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Performances in 2010

12/01/2010, 7.45pm  --  String Quartet No.10

Part of the Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series.

Wu String Quartet | Purcell Room

Work details: String Quartet No.10, Op.84

27/01/2010  --  Concerto in Azzurro

Guy Johnson, cello | Conducted by Jac Van Steen | Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

Work details: Concerto in Azzurro, Op.87

26/02/2010, 6pm  --  CD Launch Concert: Complete String Quartets, Volume One

Launch of Volume One of Toccata Classics' recording of David's complete string quartets. Introduced by David. Free, no booking required.

28/02/2010, 6pm  --  The Flaying of Marsyas

Pre-concert talk at 5.30pm.

Christopher Redgate, oboe | Kreutzer Quartet | Wilton's Music Hall

Work details: The Flaying of Marsyas, Op.42

07/03/2010, 11.30am  --  The Story of Babar, Poulenc arr. Matthews

Eleanor Bron, narrator | Nash Ensemble | Wigmore Hall

Work details: The Story of Babar (Poulenc arr. Matthews)

14/03/2010, 7.30pm  --  Les Nuits d'été, Berlioz arr. Matthews

Pre-concert talk with the Conductor at 6.45pm.

Elizabeth Watts | City of London Sinfonia | Conducted by Douglas Boyd | All Saint's High Wycombe

Work details: Summer Nights, Op.7 (Berlioz arr. Matthews)

20/03/2010, 7.30pm  --  Les Nuits d'été, Berlioz arr. Matthews

Elizabeth Watts | City of London Sinfonia | Conducted by Douglas Boyd | Wigmore Hall

Work details: Summer Nights, Op.7 (Berlioz arr. Matthews)

23/03/2010, 7.30pm  --  Munro’s Song

Commissioned by Fuse Arts for the Goin' Home - Southwark Walks project, two evenings of newly commissioned classical music in response to a series of walks in Southwark.

Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin | South London Gallery, 65 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8UH

Work details: Four Australian Birds, Op.84a

23/04/2010, 7.45pm  --  Happiness

Lesley-Jane Rogers, soprano | John Turner, recorder | Sittingbourne Music Society, Tunstall Parish Church

Work details: Happiness, Op.110

24/04/2010, 7.30pm  --  World premiere: Symphony No.7

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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Conducted by Gianandrea Noseda | Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Work details: Symphony No.7, Op.109

26/04/2010  --  Reviews of Symphony No.7 World Premiere

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David was marooned in Australia and unable to attend the premiere due to the volcanic ash crisis. However the performance was very well received - read review excerpts from The Guardian, The Times, and The Daily Telegraph. The symphony will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 17th May in the 'Performance on 3' programme.

Work details: Symphony No.7, Op.109

01/05/2010, 7pm  --  Happiness

Admission free (need ticket) with refreshments in the Parish Hall after the concert. For tickets phone Wilmslow Parish Office on: 01625 520 309.

Lesley-Jane Rogers, soprano | John Turner, recorder | St. Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow

Work details: Happiness, Op.110

04/05/2010, 1pm  --  World Premiere: Actaeon

Counterpoise | Eleanor Bron, narrator | Pavilion Theatre, Brighton

Work details: Actaeon, Op.113

10/06/2010, 6pm  --  Free Rush Hour Concert - Aubade & Symphony No.5

Southbank Sinfonia | Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury | St John's Waterloo, Waterloo Road, London

Work details: Aubade, Op.83 | Symphony No.5, Op.78

15/06/2010  --  Journeying Songs

Gemma Rosefield, cello | Bargello, Florence, Italy

Work details: Journeying Songs, Op.95

16/06/2010, 7.30pm  --  Duos and Three Chants

David's violin duos will be performed by Peter Sheppard Skaerved and his son Marius in the third of a six concert cycle of Tartini violin sonatas. Admission: £12 (£6 concessions).

Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin | St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield | More cycle details

17/06/2010, 1pm  --  Eight Duos for Two Violins

Phillipa Mo, Harriet Mackenzie | Bedford Park Festival, London

Work details: Eight Duos, Op.79

20/06/2010, 7.30pm  --  World Premiere: Overture to The Bartered Bride, Smetana arr. Matthews

Nash Ensemble | Ian Brown, piano | Wigmore Hall, London

Work details: Overture to The Bartered Bride (Smetana arr. Matthews)

18/07/2010, 2.30pm  --  Fanfares and Flowers

National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain | Conducted by Philip Scott | Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester | Booking info

Work details: Fanfares and Flowers, Op.103

25/07/2010  --  Four Australian Birds

Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin | 'Weg Durch das Land' Festival, Paderborn, Gemany

Work details: Four Australian Birds, Op.84a

11/08/2010, 5pm  --  World Premiere: Piano Concerto

Helen Reid, piano | Trinity College of Music String Ensemble | Conducted by Nic Pendlebury | Dartington International Summer School | Booking info

Work details: Piano Concerto, Op.111

26/08/2010, 7.30pm  --  World Premiere: Elgar String Quartet, arr. Matthews

Presteigne Festival Orchestra | Conducted by George Vass | St Andrew's Church, Presteigne | Booking info

Work details: String Quartet, Op.83 (Elgar arr. Matthews)

28/08/2010, 11.30am  --  Clarinet Quartet

Catriona Scott, Thomas Gould, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Marie Macleod | Church of St Mary Magdalene, Leintwardine, Presteigne Festival | Booking info

Work details: Clarinet Quartet, Op.35

05/09/2010, 2.30pm  --  World Premiere: Dark Pastoral

Based on a surviving fragment of the slow movement from the unfinished Cello Concerto by Vaughan Williams.

