Michael Matthews


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Orchestral Works

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2010	Concerto for Flute and Orchestra	Flute (Fl./A.Fl/B.Fl.), Orchestra
2006	The Language of Water	String Orchestra
2006	Deux chansons d'amour	Voice, Orchestra
2006	Postlude	Orchestra
2005	Symphony No. 3	Orchestra
2003	Fire falls, ice falls	Chamber Orchestra
2003	Particles of One	Violin, Chamber Orchestra
2002	Prelude to Macbeth	Orchestra
2001	Symphony No. 2	Orchestra
1999-2001	Concerto for Cello	Cello, Orchestra
1998	Into the Page of Night	Orchestra
1998	Concerto for Piano	Piano, Orchestra
1998	Concerto Grosso	Soloists, String Orchestra
1997	Lorca Sketches	String Orchestra
1997	Symphony No. 1	Orchestra
1996	Two Interludes	Orchestra
1993	Between the Wings of the Earth	Chamber Orchestra
1990	Landscape	Piano, String Orchestra
1987	The Far Field	Orchestra
1984	Stone and Silence	Orchestra
1980-82	The Wind Was There	Soprano, Orchestra
1974	Equinox	Chamber Orchestra

Chamber Works

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2009	From the bench of shadow	Saxophone Quartet
2009	Piano Quintet	Pf., 2Vn., Va., Vc.
2007	El Viento Helado	Woodwind Quintet
2007	Einklang	Two Pianos
2007	Night Music	Violin, Piano
2006	Duos for Guitar	2 Guitars
2006	The Skin of Night	Sop./Alt. Sax., Pf.
2006	Como un cielo caído	Fl., Cl., Vn., Vc., Pf.
2005	Trios	Cl./B.Cl., Bsn., Pf.
2005/2008	String Quartet No. 3	String Quartet
2005	Duos, Book I	Violin, Cello
2005	Duos, Book I	Violin, Viola
2004	Piano Quartet	Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
2003	Las Blancas Sombras	Voice, Guitar
2003	String Quartet No. 2	String Quartet
2002	Across the Glass	Soprano, Clarinet
2002	Duos	2 Celli
2002	Hommage à György Kurtág	2 Violins, 2 Celli
2001	Song Fragments	Cello, Piano
2001	expecting/the sun	Soprano, Chamber Ensemble, AXIO
2000	Miniatures	String Quartet
1999	String Quartet No. 1	String Quartet
1999	Images	Clarinet, String Trio
1999	Partita —Images/Fragments	Violin, Piano
1996	Deux chansons d'amour	Voice, Piano
1993	Out of the Earth	Soprano, Ensemble
1992	Dog and Crow (Incidental Music)	Tape
1991	Four Songs of Japan	Soprano, Viola, Fortepiano
1990	Songs of the Masked Dancers	Soprano, Actor, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Cello, Piano, Tape
1988	Wind Sketches	Wind Octet
1988	Songs of Travel	Soprano, Cello
1987	Castilla	Soprano, Recorder, Harpsichord, Cello
1986	Piano Trio	Piano, Violin, Cello
1985	Into a Long Moment	Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano
1985	Sijo	Soprano, Percussion
1985	Fantasy	Violin
1984	Four Studies	Clarinet, Percussion, Piano
1984	Five Poems of Walt Whitman	Soprano, String Quartet
1984	Folk Songs	Soprano, Violin, Cello, Piano
1983	Quis est Deus?	Voice, Flute, Clarinet
1982	Mosaic	Chamber Ensemble
1981-83	Rest, Heart of the Tired World	Voice, Piano
1979/83	String Quartet	String Quartet
1979	If There Are Any Heavens	Soprano, Chamber Ensemble
1979/80	Lost, Among Bright Stars	Chamber Ensemble
1975	Three Songs	Mezzo-Soprano, Chamber Ensemble
1974	The Hollow Men	Tenor, Chamber Ensemble
1973	Games	Chamber Ensemble

