Night Music
Details Duration (min): 10 Instrumentation: Violin and Piano Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Duo Diorama Program Notes Night Music by Canadian composer Michael Matthews was composed in Winnipeg between November 2006 and January 2007. The piece was extensively revised in the summer of 2009. The first performance was given in Winnipeg on January […]
From the bench of shadow
Details Duration (min): 12 Instrumentation: Saxophone Quartet Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Quasar Saxophone Quartet Program Notes From the Bench of Shadow by Canadian composer Michael Matthews EL SUR Desde uno de tus patios haber mirado las antiguas estrellas, desde el banco de la sombra haber mirado esas luces dispersas que mi ignorancia no […]
String Quartet No. 3
Details Duration (min): 28 Instrumentation: String Quartet Score Excerpts Score excerpt Sound Samples Audio excerpt Program Notes String Quartet No. 3 has had somewhat of a long genesis, with the first sketches dating back to April of 2004. The work that you will hear tonight has gone through many and varied incarnations over the intervening four […]
Zwei Gedichte
Details Duration (min): 15 Instrumentation: Voices and Instruments Program Notes Zwei Gedichte by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is a work for voices and instrumental ensemble. Interested in programming the music of Michael Matthews? Learn more about how to commission a new work, browse the full list of compositions, listen to recordings, view the press kit, or get in touch to discuss […]
El Viento Helado
Details Duration (min): 13 Instrumentation: Woodwind Quintet Score Excerpts Score excerpt Sound Samples El Viento Helado audio excerpt Program Notes El Viento Helado by Canadian composer Michael Matthews was written for the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet; the piece was composed in Winnipeg and Berlin. The title is taken from a poem by Antonio Machado (1875-1939) […]
Einklang
Details Duration (min): 12 Instrumentation: Two Pianos Score Excerpts Mvt. 1 excerpt Mvt. 2 excerpt Program Notes Einklang by Canadian composer Michael Matthews For about the past ten years I have been composing, on and off, a number of pieces for solo piano, variously named Preludes and Bagatelles. This piece, Einklang, came out of that […]
Duos for Guitar
Details Instrumentation: 2 Guitars Program Notes Guitar Duos is a collection of pieces by Canadian composer Michael Matthews. Interested in programming the music of Michael Matthews? Learn more about how to commission a new work, browse the full list of compositions, or get in touch to discuss a performance.
The Skin of Night
Details Duration (min): 15 Instrumentation: Soprano/Alto Saxophones and Piano Recordings Metropolis Rubbing Stone Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes The Skin of Night was commissioned by the Harrington/Loewen Duo Allen Harrington, Saxophones Laura Loewen, Piano with financial assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts World Premiere: July 8 , 2006 International Saxophone Congress, […]
Como un cielo caído
Details Instrumentation: Fl., Cl., Vn., Vc., Pf. Score Excerpts Score excerpt Program Notes Como un cielo caído by Michael Matthews was written between November 2005 and May 2006, and grew out of a request by Alejandro Escuer to create a new piece for the Onix Ensemble. I had known Alejandro since 2000, and had heard […]
Trios
Details Instrumentation: Cl./B.Cl., Bsn., Pf. Program Notes Trios is a work by Canadian composer Michael Matthews. ____________________ Interested in programming the music of Michael Matthews? Learn more about how to commission a new work, browse the full list of compositions, or get in touch to discuss a performance.