ARRANGEMENTS:
CHAMBER and ORCHESTRA
David Matthews
ARRANGEMENTS: CHAMBER, ORCHESTRA / ORCHESTRA / CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Away for Rio (folksong) (an alternative conclusion to Henry Wood’s 'Fantasia on British Sea-Songs' replacing 'Rule Britannia' -
but can be performed on its own) picc.2.3.3.2.cbsn - 6.4.4.euph.tuba - timp - 4 perc, 2 harps, strings
Premiere: 18 May 2002, Kuala Lumpur / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, cond.
Bach: Prelude and Fugues in B minor and D major from Book I of the Well-Tempered Clavier
Arrangements for string quartet (2002-2008) (15:00)
Premiere: 30 Jan 2009, University of York / Kreutzer Quartet
Bach: Ricercare from 'The Musical Offering' Arrangement for wind nonet (1999) (6:00)
fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn
Premiere: 16 April 1999, Science Museum, London / English Chamber Orchestra Wind Ensemble
The Beach Boys: Fun, Fun, Fun Arrangement for chamber ensemble (1998) (3:00)
2 clar, pno, vla, vc, db
Premiere: 17 May 2001, Festival Theatre, Cambridge / Composers Ensemble
Beethoven : Piano Sonata in A major, op.101
Arrangement for string quartet (1997) (ca.18:00)
Premiere: 27 January 1998, Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex / Kreutzer Quartet
Beethoven: Adagio from Piano Sonata in B flat, op.22
Arrangement for string quartet (1982) (ca.5:00)
Chabrier: Souvenirs de Munich Arrangement for chamber ensemble (1978) (12:00)
Quadrille sur les thèmes favoris de Tristan et Isolde de Richard Wagner
fl/picc.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - 1perc (BD w/cym. attached, susp.cymbal, tamb., triangle, castanets, cowbell in G, glockenspiel)- piano - strings (2.2.2.2.1 or 1.1.1.1.1)
Premiere: December 1978, Scandinavia tour / London Sinfonietta, Simon Rattle, cond.
Delius: Two Pieces for Small Orchestra Arrangement for chamber ensemble (1993) (14:00)
1. Summer Night on the River 2. On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring
1.1.2.1 - 1.0.0.0 - strings (2.2.2.1)
Premiere: 6 July 1993, Wigmore Hall, London / Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend, cond.
Liszt: La lugubre gondola II Arrangement for small orchestra (1983) (8:00)
2.2.1.bcl.2 - 2.2.0.0 - strings
Monteverdi: Laudate Pueri Arrangement for chamber orchestra (1989) (8:30)
2 fl - ob - ob.d’amore/c.a. - 2 bsn, 2 tpts, strings
Premiere: 15 December 1989, Barbican Hall, London / English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury, cond.
Mozart: Oboe Concerto - Cadenzas (1991) (ca. 3:00)
Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto - Cadenzas (1998) (ca.3:00)
on CD: Kate Hill, fl, Lucy Wakeford, hp, Britten Sinfonia / Nicholas Cleobury
Classic FM 75605 57038 2
The National Anthem Strikes Back (1980, rescored 2004) (ca.3:00)
'Star Wars' arrangement of 'God Save the Queen'
picc.2.3.3.2.cbsn - 6.4.4.euph.tuba - timp - 2 perc - harp - strings
Premiere: 19 September 1980, Birmingham Town Hall / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle
Paganini: Violin Concerto no. 2 - Cadenza (2006) (ca.2:30)
Premiere: Peter Sheppard Skaerved
R Schumann: Im wunderschoenen Monat Mai from Dichterliebe Arrangement for string quartet (2004) (ca.2:00)
Premiere: 8 June 2004, Goldsmith’s College, London / Kreutzer Quartet
Scriabin: Vers la flamme Arrangement for orchestra (1986) (5:00) 'for Colin's 40th birthday'
3(3=picc).3(3=c.a.).3(3=b.cl).2.cbsn, 4(or8).3.3.1, timpani, 3 perc (BD, susp.cym, tam-tam, glock), 2 harps, strings
ORCHESTRA
Little Concerto, Op 6 (1970, rev.1985) (ca.15:00)
chamber orchestra : 1.1.2.1 - horn - harp - strings
Sonata Canonica, Op 19 (1978-79) (ca.16:00)
small orchestra : 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - 1perc - strings (6.6.4.4.2)
Premiere: 10 Jan 1982, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Del Mar, cond.
CHAMBER
ENSEMBLES
The Burke and Wills Waltzes (1985) (ca.10:00)
flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and harmonium (or synthesizer)
Based on the music for the film 'Burke and Wills' by Peter Sculthorpe, David Matthews and Michael Balfe
Premiere: 26 January 1986, Sydney, ABC studio broadcast / Magpie Musicians / Vincent Plush
A Cloud Sequence (1979) (ca.15:00)
2 oboes, bassoon, harpsichord and reciter
Incidental music to poems by Shelley, Wordsworth, Hopkins, James Thomson, Rupert Brooke >
Premiere: 15 February 1980, Milton Keynes Festival / The Sheba Sound, Richard Baker, narrator
Deal Chorale, for flutes (1990) (1:00)
8 flutes, alto fl, bass fl
'for Walmer Flutes'
Dialectique cordiale (2003) (ca.1:30) violin and cello
Based on 'God save the King' (or 'My Country, 'tis of Thee') and 'La Marseillaise'
Premiere: 12 September 2003, St Nazaire Festival, France / Philippe Graffin, vln / Zuill Bailey, cello
Eclogue, for soprano & ensemble, Op 14 (1976) (ca.9:00)
flute, b. clarinet, piano, 1 percussion, violin, viola, cello (Text: Vaughan)
Music of Evening, for guitar & ensemble, Op 11 (1976) (ca.11:00) flute, marimba, harpsichord, doublebass
Pride (1993) (ca.5:00)
soprano, alto & tenor solos and string quartet (Text: M. Hemingway)
Premiere: 13 June 1993, Great Hall, Lincoln’s Inn, London, Alistair Elliot, tenor / Jacqueline Horner, soprano / Christine Dix, alto /
string quartet from the English National Orchestra
Sarabande (2000) (2:00) flute and piano
'in memory of Nicholas Carroll'
Premiere: 4 November 2000, St Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent / Gill Kenchington, fl, Jean Hasse, pno
Toccatas and Pastorals, Op 13 (1976, rev.1977-79) (ca.14:00) 2 oboes, bassoon & harpsichord
Premiere: 13 November 1976, Holywell Music Room, Oxford / The Sheba Sound