David J. Matthews

Instrumentation: 1(=picc).1(=ca).1.1 - 1000 - perc(1): 6 crot/3 timp/3 tuned gong/2 conga/tamb/shaker/tam-t - harp - strings

Instrumentation: 2(II=picc).2(II=ca).2.2 – 2210 – perc(1): tamb/susp.cym/ch.cym/tam-t/BD – harp – strings

This tango was originally composed in 1990 as the fourth movement of the composer's Fourth Symphony. It was intended there as a modern equivalent of the classical minuet. The tango is the most allurin...

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=...

From the hushed opening this choral lament grows in sound and intensity to a powerful outpouring of sorrow. The song, originally recorded by Dave Matthews, was arranged for the Minneapolis-based vocal...