Matthew Brown Composer

Compositions

Recordings

Prelude – recorded by the RNCM Wind Orchestra at the RNCM Concert Hall, conducted by Leon Frantzen-Malesani – 24/10/2022

 

Scenes from Bagni di Lucca – recorded by the RNCM Symphony Orchestra at the RNCM Concert Hall, conducted by Josephine Korda – 20/10/2022

 

Masquerade – recorded by Manchester Camerata and RNCM players: Amina Hussain and Lily Vernon-Purves (flutes/piccolo), Rachael Clegg and Tommy Hill (oboes), Daniel Batley and Benjamin Pinto (clarinets), Ben Hudson and Beatrix Carvalho (bassoons), Mark Bennet and Jack Sindall (horns), Tracey Redfern and Miranda Woodward (trumpets), Jan Bradley (timpani/percussion), Hannah Roberts (cello) and Diane Clarke (double bass) – at the RNCM Concert Hall, conducted by Kaapo Ijas – 06/07/2021

 

Song for the Lighting of the Chanukah Candles – recorded by the Sacconi Quartet [ Ben Hancox and Hannah Dawson (violins), Robin Ashwell (viola) and Cara Berridge (cello)] – 2020

 

Coast – recorded by Rachael Watson (Flute/Piccolo), Hanlin Liu (Oboe), Oliver Charles-Lee and Chris Hardy (Clarinets), Beth Machell (Bass Clarinet) Martha Cullen (Saxophone), Theo Puddu (Bassoon), Jack Sindall (Horn), Ben Jarvis and Adam Neild (Trumpets), Charlotte Horsfield (Trombone), Matt Lait (Tuba), Caitlin Monaghan and Changqing Miao (Percussion) at the RNCM Concert Hall, conducted by Dan Button – 11/05/2021

 

The Degenerate Era for wind octet – recorded remotely by Zoë Kundu & Robbie Richardson (Trumpets), Charlotte Horsfield & Josh Cargill (Trombones), Anon. (Flute & piccolo), Johanna Leung (clarinet) and Philip Le Bas (Bassoons) – December 2020 – January 2021

 

Black Hole Era for wind quintet – recorded by Felix Niel (Flute), Irena Klimach (Oboe), Peter Rogers (Clarinet), Ian Wildsmith (Horn) and Josh Asquith (Bassoon) – 13/01/2013

 

Spring Winds and Spring Flowers – recorded by the BBC Singers at Maida Vale Studios – 29/01/2018

 

Solitude After Dusk (viola ensemble and cello) – recorded by Matthew Brown (viola) and Julie Peat (cello) – 22/12/2019


Criollo
– recorded by Jocelyn Lau and Anna Rowland (violins), Orla McGarrity (viola) and Hoda Jahanpour (cello) in the RNCM Concert Hall – 15/03/2020

 

Criollo – recorded by Jocelyn Lau and Anna Rowland (violins), Orla McGarrity (viola) and Hoda Jahanpour (cello) in the RNCM Carole Nash Recital Room- 30/06/2022

 

Three Conversations – recorded by Anna Tulchinskaya (violin), Rob Wheatley (cello) and Brian Low (piano) at RNCM – 26/11/2019

 

Longing – recorded by players from RNCM and the BBC Philharmonic at RNCM, conducted by Kaapo Ijas – 29/10/2019

 

The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven)

1 January (violas – Matthew Brown)

1 January, 2011 [wind ensemble (remote recording): Mark Carey (flute/alto flute/piccolo), Adam Bowman (oboe/cor anglais), Johanna Leung (clarinets), Kezia Lovick-Jones & Martha Cullen (saxophones), Philip Le Bas (bassoons), Aurora Bye (horns), Zoë Kundu & Robbie Richardson (trumpets), Charlotte Horsfield & Josh Cargill (trombones)]

3 January, 2011 (violas – Matthew Brown)

6 May, 2011 (violins – Karen Jolliffe, violas – Matthew Brown)

6 May, 2011 [wind ensemble (remote recording): Emily Revill & Hannah Peverell (flutes/piccolo), Emma Chan (oboe), Robyn Saunders & Johanna Leung (clarinets), Philip Le Bas (bassoon), Ellie Guénault (horns), Zoë Kundu (trumpets), Archie Young-Lee (trombones), Micah Scott (tuba), Jason Wong (percussion)]

 

Mass for the Wives – recorded by Karen Jolliffe (violin), Matthew Brown (viola) and Emily Rossitter (cello) at St Gregory’s Centre for Music with thanks to Dan Herbert – 07/04/2019

 

Beverley Meadow – recorded by the RNCM Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rita Castro Blanco – 31/01/2018

