Chamber Music
String Quartets
Works for Other Ensembles
Works for Keyboard
Works for Other Solo Instruments
Other Chamber Music
String Quartets
Adagio - Tribute to R.S., Op.28
Composed |
|
1998 |
Duration (approx) |
|
6 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
First performance |
|
19th September 1998 |
Venue |
|
St. John's Smith Square, London |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Delme Quartet |
Notes |
|
Written in memory of Robert Simpson.
|
Related works |
|
Adagio |
String Quartet No.1, Op.1
Composed |
|
1984 |
Duration (approx) |
|
26 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
First performance |
|
15th June 1984 |
Venue |
|
Keynes Hall, King's College Cambridge |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Dymiotis Quartet |
Notes |
|
London premiere by the Forde Quartet at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on 15th March 1987.
|
String Quartet No.2, Op.8
Composed |
|
1990 |
Duration (approx) |
|
23 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Written for The Kreutzer Quartet.
|
First performance |
|
2nd October 1990 |
Venue |
|
Blackheath Halls, London |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
The Kreutzer Quartet |
String Quartet No.3, Op.18
Composed |
|
1995 |
Duration (approx) |
|
16 minutes |
Recording |
|
Chamber Music, Music for Brass -- Toccata Classics: TOCC 0015 |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Norfolk and Norwich Festival with funds from the Arts Council of England.
|
First performance |
|
12th October 1995 |
Venue |
|
Octagon Chapel, Norwich |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
The Schidlof Quartet |
Notes |
|
London premiere by the The Schidlof Quartet at the Conway Hall on 4th February 1996.
|
String Quartet No.4, Op.22
Composed |
|
1999 |
Duration (approx) |
|
24 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned for The Schidlof Quartet.
|
First performance |
|
23rd May 1999 |
Venue |
|
Blackheath Halls, London |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
The Schidlof Quartet |
String Quartet No.5, Op.35
Composed |
|
2007 |
Duration (approx) |
|
14 minutes |
Recording |
|
String Quartets Nos. 5, 6 and 7 -- Toccata Classics: TOC 0144 |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by the Presteigne Festival.
|
First performance |
|
22nd August 2008 |
Venue |
|
Presteigne Festival |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Dante Quartet |
Notes |
|
London premiere by the Dante Quartet at Blackheath Halls on 25th January 2009.
|
But the most substantial concert [Presteigne Festival] featured the Dante Quartet, framing the premiere of Matthew Taylor's String Quartet No.5 with some rather rough-hewn Haydn and Janacek. Clearly, all rehearsal time had been spent on the Taylor - justifiably so, for this was an outstandingly imaginative and accomplished single-movement work, travelling from a highly-charged cross-etching of ideas to a mesmeric lullaby in 15 beguiling minutes.
Hilary Finch, The Times, 26 Aug 2008
String Quartet No.6, Op.36
Composed |
|
2008 |
Duration (approx) |
|
20 minutes |
Recording |
|
String Quartets Nos. 5, 6 and 7 -- Toccata Classics: TOC 0144 |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Little Missenden Festival.
|
First performance |
|
12th October 2008 |
Venue |
|
Little Missenden Festival |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Allegri Quartet |
Notes |
|
The Romanza (which may be performed separately) is also arranged for string orchestra. London premiere by the Allegri Quartet at King's Place on 11th January 2009.
|
Related works |
|
Romanza Romanza, Op.36b |
String Quartet No.7, Op.37
Composed |
|
2009 |
Duration (approx) |
|
22 minutes |
Recording |
|
String Quartets Nos. 5, 6 and 7 -- Toccata Classics: TOC 0144 |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Ruth McWilliam for a private event at the Barbican (05/03/2009) and public London premiere (04/10/2009).
|
First performance |
|
4th October 2009 |
Venue |
|
Padstow Festival |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Salieri Quartet (both premieres) |
String Quartet No.8 'Salutations and Celebrations', Op.56
Composed |
|
2016-2017 |
Duration (approx) |
|
18 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Hertfordshire Festival of Music
|
First performance |
|
11th June 2017 |
Venue |
|
All Saints Church, Hertford |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Carducci Quartet |
Works for Other Ensembles
Four Lullabies, Op.27
Composed |
|
2001 |
Duration (approx) |
|
15 minutes |
Parts |
|
Piano quartet
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by the Alexander Piano Quartet.