Wind Ensemble

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2003	, , , far off, toward forgetting . . .	Brass Ensemble, Percussion
2000	The Deeper Sky	Wind Ensemble
1998	Concerto For Percussion	Percussion, Wind Ensemble
1994	Matrix	Concert Band
1988	Wind Sketches	Wind Octet
1984	Prelude	Symphonic Wind Ensemble
1980	Sinfonia Concertante	Wind Ensemble
1978	Stones of the Sky	Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Vocal Works

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2008	Six Poems of Novica Tadic	Mezzo Soprano, Chamber Ensemble
2008	Zwei Gedichte	Voices and Instruments
2008	Peso Ancestral	Choir (SATB)
2006	A Star of Solitude	Mezzo Sop., Cl./B.Cl., Va., Perc.
2003	Las Blancas Sombras	Voice, Guitar
2002	Across the Glass	Soprano, Clarinet
2001	expecting/the sun	Soprano, Chamber Ensemble, AXIO
1999	Time Passes	Choir (SATB)
1997	The Raft	Voices, Dancers, String Quartet
1996	Deux chansons d'amour	Voice, Piano
1995	Song of the Sky Loom	Soloists And Choir
1995	Night Prairie	Choir (SATB)
1994	In Emptiness, Over Emptiness	Soprano, Tape
1994	Two Night Pieces	Four Male Voices
1993	Out of the Earth	Soprano, Ensemble
1992-95	Madrugada	Soprano, Actors, Musicians
1992	Birds	Soprano, Keyboard, Interactive Computer System, Visuals
1992	Rooms of Light	Choir (SATB)
1992	Love in a Dry Country	Ensemble, Tape, Interactive Computer System, Visuals
1991	Four Songs of Japan	Soprano, Viola, Fortepiano
1990	Songs of the Masked Dancers	Soprano, Actor, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Cello, Piano, Tape
1988	Songs of Travel	Soprano, Cello
1987	Castilla	Soprano, Recorder, Harpsichord, Cello
1986	Dream Songs	Soprano, Tenor, Choir (SATB), Piano, Percussion
1985	Sijo	Soprano, Percussion
1984	Five Poems of Walt Whitman	Soprano, String Quartet
1984	Folk Songs	Soprano, Violin, Cello, Piano
1983	Quis est Deus?	Voice, Flute, Clarinet
1981-83	Rest, Heart of the Tired World	Voice, Piano
1980-82	The Wind Was There	Soprano, Orchestra
1979	If There Are Any Heavens	Soprano, Chamber Ensemble
1975	Three Songs	Mezzo-Soprano, Chamber Ensemble
1974	The Hollow Men	Tenor, Chamber Ensemble

Theatre Works

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2002-2005	Prince Kaspar	5 Singers, Actor, Chamber Ensemble
1999	Toller	Actor, Cello
1997	The Raft	Voices, Dancers, String Quartet
1992	Dog and Crow (Incidental Music)	Tape
1992-95	Madrugada	Soprano, Actors, Musicians
1992	The North Revisited	Radio Piece
1992	Birds	Soprano, Keyboard, Interactive Computer System, Visuals
1992	Love in a Dry Country	Ensemble, Tape, Interactive Computer System, Visuals
1991	The Raft (Incidental Music)	Tape
1990	Songs of the Masked Dancers	Soprano, Actor, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Cello, Piano, Tape
1978	Time Frames	Dancers, Lights, Tape, Two Chamber Orchestras

