Cello Concerto
Details Duration (min): 30 Instrumentation: 2(1=fl/picc).2.3(3=b.cl).2 4.3.3.1 perc(5), harp, celesta, cello solo, strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Cello Concerto by Canadian composer Michael Matthews The work was commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Financial assistance for the commission was provided by the Canada Council. The Rockefeller Foundation provided the generous support of a […]
Lorca Sketches
Details Duration (min): 25 Instrumentation: String Orchestra Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 2 Sound Samples Program Notes Lorca Sketches by Canadian composer Michael Matthews I Mil caballitos persas se dormían II Quiero dormir el sueño de las manzanas III Todas las tardes en Granada IV Puedo ver el duelo de la noche herida V Como me pierdo […]
Concerto Grosso
Details Duration (min): 18 Instrumentation: Three Percussionists, String Quartet, String Orchestra Program Notes Concerto Grosso by Canadian composer Michael Matthews The idea of writing a concerto grosso is one which I have carried around in my head for some time. The idea of contrasting physically separated groups of voices or instruments has manifested itself in many […]
Piano Concerto
Details Duration (min): 27 Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 4.3.3.2 timp. 2 perc. harp strings Score Excerpts Score excerpt Program Notes Piano Concerto by Canadian composer Michael Matthews Since the composition of Landscape for piano and string orchestra (1990), none of my orchestral work has involved a soloist. So the opportunity to write a piano concerto was an exciting […]
Into the Page of Night
Details Duration (min): 11 Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 4.3.3.1 perc(4). harp strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Program Notes Into the Page of Night by Canadian composer Michael Matthews derives its title from a fragment of a poem by the Ukrainian writer Arkadii Dragomoshchenko (b.1946). There are days when the sky is open. From daybreak […]
Symphony No. 1
Details Duration (min): 45 Instrumentation: 3(picc.).3(e.h.).3(b.cl.).3(c.bsn.) 4.3.3.1 perc(4) cel. harp strings Recordings Out of the Earth Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples KIev Camerata Orchestra – Virko Baley, conductor Program Notes Michael Matthews Symphony No. 1, composed between 1996 and 1997, is structured in four movements:I. Lento misterioso; Poco allegroII. Lento e sostenutoIII. ScherzoIV. […]
Two Interludes
Details Duration (min): 14 Instrumentation: 3(picc.).3(e.h.).3(b.cl.).3(c.bsn.) 4.3.3.1 perc(3) harp strings Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Program Notes Two Interludes by Canadian composer Michael Matthews was awarded third prize in the 1997 du Maurier Ltd. Canadian Composers’ Competition. The world premiere performance took place at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, […]
Between the Wings of the Earth
Details Duration (min): 19 Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1 1.1.0.0 perc(2). strings Recordings Between the Wings of The Earth Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Program Notes Between the Wings of the Earth by Canadian composer Michael Matthews The title of Between the Wings of the Earth comes from a line in The Heights of Macchu Picchu, […]
Landscape
Details Duration (min): 20 Instrumentation: Piano Solo, String Orchestra Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Sound Samples Kiev Camarate Orchestra – Virko Baley, conductor Program Notes Landscape by Canadian composer Michael Matthews I — Rock on Rock II -— Perpetual Water The idea for Landscape came from a poem of the same title by Mexican poet Octavio Paz. […]
The Far Field
Details Duration (min): The Far Field Instrumentation: Orchestra Recordings Vistas Program Notes The Far Field by Canadian composer Michael Matthews was commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra with the assistance of the Canada Council; the world premiere, conducted by Kazuhiro Koizumi, was given on February 12, 1988. The composer offers the following comments concerning The […]