David J. Matthews Sheet Music for Orchestra

Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3(III=ca).3(II+III=bcl).3(III=cbsn) - 4331- timp(2) - perc(3): 4 tam-t/BD/3 tom-t/TD/bongos/4 susp.cym/glsp/vib/mar/xyl/3 bells/crot - cel - harp - strings (ideally 16.14....

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).2(II=ca).0.2 - 2000 - strings (65432)

Instrumentation: 2(=picc).1.ca.2(II=bcl).2 - 2210 - perc(1/2): timp/sleigh bells/vib/crot/mar/BD/ch.cym/susp.cym - harp -strings (min. 86442)

First performed in Manchester, by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Downes, this work lasts 21 minutes and is for full orchestra. Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).afl(=picc).2.ca.2(II=Ebc...

"With its subtle shifts of colour, its scrapping ebb and flow of percussion, and its gradual intensification, the first part evoked both Britten and Debussy. The latter and more substantial part,...

This work was first performed at the RNCM by the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier and commissioned by the BBC for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Instrumentation: 3(III=picc).3(III=...

"The argument proceeds inexorably in wave-like periods of accumulating tension and crashing release, with much colourful use of the orchestra: in pealing bell bursts, for instance, or in sustaine...

Instrumentation: 0.3(III=ca).0.1 - 0320 - timp - strings Stars was composed in 1970 for Paul Steinitz's London Bach Society. I used all the available forces at the concert in which it was first perfor...

Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).ca.2(II=bcl).asax.2 - 4231 - timp - perc(3): BD/SD/bongos/2 conga/2 mcas/3 susp.cym/ch.cym/tgl/tamb/flexatone/steel drum/gong/t.bells/crot/vib/mar - pno(=cel) - harp - stri...

Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2(II=Ebcl).bsax(=bcl).2(II=cbsn) - 4221 - timp - perc(2): jazz drum kit/BD/tam-t/tamb/tgl/ch.cym/bell tree/glsp/vib/xyl/mar/crot - cel(=pno) - harp - strings (min....

Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 – 4220 – perc(1): tamb/susp.cym/ch.cym/tam-t/BD – harp – strings

Instrumentation: 0200 – 2000 – strings (min. 65422) I live part of my life in Deal, on the Kent Coast. When I’m there, I usually walk to the beach before breakfast, and it’s always an exhilarating exp...

Instrumentation: 2(=picc).afl(=picc).2(II=ca).ca(=ob).2(II=Ebcl).bcl(=cl).cbcl.3(III=cbsn) - 4431 - timp - perc(4): 2 BD/2 conga/bongos/tamb/3 susp.cym/chic.cym/ch.cym/guiro/tam-t/9 tuned gong/bell pl...

Instrumentation: 2222 - 2210 - perc(2): timp/4 tom-t/3 susp.cym/sleighbells/ch.cym/tamb/glass chimes/2 stones/mar/steel drum - pno - strings (min. 65432) Commissioned by the Bath Festival, Scherzo Cap...