Matthew Hindson

This nine minute piece also features the playful, up-beat and repetitive rhythms found in popular music. The fast and mostly accelerating tempo of Rush reinforces both the title of the piece and the i...

Siegfried Interlude No. 4 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 1999 Season. At the time, the SSO viola section was made up exclusively by wome...

Siegfried Interlude No. 4 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 1999 Season. At the time, the SSO viola section was made up exclusively by wome...

Siegfried Interlude No. 2 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 2000 Season. It uses some of the themes from Act II of Wagner's Siegfried, incl...

Siegfried Interlude No. 2 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 2000 Season. It uses some of the themes from Act II of Wagner's Siegfried, incl...

Instrumentation: tenor recorder - soprano glsp/soprano xyl/alto xyl/bass xyl/soprano metallophone/alto metallophone/ bass metallophone/timp/BD/susp.cym/2 drum (eg bongo)

As the title suggests, Didjeribluegrass incorporates some aspects of bluegrass music, in particular the fast “fiddling” style of string playing that includes many open strings. Bluegrass music is espe...

This set of short pieces was composed specifically to cater for the technical abillities of junior string players. They encourage the player to maintain a strong sense of beat as well as de­manding ot...

Chrissietina's Magic Fantasy was initially conceived as a piece for solo violin, using a somewhat 'rockabilly' style of music. However, it then developed into virtuosic work for two violins, using ele...

Chrissietina's Magic Fantasy was initially conceived as a piece for solo violin, using a somewhat 'rockabilly' style of music. However, it then developed into virtuosic work for two violins, using ele...

Commissioned by Musica Viva Australia on behalf of Sun Microsystems (Aust.) Always on Time was written in early 2001 as a tribute piece to Russell Bate, the retiring managing director of Sun Microsyst...

Chrissietina's Magic Fantasy was initially conceived as a piece for solo violin, using a somewhat 'rockabilly' style of music. However, it then developed into virtuosic work for two violins, using ele...

The digital Violin I part to Matthew Hindson's Celebration (String Quartet No.5) for String Quartet.

The digital Violin II part to Matthew Hindson's Celebration (String Quartet No.5) for String Quartet.

The digital Viola part to Matthew Hindson's Celebration (String Quartet No.5) for String Quartet.

The digital Cello part to Matthew Hindson's Celebration (String Quartet No.5) for String Quartet.

There are two ideas contained within the title of the piece - "ignition" refers to an image of colorful sparking lights that set varying processes (such as mechanical movement) in motion, and "positiv...

Love Serenade was written originally with the expressive character of the bassoon in mind, a character which I feel is not enough exploited. The title does not refer to anyone in particular, but rathe...

he "Jungle" in Jungle Fever has two meanings - firstly a reference to 'jungle' music, a style of popular music style derived from the techno genre, and which was an initial inspiration on the piece. (...

Love Serenade was written originally with the expressive character of the bassoon in mind, a character which I feel is not enough exploited. The title does not refer to anyone in particular, but rathe...

Siegfried Interlude No. 2 was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for first performance at the launch of their 2000 Season. It uses some of the themes from Act II of Wagner's Siegfried, incl...