David Matthews

Composes in the great inherited forms of the past – symphony, string quartet, lately oratorio – and finds new ways of renewing them * Music Advisor to the English Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Deal Festival * Written five symphonies and ten string quartets; also four symphonic poems – two of which; In the Dark Time and Chaconne, have recently been recorded by the BBC Symphony Orchestra for the NMC label * Holds an Honorary Doctor of Music from the University of Nottingham * Numerous chamber works include commissions by the Schubert Ensemble, Nash Ensemble, Brodsky Quartet, Brindisi Quartet and many others; vocal music includes a dramatic scena, Cantiga, for soprano and orchestra, premiered at the 1988 Proms, and a large-scale Vespers for soloists, chorus and orchestra for the Huddersfield Choral Society * Recent large-scale work, Concerto in Azzurro is a cello concerto for Steven Isserlis and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and was premiered in October 2002 in Swansea with Richard Hickox

Works by David Matthews include:
September Music (1979) for small orchestra
Serenade (1982) for chamber orchestra
Duet Variations (1982) for flute and piano

David Matthews's early output is published by Boosey & Hawkes.
His later output is published by Faber Music Ltd.
Publications of music by David Matthews are available on sale from our online Music Shop.
Also visit the David Matthews website at www.david-matthews.co.uk