Electroacoustic Works

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2010	Sky Rings	Clarinet, Tape
2007	De Reflejo a Fulgor	Piano, Tape
2003	Away, Tear Away	Woodwind Quintet, Tape
2001	On the Outer Edge	Tape
2001	Vertical Garden	Flute, Tape
2001	expecting/the sun	Soprano, Chamber Ensemble, AXIO
1999	. . . of the rolling worlds	Bass Clarinet, Tape
1994	In Emptiness, Over Emptiness	Soprano, Tape
1993	Layerings	Vibraphone, Tape
1992	Dog and Crow (Incidental Music)	Tape
1992	Music for Ancient Spaces	Tape
1992	Birds	Soprano, Keyboard, Interactive Computer System, Visuals
1992	Love in a Dry Country	Ensemble, Tape, Interactive Computer System, Visuals
1991	The Raft (Incidental Music)	Tape
1990	Songs of the Masked Dancers	Soprano, Actor, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Cello, Piano, Tape
1989	The First Sea	Bass Clarinet, Tape
1981	Woman (Film Score)	Tape
1978	Time Frames	Dancers, Lights, Tape, Two Chamber Orchestras
1975	Antipodes	Tape
1974	Abintra	Tape
1973	Beginnings	Tape
1972	Study	Musique Concrète

Choral Works

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2008	Peso Ancestral	Choir (SATB)
1999	Time Passes	Choir (SATB)
1995	Night Prairie	Choir (SATB)
1995	Song of the Sky Loom	Soloists And Choir
1994	Two Night Pieces	Four Male Voices
1992	Rooms of Light	Choir (SATB)
1986	Dream Songs	Soprano, Tenor, Choir (SATB), Piano, Percussion

Solo Works

Date	Title	Instrumentation
1994-2006	Preludes	Piano
1997-2006	Bagatelles	Piano
2001	Vertical Garden	Flute, Tape
1999	Fantasy/Nocturne	Piano
1999	Toller — Suite	Cello
1999	. . . of the rolling worlds	Bass Clarinet, Tape
1997	Postlude	Piano
1994	In Emptiness, Over Emptiness	Soprano, Tape
1993	Layerings	Vibraphone, Tape
1993	Scattered Mirrors	Piano
1990	Of Time and Sky	Piano
1989	The First Sea	Bass Clarinet, Tape
1985	Fantasy	Violin
1983	Elegy	Piano
1981	Suite	Guitar

Works for Young Performers

Date	Title	Instrumentation
2002	Wondering	Viola
1996	Velocity	Bass Clarinet, String Orchestra
1990	Three Echoes	String Orchestra

Reviews

Date	Work Reviewed	Source
2006	Symphony No. 1, Out of the Earth	Arkivmusic.com
2004	Prelude to Macbeth	Winnipeg Free Press
2003	Prelude to Macbeth	Saskatoon StarPhoenix
2002	Symphony No. 1	Fanfare Magazine
2002	Symphony No. 2	Winnipeg Free Press
2002	String Quartet No. 1	Winnipeg Free Press
2001	Miniatures	Montreal Gazette
2001	Miniatures	La Presse
1999	Into the Page of Night	Winnipeg Free Press
1998	Concerto Grosso	Winnipeg Free Press
1996	Of Time and Sky	Winnipeg Free Press
1994	Out of the Earth	Winnipeg Free Press
1993	Between the Wings of the Earth	Winnipeg Free Press
1990	Fantasy	Border Crossings

General Articles

Date	Author	Source
	Rick MacMillan	Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
2002	Morley Walker	Winnipeg Free Press

Photographs

Date	Subject
2005	In rehearsal with the Paul Marleyn and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra for Cello Concerto Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
2005	Photos from the world premier of Prince Kaspar Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 9 Scene 13
2004	European premiere of String Quartet No. 2
2004	Mexico City Woodwind Quintet in rehearsal for world premiere of Away, Tear Away
2004	David Stewart and the BIT 20 Ensemble in reherasal for the world premiere of Particles of One Photo 1 Photo 2
2003	After the world premiere of String Quartet No. 2
2003	Mondriaan Quartet Rehearsal for String Quartet No. 2
2003	With composer Michael Oesterle
2003	With Mondriaan cellist Eduard van Regieren Altena
1994	Between the Wings of the Earth recording session.