartet | 16 | David Matthews |
Paul Bunyan | 1976 | operetta in 2 acts, based on the story of the American folkhero Paul Bunyan - version for two pianos and percussion | 114 | Benjamin Britten, David Matthews |
Three Songs | 1971 | soprano and orchestra | 18 | David Matthews |
Stars | 1970 | SATB chorus and orchestra | c.6 | David Matthews |
Christ is Born of Maiden Fair | 1968 | carol for unaccompanied SATB chorus | 3 | David Matthews |
Sospiri | 2021 | arranged by David Matthews for string quintet or string orchestra | 5 | David Matthews, Edward Elgar |
Concerto in F sharp minor | 1897 arr. 2024 | piano and string quintet | 27 | David Matthews, Alexander Scriabin |
Piano Concerto (version for piano and string quintet) | 1845 arr. 2025 | piano and strings | 30 | David Matthews, Robert Schumann |
Far in a Western Brookland | | soprano and string quartet | 3 | David Matthews |