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Composer of the Week:Colin Matthews

BBC Radio 3
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Donald Macleod talks to Colin Matthews about his setting of the extraordinary adventures of a Spanish conquistador, The Great Journey, about the solo cello piece, Palinode, in a version for nine cellos, and about a piece which in effect was commissioned three times and premiered in its orchestral version by the London Symphony Orchestra - Hidden Variables.
The Great Journey (Part 3: Flight)
Nash Ensemble , conductor Lionel Friend String Quartet No 2 Brindisi Quartet
Palinode Alexander Baillie (cello), Cello Sound Bremen
Hidden Variables
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Contributors

Talks:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Colin Matthews
Conductor:
Nash Ensemble
Conductor:
Lionel Friend
Cello:
Alexander Baillie
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Source: Radio Times

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