Sechs Mörike Lieder
Details Duration (min): 11 Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2. 2.2.0.0. perc. (1) soprano strings Score Excerpts Sechs Mörike Lieder Program Notes Sechs Mörike Lieder by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is a cycle of six orchestral songs based on poetry settings by Hugo Wolf, one of the most distinctive German Lied composers of the late 19th century. In this […]
Sólo queda el desierto
Details Duration (min): 27 Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2. 2.2.0.0. perc. (1) soprano strings Score Excerpts Sólo queda el desierto Program Notes Sólo queda el desierto by Canadian composer Michael Matthews All of the poems are concerned with the subject of time: time that is wasted, the unceasing nature of time, the perishability of beauty in time, our […]
Flute Concerto
Details Duration (min): 28 Instrumentation: 2(picc).2.2(b.cl).2 4.3.3.1 timp. perc(4). strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Movement 1 excerpt. Alejandro Escuer, Flute; Orquestra Sinfónica Nacionial, José Luis Castillo, conductor Movement 2 excerpt. Alejandro Escuer, Flute; Orquestra Sinfónica Nacionial, José Luis Castillo, conductor Program Notes Flute Concerto by Canadian composer Michael Matthews The Flute Concerto was […]
The Language of Water
Details Duration (min): 17 Instrumentation: 22 Solo Strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Program Notes The Language of Water by Canadian composer Michael Matthews After reflecting for some time on the idea of composing a piece for the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra strings, I decided not to write for the players in their standard sections […]
Postlude for Orchestra
Details Instrumentation: Orchestra Sound Samples Program Notes Postlude for Orchestra by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is an orchestration of the composer’s solo piano work of the same title. 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 […]
Symphony No. 3
Details Duration (min): 42 Instrumentation: 2(2=fl/picc).2.2.2 4.2.3.1 timp, perc(2), strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Mvt. 1 excerpt – Saskatoon Symphony, Douglas Sanford Mvt. 2 excerpt – Saskatoon Symphony, Douglas Sanford Program Notes Symphony No. 3 by Canadian composer Michael Matthews For a certain number of composers, a group into which I put myself, […]
Fire falls, ice falls
Details Duration (min): 23 Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 2.0.0.0 strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Fire Falls Ice Falls is an orchestral work by Canadian composer Michael Matthews This work was commissioned by the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra for their 2003-2004 season. Douglas Sanford conducted the world premier on March 27, 2004, at the Broadway Theatre […]
Prelude to Macbeth
Details Duration (min): 12 Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 4.2.3.1 timp. perc(4). strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Program Notes Prelude to Macbeth by Canadian composer Michael Matthews This is a work in which I sought to capture some sense of the strangeness, emotional intensity and violence that pervade one of the most famous of Shakespeare’s […]
Particles of One
Details Duration (min): 24 Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1 1.1.0.0 perc(2). piano; violin solo; strings (1.1.1.1.1) Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Particles of One is a concerto for violin and chamber orchestra by Canadian composer Michael Matthews This work was commissioned by the BIT 20 Ensemble for violinist David Stewart. The premiere performance took place in […]
Symphony No. 2
Details Duration (min): 40 Instrumentation: 3(3=fl/picc).3(3=ob/E.h).3(3=cl/b.cl).3(3=bsn/c.bsn) 4.3.3.1 timp, perc(4), celesta, harp, strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra – Michael Hall, conductor Program Notes Symphony No. 2 by Canadian composer Michael Matthews I Poco allegro II Moderato III Scherzo/Finale The work is in three movements, with several common thematic ideas shared between movements one […]