Sheet Music for Symphonic Orchestra

Concert version of the radio drama The Rescue (1943) prepared by Christopher de Souza in association with Donald Mitchell and Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2.2(II=bcl).asax.2 - 4331 - ti...

. . . a concerto of extraordinary beauty, a union of vitality and reflection. . . The concerto is wonderful to listen to, inspired in language and in its palette of instrumental colourings... Geoffrey...

Body Mandala was commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 2006. The work is influenced by purification rituals in Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries and is arranged for a large Orc...

It already counts as a modern classic...' The Observer (Fiona Maddocks), 6 April 2014 Instrumentation: Duchess (S)/Hotel Manager (B)/Electrician (T)/Maid (S) 3 cl(I in Bb=bcl+ssax+bsax.II in A=bcl+asa...

Thomas Adès's Brahms for baritone and orchestra (2001) is a setting of Alfred Brendel's poem 'Brahms II' in which the malodorous ghost of Brahms stalks a house and plays the piano late at night. Adès...

An instant classic, a piece that will immediately touch and move people'. Sir Simon Rattle on Sophie's Choice, Instrumentation: 3 (III=picc).3 (III=ca).3(III=Ebcl).3(III=cbsn) - 5.3.2.1 - timp - perc...

Thomas Adès's Brahms for baritone and orchestra (2001) is a setting of Alfred Brendel's poem 'Brahms II' in which the malodorous ghost of Brahms stalks a house and plays the piano late at night. Adès...

Scored for the same ensemble as Benjamin's Palimpsests (with the addition of a cor anglais), this ingenious transcription of one of the jewels of Baroque organ music succeeds in capturing the spirit a...

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - perc(1): glsp/crot 2 harp (2nd ad lib) - cel - strings

Score to Claude Debussy's Les Tierces Alternées (Prelude 5), orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(2): susp.cym/glsp/3 pairs crot/BD/tam-t - 2 h...

Score to Claude Debussy's Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. (Prelude 6), orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(2/3): tgl/susp.cym/cyms/SD/ta...

Score to Claude Debussy's La Danse De Puck (Prelude 7) , orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).afl.2.3(III=bcl).2.cbsn - 4031 - timp - perc(2): glsp/3 pairs crot/tgl/susp.cym/tam...

Score to Claude Debussy's Minstrels (Prelude 8) , orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4231 - timp - perc(2): tamb/tgl/SD/TD/BD - 2 harp - strings

Rinaldo and Armida was written for the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet Company (UK). Duration: c.9 minutes. Orchestra 3 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B-flat clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns in F, 3 trumpets in B-fla...

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4131 - timp - perc(2): glsp/tam-t/crot - 2 harps - strings

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.1.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4330 - perc(3): susp.cym/tam-t/BD - 2 harp - cel - strings

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4030 - timp - perc(1):crot - 2 hp - cel - strings Orchestral parts available for hire from Faber Music Limited.

orchestrated by Colin Matthws, this work was commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society, and written for full orchestra. Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - perc(3): xyl/cast/tg...

orchestrated by Colin Matthws, this work was commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society and was written for full orchestra. Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - perc(3): glsp/tgl/susp.cym...

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Bruyères (Prelude 14) was commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society in 2006 and first performed by the Hallé Orchestra and conducted by Mark Elder at the Bridgewater H...

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4030 - timp - perc(3): glsp/tubular bell(E)/tam-t - 2 harp - cel - strings

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society, this was written for full orchestra. Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(2): glsp/xyl/susp.cym/cra...

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4231 - timp - perc(2): tamb/siz.cymb/tgl/BD - 2 hp - cel - strings Orchestral parts available for hire from Faber Mu...

La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair De Lune (Prelude 18 ) by Claude Debussy, orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4230 - timp - perc(2): glsp/crash.cym/tg...

Score to Claude Debussy's Des Pas Sur La Neige (Prelude 19) , orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.ca.ssax.2 - 4130 - perc(1): tam-t - 2 harp - strings