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Scenes of Bagni di Lucca (chamber version) – recorded at RNCM with Kezia Lovick-Jones, Martha Cullen and Sarah Austen (saxophones), conducted by Anna Hartman – 15/11/2019

 

Tree of Life – recorded by Stelios Chatziiosifidis at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 25/07/2019

 

Violin solo after Abyss – recorded by Stelios Chatziiosifidis at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 25/07/2019

 

Tree of Life – recorded by Stelios Chatziiosifidis at Quex Park – 26/04/2019

 

Summer Beetroot – recorded by the RNCM New Ensemble, conducted by Alex Robinson at RNCM – 02/02/2018

[Kathy Hart (clarinet), Sitong Meng (piano), Lucy Nolan (harp), Kevin Saw and Mateus Dandalo (violins), Rebecca Stephenson (viola), Ines Mota Pino (cello), Filipe Modaffore Dandalo (double bass)]

 

Les sons recules – recorded by Christian Dawson at Bridgewater Hall – 09/06/2012

 

Scherzo for orchestra – recorded at RNCM

 

Largo for string quartet – recorded by the Mivos Quartet

 

Serenade in E flat – recorded by the Manchester Wind Orchestra at the RNCM Concert Hall, conducted by Ralph Corrigan – 04/05/2019

 

Serenade in E flat – recorded by the Leeds University Union Music Society Symphonic Wind Orchestra (LUUMS SWO) at the Cloth Workers Centenary Concert Hall, conducted by Mark Jump – 24/11/2018

 

Encomium (orchestral version) – recorded by the RNCM Symphony Orchestra at the RNCM Concert Hall, conducted by Jack Sheen – 11/10/2018

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Transformations – recorded by the RNCM New Ensemble: Cleo Annandale (violin), Becky Stephenson (viola), Ellie Boney (cello), Ria Nolan (double bass), Leila Marshall (flute/piccolo), Seb Marshall (clarinet), Andre Nadais (percussion), and Brian Low (celeste) at RNCM Concert Hall, conducted by Mark Heron – 23/01/2019

 

Variations on a Theme of La Folia

 

Peganum Harmala – recorded by the RNCM new ensemble at RNCM, conducted by Alex Robinson – 01/05/2018

[Irene Jimenez Lizcano (flute/piccolo), Adam Bowman (oboe/cor anglais), Kathy Hart (clarinet), Edoardo Casali (bassoon), Jack Sindall (horn), Dominic Longhurst (trumpet), Nicholas Haralambous (piano), Shimeng Sun (harp), Darren Gallacher (percussion), Kevin Saw and Bernadette Wijnhamer (violins), Rebecca Stephenson (viola), Yuuki Bouterey-Ishido (cello), Richard Walsh (double bass)]

Movement I

Movement II

Movement III

Movement IV

 

There Came a Wind Like a Bugle – recorded by Rhona McKail (soprano) and Yshani Perinpanayagam (piano) – 30/09/2013

 

Among the Multitude – recorded by Rhona McKail (soprano) and Yshani Perinpanayagam (piano) – 30/09/2013

 

Distilled Harmonic Reflections – performed by the RNCM Symphony Orchestra, conduted by Jon Malaxetxebarria – 10/10/2011

 

Viola and three wine glasses – performed by Martin Outram (viola), Matthew Brown, Aidan Shepherd, and Karen Jolliffe (wine glasses) – 09/03/2019

 

Vanitas Vanitatum – performed by the RNCM New Ensemble at RNCM – 01/05/2013

 

Verglas – performed by Kammy Pike, Matthew Brown (violins) Martin Outram, Tom Radford (violas), and Claire Bartrum (cello) at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 06/02/2010

 

Sylvans (middle section) – recorded by the RNCM New Ensemble, conducted by Robin Wallington [including solos from Kezia Lovick-Jones (Saxophone), Antonio Prieto Palomo (piccolo), Bingchao (oboe), Megan Thompson and Helena Logah (violins), Rebecca Stubbs (viola)] – 24/01/2020

 

Rabbit – recorded by the RNCM New Ensemble, conducted by Alex Robinson at RNCM – 02/02/2018

[Grace McDonald (alto saxophone), Sitong Meng (piano), Kevin Saw and Mateus Dandalo (violins), Rebecca Stephenson (viola), Ines Mota Pino (cello), Filipe Modaffore Dandalo (double bass)]

 

Intrada – recorded by the RNCM wind ensemble at RNCM, conducted by Jack Sheen – 06/05/2013

 

Stamp – recorded by Karen Jolliffe (violin) and Emily Rossitter (cello) at St Peter’s Methodist Church – 25/11/2017