|
First performance |
|
12th March 2002 |
Venue |
|
Blackheath Halls, London |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Alexander Piano Quartet |
Night Visions, Op.14
Composed |
|
1993 |
Duration (approx) |
|
14 minutes |
Parts |
|
Clarinet, violin, cello, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by the Malvern Festival.
|
First performance |
|
28th May 1993 |
Venue |
|
Malvern Festival |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
David Campbell Ensemble |
Notes |
|
London premiere by The Fibonacci Sequence at St. John's Smith Square on 21st May 1996.
|
Related works |
|
The Thrid Vision, Op.14 No.3a |
Piano Trio No.1, Op.17
Composed |
|
1994 |
Duration (approx) |
|
30 minutes |
Parts |
|
Violin, cello, piano
|
Recording |
|
Chamber Music, Music for Brass -- Toccata Classics: TOCC 0015 |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Birmingham Chamber Music Society with funds from West Midlands Arts Key Change Incentive Awards.
|
First performance |
|
8th April 1995 |
Venue |
|
Adrian Boult hall, Birmingham |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
The Lowbury Trio |
Notes |
|
London premiere by The Lowbury Trio at the Wigmore Hall on 3rd November 1995.
|
Piano Trio No.2, Op.48
Composed |
|
2013 |
Duration (approx) |
|
14 minutes |
Parts |
|
Violin, cello, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
First performance |
|
28th April 2013 |
Venue |
|
Blackheath Halls, London |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Grier Trio |
Notes |
|
Written in memory of Richard Rodney Bennett.
|
Skal
Composed |
|
2004 |
Duration (approx) |
|
5 minutes |
Parts |
|
Wind quintet (no doublings)
|
Recording |
|
Matthew Taylor Chamber Music Volume 3: Music for Winds -- Toccata Classics: TOCC 0486 |
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Written as a 50th birthday party piece for Robin Page.
|
First performance |
|
9th March 2004 |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Ensemble d'Occasion |
The Night Watchman, Op.44
Composed |
|
2011 |
Duration (approx) |
|
13 minutes |
Parts |
|
Clarinet, violin, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by the RVW Trust.
|
First performance |
|
22nd January 2012 |
Venue |
|
Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham |
Soloists / Players |
|
Lowbury Piano Trio |
Notes |
|
3 Songs without words after poems by Edward Lowbury.
|
The Thrid Vision, Op.14 No.3a
Composed |
|
1997 |
Duration (approx) |
|
7 minutes |
Parts |
|
Oboe, horn, violin, cello, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
First performance |
|
29th April 1997 |
Venue |
|
Fairfield Hall, Croydon |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Fine Arts Sinfonia |
Conductor |
|
Directed by Matthew Taylor |
Notes |
|
Arrangement of Night Visions.
|
Related works |
|
Night Visions, Op.14 |
Trio - In Memoriam V.H., Op.21
Composed |
|
1997, revised 2018 |
Duration (approx) |
|
10 minutes |
Parts |
|
Flute (d alto flute), viola, cello
|
Recording |
|
Matthew Taylor Chamber Music Volume 3: Music for Winds -- Toccata Classics: TOCC 0486 |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
First performance |
|
24th October 1997 |
Venue |
|
Round Tower, Copenhagen |
Soloists / Players |
|
Jennifer Stinton, flute / Steven Shakeshaft, viola / David Burrows, cello |
Notes |
|
UK premiere by The Goehrfest Ensemble at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, on 20th February 1999.
|
Trombone Quartet, Op.38
Composed |
|
2009 |
Duration (approx) |
|
8 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Bones Apart Trombone Quartet.
|
First performance |
|
25th October 2009 |
Venue |
|
Civic Hall, Uppermill, Lancashire |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Bones Apart |
Notes |
|
London premiere by Bones Apart at Royal Overseas League on 30th October 2009.
|
Wind Quintet, Op.51
Composed |
|
2014-2015 |
Duration (approx) |
|
14 minutes |
Recording |
|
Matthew Taylor Chamber Music Volume 3: Music for Winds -- Toccata Classics: TOCC 0486 |
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Composed for the Waldegrave Ensemble.
