Iain Matheson





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List of Works

Keyboard


A Beginning A Middle and An End (organ, 7’00”)
First performance: Kevin Bowyer, Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh 14.9.02

All Done with Mirrors (piano, 5’00”)
First performance: Isobel Ettanauer, Vestry Hall, London 30.3.2000

Background Music (organ, 5’00”)
First performance: Kevin Bowyer, Glasgow University Chapel, 27.1.07

Happily Ever After (piano, 4’00”)
First performance: Peter Evans, Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh, 24.3.96

Red All Over (Two pianos, 8’00”)

Taking Time (Piano, 2’00”)

Through Thick and Thin (Organ, 6’00”)
First performance: Kevin Bowyer Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 24.11.99

Wave (Organ, 5’00”)

Wondrous Machine (Organ, 5’00”)
First performance: Kevin Bowyer, Manchester Cathedral 7.3.98

Xenia Music (Piano, 3’00”)
First Performance: Xenia Pestova, Unitarian Church of Montreal, Canada, 17.06.09

 

Solo Instrument

The Bottom Line (double bass, 6’30”)

Extra Time (Bass saxophone, 5’00”)
First performance: Andreas van Zoelen, Tilburg, Netherlands 4.4.99 (hear this on the sounds page)

Gasp (accordion, 8’00”)

Here We Go Round (Clarinet, 7’00”)
First performance: Shinobu Miki, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 2.6.01

Matchstick Music (Violin, 9’00”)
First performance: Kees Hilhorst, Leiden, Netherlands 17.5.02

Morph (Viola, 6’00”)
First Performance: Kees Hilhorst, Groede, Netherlands, 27.8.07

A Nest of Cellos (Cello, 6’00”)

One More Time (bass saxophone, 5’00”)
First performance: Andreas van Zoelen, Tilburg, Netherlands 23.6.03

A Serious Matter (violin, 10’00”)
First performance: Kees Hilhorst, Veenendaal, Netherlands 25.9.04

 

Chamber

All Alone (14 instruments, 10’00”)
First performance: de Ereprijs, Nijmegen, Netherlands 25.4.04

Catch The Moments As They Fly (4 Bb Clarinets 1'00")
First performance: New Zealand Clarinet Quartet: Wellington (NZ) 28.3.10 (hear this on the sounds page)

The Difference Between Similar Things (String Trio, 11’00”)

Double (Alto flute, Bass clarinet)
First Performance: Rarescale (Carla Rees, Sarah Watts) Raasay 1.4.09

Full of Noises (Eb Cl, B-Cl, Cello, 8’00”)
First performance: 175 East, Hopetoun Alpha New Zealand 1998

Goings On (Bass Clarinet/Piano, 10’00”)
First performance: SCAW: Sarah Watts - Bass Clarinet, Antony Clare - piano, Raasay, 14.04.10

How Long Things Last (String quartet, 8'00")
First performance: New Zealand String Quartet, Glasgow/Edinburgh, 29.11.01 (hear this on the sounds page)

Lines and Spaces (Cello and piano, 9’00”)
First performance: Frances-Marie Uitti, Ananda Sukarlan, Edinburgh 22.2.98

Metal Music (Brass quintet, 9’00”)

Movement (string quartet, 9’00”)

Moving Parts (fl/picc, cl/bass, ob/cor, tpt, trom, 8’00”)

Music For Two (viola and piano, 5’00”)

Noise Enough (piano and accordion, 11’00”)
First performance: An-ti-fon Queens Hall Edinburgh 15.3.04

On Bartok Street (oboe and bass sax., 6’00”)
First performance: Spectrum Duo, Netherlands 15.4.01

Play (fl/cl/vn/cello/pno, 10’00”)
First performance: Jane’s Minstrels, Spittalfields Winter Festival, London 10.12.03

Quint (wind quintet, 6’00”)

Random Access (string quartet, 5’30”)

Taking Shape (bass clarinet and piano, 8’00”)
First performance: SCAW, Nottingham 27.10.07 (hear this on the sounds page)

Twine (viola and cello, 8’00”)
First performance: Hebrides Ensemble, Greyfriars Church Edinburgh 20.3.06

Two’s Company (Cl/vn/cello, 7’00”)
First performance: Chamber Group of Scotland, Aberdeen 27.10.96)

Uneasy pieces (piano trio, 10’00”)
First performance: Elole trio, Dresden, Germany 22.11.06

When Suddenly (horn trio, 10’00”)
First performance: Don Banks Trio, Arnhem, Netherlands 21.5.00 (hear this on the sounds page)

 

Vocal/Choral

Et Tout d’un Coup (Soprano + bcl/tpt/vn/cello/pno, 6’00”)
First performance: Ensemble Aleph, Paris, France 9.8.2000 (hear this on the sounds page)

Four Songs (Voice and piano, 10’00”)
First performance: Clare and David Lesser, BMIC London 2002

Long Night (SATB, 5’00”)
First performance: Capella Nova, Glasgow/Edinburgh/Aberdeen/Stirling December 97

Lost in Translation (Voice and piano, 8’00”)

A Map of Memories (2 sop, 2 mezzo, harp: 11'00")

Marrow To Thy Bones (SATB, 8’00”)

Moon Music (Soprano + fl/bcl/vn/cello/pno, 8’00”)
First performance: Jane Manning/Jane’s Minstrels, Kingston University, 24.6.05 (hear this on the sounds page)

Secondary Texts (Soprano and piano, 7’00”)
First performance: Clare and David Lesser BMIC London 18.2.03

Soundbites (Soprano + Eb cl/accordion/cello/pno/perc, 2’00”)
First performance: Ensemble Aleph, Bath Festival, 4.6.99

Three Translations of Silence (Soprano and piano, 6’00”)
First performance: Clare and David Lesser, BMIC London 2001

 

Orchestra/Chamber Orchestra

All Done With Mirrors (chamber orchestra version, 5’00”)

Equal Parts (Piano and chamber orchestra, 10’00”)
First performance: Xenia Pestova, piano: Luxembourg Sinfonietta/Marcel Wenger, Luxembourg 14.10.06
CD Recording available from Luxembourg Sinfonettia: www.lgnm.lu/html/recordings
(hear this on the sounds page)

Every Moment Alters (orchestra, 11’00”)
First performance: BBC Philharmonic/James MacMillan, Manchester 18.12.04

From Time To Time (chamber orchestra, 12’00”)
First performance: Meadows Chamber Orchestra, Queens Hall Edinburgh 2.12.00

Kaleidoscope (chamber orchestra, 13’00”)
First performance: New Edinburgh Orchestra, Edinburgh 9.12.06

Pieces of Pieces (piano + 8 instruments, 10’00”)
First performance: Britten Sinfonia/Richard Baker, Spittalfields Festival 21.6.03

The Shape of Things (chamber orchestra, 7’00”)
First performance: New Edinburgh Orchestra, Edinburgh 30.11.02

 

Words


The End of Time: a Biblical Theme in Messiaen’s Quartetin
The Messiaen Companion ed. Peter Hill Faber 1992.

Carter 100: Changing Time in The Drouth (Spring 2009)