Image Fragments
Details Duration (min): 5 Instrumentation: Piano solo Program Notes Image Fragments by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is a 2024 work for solo piano. It was written for pianist Peter Vinograde. 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 […]
Two Movements for String Sextet
Details Duration (min): 15 Instrumentation: 2 violins, 2 violi, 2 celli Score Excerpts Two Movements for String Sextet Program Notes Two Movements for String Sextet by Canadian composer Michael Matthews This work was composed for the 2023/24 season of the GroundSwell new music series in Winnipeg. The world premiere performance was given on May 22, 2024 […]
it is raining gently with light
Details Duration (min): 12 Instrumentation: violin, clarinet/bass clarinet, piano Score Excerpts it is raining gently with light – excerpt Program Notes It is raining gently with light was commissioned by GroundSwell and premiered on November 23, 2021. The title is drawn from a poem by Canadian writer Dennis Cooley, whose work often weaves the natural […]
Bloody Jack
Details Duration (min): 45' Instrumentation: Soprano, Piano Score Excerpts Bloody Jack excerpt Program Notes Bloody Jack is a song cycle for soprano and piano by Canaadian composer Michael Matthews; it is based on selected poems from Dennis Cooley’s 1984 collection of the same name. This contemporary Canadian work explores the mythic life of John Krafchenko, […]
till our bodies into the night slip
Details Duration (min): 12 Instrumentation: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, cello, piano Program Notes till our bodies into the night slip by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is a chamber music work commissioned by the SOLI Chamber Ensemble of San Antonio. The title of this piece is taken from the Dennis Cooley poem Witching. The work was written for the […]
perishable light
Details Duration (min): 15 Instrumentation: Viola, Viola d'Amore, Percussion Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes perishable light, for viola, viola d’amore and percussion. The title is taken from a poem by Dennis Cooley. The work was commissioned by Park Sounds Duo – Jennifer Thiessen and Ben Reimer. Interested in programming the music of […]
A Star of Solitude
Details Duration (min): 19 Instrumentation: Soprano, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Viola, Percussion Program Notes A Star of Solitude by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is a setting for Soprano, Viola, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet and Percussion of Charles Simic’s poetry. Interested in programming the music of Michael Matthews? Learn more about how to commission a new work, browse the […]
Septet
Details Duration (min): 14 Instrumentation: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Violin, Cello, Piano Score Excerpts Score excerpt Program Notes Septet by Canadian composer Michael Matthews was commissioned by ensemble mosaik with financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts. Composed for seven virtuoso performers, the work draws on their distinct musical voices to […]
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 […]