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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Romance and Pastoral: new orchestration from David Matthews

A lyrical work for violin and orchestra receives its premiere performance

New Editions of Vaughan Williams’ Wasps Suite and Overture

Faber Music is proud to publish a set of new definitive editions of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Wasps Suite and Overture, offering fresh insight into one of the composer’s most beloved orchestral works.

Alwyn and Vaughan Williams at the English Music Festival

Martin Yates conducts jewels of British music repertoire with BBC Concert Orchestra

Matthews’ Symphony No.9 and Dark Pastoral from Jac van Steen and the Ulster Orchestra

Longstanding champion of Matthews' work conducts 2016 Symphony and realisation of unfinished Vaughan Williams' Cello Concerto

Vaughan Williams at 150 - Faber choral gems

To mark the 150th anniversary of Vaughan Williams' birth, we take a closer look at some of his major choral works from within the Faber catalogue.

French premiere of Matthews’ Dark Pastoral from Orchestre National Avignon-Provence and Raphaël Merlin

Realisation of unfinished Vaughan Williams cello concerto evokes elegiac landscape

Nicolas Altstaedt performs Matthews’ Dark Pastoral with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Tapiola Sinfonietta

Two performances of realisation of Vaughan Williams’ unfinished cello concerto include Finnish premiere

RVW 150: Hallé and the BBC Philharmonic begin anniversary festival

Forthcoming festival to include the the complete RVW symphonies and On Wenlock Edge

Davies’ Dark Ground in London, Santa Fe, and on record with Colin Currie

Solo percussion work at Wigmore Hall and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival alongside recent recording

Faber Music at the 2025 BBC Proms

World premiere from Tom Coult complemented by music from Thomas Adès, Cassandra Miller, and Vaughan Williams

Nash Ensemble and Roderick Williams perform David Matthews’ Brahms arrangement Six Songs at Wigmore Hall

20-minute work for medium voice and ensemble perform by Matthews' longstanding champions

Repertoire suggestions: music for strings

A selection of works for strings, from modern masterpieces to arrangements of repertoire classics

Faber Music publish William Alwyn and Doreen Carwithen

Faber Music has entered a new publishing agreement with the William Alwyn Foundation to represent almost 150 compositions

Valgeir Sigurðsson’s No Nights Dark Enough receives world premiere at Spitalfields Festival

Icelandic composer Valgeir Sigurdsson’s latest work, No Nights Dark Enough, for chamber orchestra and electronics was premiered by the composer himself (on electronics) and the City of London Sinfonia under Hugh Brunt on 17 June 2014 at the Village Underground, London

Alwyn’s Odd Man Out from BBC Concert Orchestra at the Cheltenham Festival

'80 Years of Spying' marked with suite from 1947 noir thriller

William Yong’s Britten choreography to appear at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with National Ballet of Canada

UtopiVerse takes up Britten's music for string quartet for multidisciplinary work

Queensland Symphony Orchestra and William Barton perform Sculthorpe’s Kakadu

1988 orchestral work performed with celebrated dijeridu player

Davies’ Stone Codes from Konstantyn Napolov and Orkest de Ereprijs at Warsaw Autumn and Crossroads Lublin

Tour-de-force for solo percussion and ensemble makes Polish debut in September 2024

Tansy Davies at 2021 Andriessen Festival

The 2021 Andriessen Festival took place online with Tansy Davies featuring prominently.

Colin Matthews and William Boyd’s A Visit to Friends lauded at Aldeburgh Festival

Opera after Chekhov "exceptionally subtle and affecting"

Konstantyn Napolov performs Davies’ Stone Codes and Dark Ground in autumn 2023

Works for percussion performed at Musis Arnhem and as part of new dramatic triptych for Boilerhouse Foundation

Australian concerts feature Matthew Hindson and William Barton's 'Kalkadungu'

Both Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras feature Kalkadungu this season, the unique work co-written by Matthew Hindson and William Barton for the latter's unique talents on didjeridu, electric guitar and voice.

Valgeir Sigurðsson releases new album "Dissonance"

Since its release on 7 April 2017, Sigurðsson's "Dissonance" has been highly praised.

Brodsky String Quartet and William Barton give New Zealand tour of Sculthorpe’s String Quartet No.11