|
First performance |
|
24th April 2016 |
Venue |
|
Blackheath Halls, London |
Orchestra / Ensemble |
|
Waldegrave Ensemble |
Works for Keyboard
Adagio from Haydn Fantasies for John McCabe
Composed |
|
2009 |
Duration (approx) |
|
5 minutes |
Parts |
|
Piano
|
Publisher |
|
Music Haven |
First performance |
|
29th August 2009 |
Venue |
|
Presteigne Festival |
Soloists / Players |
|
Huw Watkins |
Notes |
|
Part of a composite work written for John McCabe's 70th birthday in 2009. The other contributing composers are David Matthews, Hugh Wood, James Francis Brown, John Hawkins and Alan Mills.
|
Anniversaries and Intermezzos
Composed |
|
1990-1998, revised 1999 |
Duration (approx) |
|
15 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
First performance |
|
18th November 2000 |
Venue |
|
RAM, London |
Soloists / Players |
|
Samuel Hogarth |
Notes |
|
Six pieces written and performed at various times, collected and revised in 1999.
|
Fantasy on a theme of Arnold, Op.40
Composed |
|
2010 |
Duration (approx) |
|
7 minutes |
Parts |
|
Solo piano
|
Publisher |
|
Queen's Temple Publications |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by the 2110 Malcolm Arnold Festival.
|
First performance |
|
16th October 2010 |
Venue |
|
Derngate Centre, Northampton - performance part of 2010 Malcolm Arnold Festival, Northampton |
Soloists / Players |
|
Ernest Moritz |
Four Bagatellas, Op.6
Composed |
|
1989 |
Duration (approx) |
|
14 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned, with funds from North West Arts, by Graham Scott for a UK tour, 1989/90 season.
|
Notes |
|
London premiere by Raymond Clarke, Purcell Room, London, on 11th September 1991.
|
Piano Sonata, Op.46
Composed |
|
2008-2012 |
Duration (approx) |
|
17 minutes |
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
First performance |
|
25th October 2012 |
Venue |
|
Gloucester Music Society, St. Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester |
Soloists / Players |
|
Mark Bebbington |
Wassail, Op.15
Composed |
|
1993 |
Duration (approx) |
|
8 minutes |
Parts |
|
Four hands at one or two pianos
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
A 50th birthday present for Robin Holloway.
|
First performance |
|
17th May 1994 |
Venue |
|
Philharmonic Hall, Riga, Latvia |
Soloists / Players |
|
Nora Novik, Raffi Kharajanyan (The Riga Piano Duo) |
Notes |
|
UK premiere by the Phillippo-Plummer Duo at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on 15th October 1994.
|
Works for Other Solo Instruments
A July Pastoral
Composed |
|
1993 |
Duration (approx) |
|
4 minutes |
Parts |
|
Cor anglais unaccompanied
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Written for a Greenhouse Ensemble tour of Skye and The Hebrides.
|
First performance |
|
28th August 1993 |
Venue |
|
Harris Arts Festival |
Soloists / Players |
|
Angela Miles |
Notes |
|
Arrangement of original version for cor anglais. London premiere by Catherine Pluygers at Regent Hall on 16th November 2002.
|
Related works |
|
A July Pastoral |
A July Pastoral
Composed |
|
1992 |
Duration (approx) |
|
4 minutes |
Parts |
|
Horn unaccompanied
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
First performance |
|
8th February 1995 |
Venue |
|
Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London |
Soloists / Players |
|
Richard Watkins, horn |
Notes |
|
Later version for cor anglais.
|
Related works |
|
A July Pastoral |
A June Cantilena
Composed |
|
1995 |
Duration (approx) |
|
5 minutes |
Parts |
|
Clarinet unaccompanied
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Fantasy for Guitar, Op.47
Composed |
|
2012 |
Duration (approx) |
|
7 minutes |
Recording |
|
Music of Memory -- NMC: NMC D184 |
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by the Britten Pears Foundation.
|
Notes |
|
Written for a forthcoming CD of guitar music on NMC label with Antonis Chatzinikolaou to be released in 2013.
|
Prelude, Meditation and Toccata
Composed |
|
1991 |
Duration (approx) |
|
9 minutes |
Parts |
|
Marimba unaccompanied
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Philip Woodrow.
|
First performance |
|
13th November 1991 |
Venue |
|
Watford Music School |
Soloists / Players |
|
Philip Woodrow |
Notes |
|
London premiere by Tina Crawley at the Da Capo Festival, RAM, on 11th April 1993.
