Colin Matthews

Colin Matthews, OBE (born 13 February 1946) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Noted for his large-scale orchestral compositions, Matthews is also a prolific arranger of other composer's music, including works by Berlioz, Britten, Dowland, Mahler, Purcell and Schubert. Other arrangements include orchestrations of all Debussy's 24 Préludes, both books of Debussy's Images, and two movements—Oiseaux tristes and La vallée des cloches—from Ravel's Miroirs. Having received a doctorate from University of Sussex on the works of Mahler, from 1964–1975 Matthews worked with his brother David Matthews and musicologist Deryck Cooke on completing a performance version of Mahler's Tenth Symphony.

Pictured Within "Birthday Variations for M.C.B" - Kuusisto: Symphony, Op. 39 (Live) - 2023-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Debussy: Images & Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - 2020-07-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Anna Meredith, Alexander Goehr & Colin Matthews: Chamber Works (Live) - 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Debussy: Nocturnes - 2019-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Many Voices: 10 New Pieces for Violin - 2019-03-15T00:00:00.000000Z

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