Steven Isserlis, cello | BBC Concert Orchestra | Conducted by Paul Daniel | BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London | Booking info

Work details: Dark Pastoral, Op.112

17/09/2010  --  Voyages

Francois le Roux, baritone | Per Enoksson, violin | Martti Rousi, cello | David Selig, piano | 'Consonances' Festival, St-Nazaire, France

Work details: Voyages (4 songs), Op.96

18/09/2010  --  White Nights

World premiere.

Philippe Graffin, violin | Marisa Gupta, piano | 'Consonances' Festival, St-Nazaire, France

Work details: White Nights (violin, chamber ensemble), Op.26a

18/09/2010  --  Chaconne pour la ville de St-Nazaire

Per Enoksson (violin), Jeroen Reuling (cello) | 'Consonances' Festival, St-Nazaire, France

Work details: Chaconne pour la ville de St-Nazaire

16/10/2010, 3pm  --  Song for Gemma from Journeying Songs

Work details: Journeying Songs, Op.95

17/10/2010, 6.30pm  --  Piano Trio No. 2

Sitkovetsky Piano Trio | Hall One, King's Place, London

Work details: Piano Trio No.2, Op.61

19/10/2010, 7.30pm  --  Symphony No.7

Kensington Symphony Orchestra | Conducted by Russell Keable | St John’s, Smith Square, London | Book online

Work details: Symphony No.7, Op.109

25/10/2010, 8pm  --  Actaeon, Adonis

London premiere of Actaeon.

Counterpoise Ensemble | Kings Place, London

Work details: Actaeon, Op.113 | Adonis, Op.105

07/11/2010, 2.30pm  --  Adonis

Alexandra Wood, violin | Iain Farrington, piano | Fellowship House, 136a Willifield Way NW11 | Box office 020 8455 9840

Work details: Adonis, Op.105

11/11/2010, 8pm  --  Eight Duos for two violins

Andrew Watkinson and Sara Trickey | Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

Work details: Eight Duos, Op.79

16/11/2010, 7.30pm  --  String Quartet No.10

Carducci String Quartet | University of Cardiff

Work details: String Quartet No.10, Op.84

21/11/2010, 7.30pm  --  'In valleys green and still', Song no. 3 from the Three Housman Songs

Felicity Lott with the Nash Ensemble | Wigmore Hall | Please book early

Work details: Three Housman Songs, Op.69b

05/12/2010, 7.30pm  --  Seven Lieder, arr Colin and David Matthews

Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano | London Symphony Orchestra | Conducted by Marin Alsop | Barbican, London

Work details: Seven Songs (Alma Mahler arr. Matthews)

Other News from 2010

22/02/2010, 2pm  --  BBC Radio3 Broadcast of Concerto in Azzurro and Symphony No.6

The broadcast will be introduced by David.

Guy Johnston, cello | BBC NOW | Conducted by Jac van Steen

Work details: Concerto in Azzurro, Op.87 | Symphony No.6, Op.100

22/03/2010  --  CD out now: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6

Performed by BBC NOW under Jac van Steen. Available on the Dutton record label.

Work details: Symphony No.2, Op.17 | Symphony No.6, Op.100

22/03/2010  --  CD out now: David Matthews - Complete String Quartets, Vol. One

Performed by The Kreutzer Quartet. Available on the Toccata Classics record label.

Work details: Adagio (string quartet), Op.56a | String Quartet No.4, Op.27 | String Quartet No.6, Op.56 | String Quartet No.10, Op.84

17/05/2010  --  BBC Broadcast of Symphony No.7

The premiere of the symphony, performed on 24th April at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, will be broadcast in the 'Performance on 3' programme.

Work details: Symphony No.7, Op.109

05/06/2010  --  At the World Premiere of a BBC Commission by Anthony Payne

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Photos from the concert at which David joined Anthony Payne and the critic Lynne Walker for a pre-concert talk on Mahler's 10th Symphony.

09/06/2010  --  At a Rehearsal of Symphony No.5 and Aubade

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Photos from a rehearsal for the performance given on 10th June.

Work details: Aubade, Op.83 | Symphony No.5, Op.78

28/06 - 18/08/2010  --  Summer Recordings

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Over the summer months the following works will be recorded: String Quartet No.5, The Flaying of Marsyas, Violin Concerto No.1, Oboe Concerto, After Sunrise, Fifteen Fugues.

11/08/2010  --  World Premiere of Piano Concerto at Dartington Summer School

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Soloist Helen Reid performed David's Piano Concerto under Nic Pendlebury.

Work details: Piano Concerto, Op.111