 

Heat Death

 

Mass for the Wives – recorded by the Canterbury Christ Church University Viola Day ensemble, conducted by Martin Outram, at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 10/03/2018

 

Divergence – recorded by the RNCM New Ensemble, conducted by Andy Gregory – 08/11/2011

 

Boundless – Recorded by Maria Chabowska (flute), Bethan Morgan-Williams (violin), and Aaron Parker (piano)

 

Death Song – Recorded by the BBC Singers at Maida Vale Studios, London – 13/11/2012

 

Divinity – recorded by Karen Jolliffe and Kammy Pike (violins), Paul Beckett and Lucia D’Avanzo-Lewis (violas), Emily Rossitter (cello), Ben Insall (guitar), Aidan Shepherd (accordion) at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 06/02/2015

 

Equipoise – recorded by Martin Outram, Tom Radford, Matthew Brown (violas) and Sam Messer (piano) at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 06/02/2010

 

Prelude for viola ensemble

 

Sea of Tranquility – performed by Karen Jolliffe and Flo Peycelon (violins), Matthew Brown (viola), Sarah Boxall (cello), and Aidan Shepherd (accordion) and recorded by Daniel Herbert at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 15/04/2018

 

On C (notated version for chamber ensemble) – performed by the RNCM New Ensemble, conducted by Seow Yibin at the RNCM Studio Theatre – 09/05/2012

 

Dance for the Festivals of Light – recorded by Karen Jolliffe and Kammy Pike (violins), Matthew Brown (viola), and Mike Bacon (cello) and recorded by Daniel Herbert at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 14/05/2017

 

Elegy – performed by Paul Beckett and recorded by Steve Freeman – 29/12/2013

 

Song for the Lighting of the Chanukah Candles – performed by Karen Jolliffe and Flo Peycelon (violins), Matthew Brown (viola), and Sarah Boxall (cello) and recorded by Daniel Herbert at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 04/03/2017

 

Caelestialis (version for orchestra) – performed by Jessica Gillingwater and the Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra – 11/10/2012

 

Solitude After Dusk – recorded by the Elgin String Orchestra, conducted by Ed Temple, at Derby High School – 02/05/2018

 

Stasis – recorded by the Canterbury Christ Church University Wind Ochestra, conducted by Grenville Hancox – 06/03/2010

 

Three Conversations – recorded by the Del Mar Piano Trio at the Austrian Cultural Forum, London – 21/07/2014

 

Chiaroscuro – Sophie Rosa and Paul Beckett, recorded at St Gregory’s Centre for Music, Canterbury – 13/12/2014

 

Desolate Landscape – recorded by Martin Outram at St Gregory’s Centre for Music, Canterbury – 09/03/2019

 

Meanderings – recorded at St Gregory’s Centre for Music by Leon Quartet, thanks to Daniel Herbert – 11/11/2018

 

Syncrisis – recorded remotely by Matthew Jones (flute), Hannah Seymour (oboe), Johanna Leung (clarinet), Philip Le Bas (bassoon), Joe Clarkson (horn), Zoë Kundu (trumpet), Miri Wallich (trombone), Angela Shao (percussion), Fruszina Szücs (piano), Jess Hughes (harp), Mariya Yonko (soprano), Andrew Birse & Emily Olson (violins), Jerome McGuiness (viola), Julie Peat (cello) and Filipe Dandalo (double bass) – during 2020

 

After Beethoven 8 – remotely recorded by Johanna Leung (clarinet) and Matthew Brown (viola) during December 2020

 

Trio for Mandolin, Viola and Accordion – recorded remotely by Phil Self (madolin), Matthew Brown (viola) and Aidan Shepherd (accordion) in December 2020

 

Three Illusions of Peganum Harmarla – performed and recorded by Paul Beckett and the Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alpesh Chauhan – 10/10/2013

 

 

Three Conversations – performed and recorded by Kammy Pike (violin), Julia Vohralik (cello) and Sam Bailey (piano) at the Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury – 15/11/2012

 

 

On C (improvised version) – performed and recorded by the CCCU Scratch Orchestra, directed by Sam Bailey at St Gregory’s Centre for Music – 08/02/2012

 

On C (improvised version) – performed and recorded by the CCCU Scratch Orchestra, directed by Sam Bailey at the Veg Box Cafe, Canterbury – 22/11/2012

 

My contribution to the Project ‘Laboratory Film’ (partly notated and partly improvised) starts at 33’42” – and ends (fades out by) c. 39’35” – performed and recorded by Sam Bailey and the Leon String Quartet at Mrs Jones’ Kitchen, Canterbury – 26/02/2015

 

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