|
Other Chamber Music
Cello Sonata No.1, Op.29
Composed |
|
2002 |
Duration (approx) |
|
16 minutes |
Parts |
|
Cello and piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
First performance |
|
21st April 2002 |
Venue |
|
Blackheath Halls, London |
Soloists / Players |
|
Raphael Wallfisch, cello / John York, piano |
Cello Sonata No.2, Op.55
Composed |
|
2015-2016 |
Duration (approx) |
|
16 minutes |
Parts |
|
Cello and piano
|
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Keith and Margaret Stanley.
|
First performance |
|
13th June 2018 |
Venue |
|
Hertford Festival of Music: Friends Meeting House, Hertford |
Soloists / Players |
|
Gemma Rosefield, cello / Nicola Eimer, piano |
Fantasy Pieces, Op.30
Composed |
|
2002 |
Duration (approx) |
|
15 minutes |
Parts |
|
Cello, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Cultural Connections.
|
First performance |
|
13th October 2002 |
Venue |
|
Little Missenden Festival |
Soloists / Players |
|
Diane Porteous, cello / Matthew Taylor, piano |
Notes |
|
London premiere with Diane Porteous and Matthew Taylor at Blackheath Halls on 15th January 2003.
|
Related works |
|
Fantasy Pieces, Op.30a |
Fantasy Pieces, Op.30a
Images in Spring, Op.16
Composed |
|
1993 |
Duration (approx) |
|
13 minutes |
Parts |
|
Flute (d picc ad lib) and piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Written for Emily Beynon.
|
First performance |
|
10th January 1994 |
Venue |
|
PLG Young Artists Concerts, Purcell Room, London |
Soloists / Players |
|
Emily Beynon, flute / Andrew Zolinsky, piano |
Pastorals, Op.32
Composed |
|
2003 |
Duration (approx) |
|
12 minutes |
Parts |
|
Violin and piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Nicholas Vineall.
|
First performance |
|
6th February 2004 |
Venue |
|
Blackheath Halls |
Soloists / Players |
|
Martin Smith, violin / Michael Dussek, piano |
Related works |
|
Pastorals, Op.32a |
Reflections for Violin and Piano, Op.58
Composed |
|
2019 |
Duration (approx) |
|
5 minutes |
Parts |
|
Violin, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Elizabeth Cooney
|
First performance |
|
23rd February 2019 |
Venue |
|
Farnham Methodists Church, Farnham |
Soloists / Players |
|
Elizabeth Cooney, violin / Alison Rhind piano |
Romanza
Solemn Bells
Composed |
|
2014 |
Duration (approx) |
|
3 minutes |
Parts |
|
Violin and piano
|
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Fenella Humphreys.
|
First performance |
|
4th February 2015 |
Venue |
|
Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London |
Soloists / Players |
|
Fenella Humphreys, violin / Timothy End, piano |
Notes |
|
Composed alongside David Knotts, Alasdair Nicholson, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Anthony Powers as part of a composite work of miniatures inspired by Sibelius's 5 Pieces Op.81.
|
Tarantella Furiosa
Composed |
|
2014 |
Duration (approx) |
|
5 minutes |
Parts |
|
Violin and piano
|
Publisher |
|
Unpublished |
Commission |
|
Commissioned by Krysia Osostowicz as part of her 'Beethoven Plus' series where 10 composers were selected to compose companion pieces to each of the Beethoven 10 Violin Sonatas.
|
First performance |
|
10th December 2014 |
Venue |
|
The du Pre Music Building, Oxford |
Soloists / Players |
|
Krysia Osostowicz, violin / Daniel Tong, piano |
Three Humoreskes, Op.5
Composed |
|
1989 |
Duration (approx) |
|
11 minutes |
Parts |
|
Clarinet, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Written for Emma Johnson.
|
First performance |
|
7th February 1991 |
Venue |
|
Wigmore Hall, London |
Soloists / Players |
|
Emma Johnson, clarinet / Gordon Back, piano. |
Violin Sonata, Op.12
Composed |
|
1992, revised 1994 |
Duration (approx) |
|
30 minutes |
Parts |
|
Violin, piano
|
Publisher |
|
Peters Edition |
Commission |
|
Written for Pauline Lowbury.
|
First performance |
|
26th May 1993 |
Venue |
|
Malvern Festival |
Soloists / Players |
|
Pauline Lowbury, violin / Julius Drake, piano |
Notes |
|
London premiere with the composer at Blackheath Halls on 4th December 1994.
|
|