and the sky caught
Details Duration (min): 15 Instrumentation: clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, piano Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Commissioned by Trio ’86 Krista Martynes, Clarinet Jennifer Thiessen, Viola Marc Wieser, Piano with financial assistance from The Manitoba Arts Council World Premiere: February 28, 2012 – Providence University College, Winnipeg, Canada additional performances: 2/29/12 – Brandon University; 3/1/12 […]
Out in the Dark/Silva Myrtea
Details Instrumentation: SATB soloists, Chamber Orch. Program Notes Out in the Dark / Silva myrtea is a “re-envisioning” of a Motet by Guilliame de Machaut, Inviolata genitrix. I have composed my piece based on one of the principle structural elements of the medieval motet, the technique of the simultaneous presentation of mixed but related texts; […]
Altas Piedras
Details Duration (min): 13 Instrumentation: bassoon and digital audio Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Commissioned by Wendy Holdaway and the Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (gracias a Rodrigo Sigal) First performance: May 9, 2012 Morelia, Mexico CMMAS Bassoon Festival Wendy Holdaway, bassoon Title from Octavio Paz: Ustica (from Piedra del […]
String Quartet No. 4
Details Duration (min): 25 Instrumentation: String Quartet Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes String Quartet No. 4 by Canadian composer Michael Matthews was commissioned by the Penderecki String Quartet with funds from the Manitoba Arts Council The first performance took place on June 1, 2011 in Waterloo, Ontario. Interested in programming the music […]
Sky Rings
Details Duration (min): 14 Instrumentation: clarinet and digital audio Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Sky Rings is a work for clarinet and digital audio by Canadian composer Michael Matthews. It was commissioned by clarinettist Esther Lamneck. The title is taken from a poem by Dennis Cooley. winter is when snakes turn into garter belts […]
Into Its Own Shadow
Details Duration (min): 20 Instrumentation: flutes (fl., a.fl., b.fl.), bass clarinet, piano and digital audio Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes Into Its Own Shadow by Canadian composer Michael Matthews. The first draft of Into Its Own Shadow was written during February and March of 2008, when I was an invited artist at the Centro […]
when you leave me
Details Duration (min): 6 Instrumentation: mezzo soprano, piano Score Excerpts Score Excerpt 1 Program Notes when you leave me by Canadian composer Michael Matthews is a piece for mezzo-soprano and piano. It is a setting of a poem by Dennis Cooley and was premiered by Laura Loewen and Dawn Bruch-Wiens. when you leave me will […]
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 […]
Piano Quintet
Details Duration (min): 16 Instrumentation: Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello Program Notes Piano Quintet was commissioned by the the Agassiz Summer Chamber Music Festival for their 10th Anniversary Season. The world premiere performance took place on June 12, 2009, at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall in Winnipeg; the performers were: Scott St. John and Laurence Kayeleh, violins Aaron […]
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 […]