Classical Instrumental Works for Orchestra

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

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.asax.2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(3): xyl/susp.cym/crash.cyms/tgl/tamb/SD/BD - harp - strings

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4231 - timp - perc(1): tgl/BD - 2 harp - cel - strings

orchestrated by Colin Matthews, commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society, this is arranged for full orchestra. Instrumentation: 2.afl.2.ca.2.bcl.2.cbsn - 4231 - timp - perc(2): susp.cym/cast/tamb/BD...

La Cathédrale Engloutie (Prelude 24) by Claude Debussy, orchestrated by Colin Matthews, Instrumentation: 2(both=picc).afl.2.ca.2.bcl.cbcl (ad lib).2.cbsn - 4331 - timp - perc(4): glsp/t.bells/2 pairs...

Postlude Monsieur Croche was composed as an afterword to Matthews's orchestrations of the Debussy Preludes, it was written as a gift for and a thank you to Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé, and is...

Frank Bridge's evocative Dance Poem for orchestra (1913) is a crucial work in his output. As well as the arresting themes and vivid orchestral colours that typify this fascinating composer's early wor...

Machines and Dreams was commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra for the opening concert of their 1991 'Childhood' Festival, with the first performance given at the barbican Hall, London on 24 Ja...

Music from the BBC's adapatation of Mrs Gaskell's classic novels Cranford , arranged for small orchestra. Instrumentation: 1(=picc & afl).2(II=ca).2.2(II=cbsn) - 2000 - timp - perc(2):bell/tgl/tamb/sl...

'… a magnificent orchestral journey through chaos to consolation.' The Times (Geoff Brown), 20 February 2010

The title refers to the North Star, or Pole Star, around which other stars appear to rotate. For this 15-minute score Mr. Adès has devised an elusive melody that is played in canon by groups of brass...

Symphony No.7 by David Matthews was commissioned by the BBC as part of the BBC Philharmonic's and Halle's complete Mahler in Manchester series and was first performed by the Philharmonic on 24 April 2...

One of Anderson's scintillating scores, rhythmically intricate, rich in unexpected and often eerie sounds, and with a vein of lyricism... Instrumentation: 4 (III & IV = picc, IV = picc detuned ¼ tone)...

Commissioned by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, this 25-minute journey from complex momentum to expressive simplicity displays all the ingenious craft we have come to expect from Matthews, together...

Dedicated to the memory of Oliver Knussen, George Benjamin's 2021 Concerto for Orchestra premiered at the BBC proms by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Benjamin said that the piece attempts 'to conjure a...

This facsimile full score edition of Gustav Holst’s The Planets Opus 32 edited by Imogen Holst and Colin Matthews, is presented as a clothbound, full-colour, hardback edition with dustjacket. With a l...

Rich, colourful and multi-layered, Carl Vine's Symphony No.7 (2008) is subtitled 'scenes from daily life'. The first two 'scenes' mirror the same idea from opposite sides: the first allowing competing...

A kaleidoscopic showpiece for orchestra entirely worthy of its name. The piece bristles with contrast and energy. Within the first few minutes we journey from a mellifluous woodwind pastorale to a fan...

For string orchestra.

While Promenade Overture can be performed with the orchestra seated throughout, in traditional fashion, it is engineered to allow the players to enter playing, building the orchestra from an almost em...

Vaughan Williams wrote his Symphony No. 8 between 1953 and 1955, when he was in his eighties. It is his shortest symphony, and is considered by many to be his least serious. Aside from a few sombre mo...

This scholarly edition replaces the original 1958 edition, and includes detailed preliminary matter comprising a preface, sources and editorial method, and detailed textual notes. Orchestral material...

Faced with the evolution of the symphony prompted by Beethoven at the beginning of the 19th century, many composers turned away from this genre, considering his nine symphonies as an unsurpassable ide...

This piece was written for Denis Comtet who gave its first-ever performance at Paris Notre-Dame Cathedral on January 3rd, 2015. The contiguous piece is nonetheless articulated in 5 clearly defined par...

This piece was written for Denis Comtet who gave its first-ever performance at Paris Notre-Dame Cathedral on January 3rd, 2015. The contiguous piece is nonetheless articulated in 5 clearly defined par...