Chamber | Electroacoustic | Ensemble | Orchestral | Orchestra and Voice(s) | Soloist and Orchestra | Stage | Voice(s)
Chamber
| Flight Studies: The Snowy Owl | 2022 | 3′ | oboe | Short work for solo oboe commissioned by Anna Durance. Recording released on 8 June 2023. | Listen | |
| Piano Trio | 2021 | 12′ | piano trio: vln. vc. pno. | Piano Trio in three movements (i. Glints in the Water ii. Ripples iii. Eroding Lines), written for Benjamin Baker, Matthias Balzat and Daniel Lebhardt. Featured on Matthew’s album with Delphian Records. | Listen | Buy Score |
| At Night | 2021 | 15′ | clarinet quintet: cl. 2vln. vla. vc. | Clarinet Quintet in two movements inspired by poems on the theme of night (i. The Land of Nod ii. Searching for the Dimmest Stars), written for the Goldfield Ensemble, premiered at Stapleford Granary on 11 December 2021. Featured on Matthew’s album with Delphian Records. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Flight Studies: The Swift and the Kestrel | 2021 | 12′ | basset cl. | Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta and premiered by Mark van de Wiel, live online from King’s Place, on 24 March 2021. Featured on Matthew’s album with Delphian Records. | Listen | |
| Sonata Scordatura | 2020 | 10′ | cello solo | Work for solo scordatura cello. Commissioned by Guy Johnston. | Listen | |
| Suite for Cello | 2020 | 12′ | cello solo | Commissioned by Guy Johnston for Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival. Featured on Matthew’s album with Delphian Records. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Five Highland Scenes | 2019 | 15′ | vln.pno | Five short miniatures inspired by Scottish landscapes. Featured on Matthew’s album with Delphian Records. | Listen | Buy Score |
| In Search of the Dimmest Stars (version for String Quartet) | 2016 | 4′ | string quartet | Recorded by the Van Kuijk Quartet. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 as part of Matthew’s Embedded Composer in 3 Residency. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast on 7 November 2016. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Concerto for Four Baroque Violins | 2016 | 4′ | 4 baroque vln. | Commissioned by the Orchestra of the Age Enlightenment. Premiered in the Night Shift, at the Old Queen’s Head on 26 October 2016. Recorded by the OAE for BBC Radio 3 as part of Matthew’s Embedded Composer in 3 Residency. First broadcast on 31 October 2016. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Flight Studies: The Red-Crowned Crane | 2016 | 4′ | basset cl. | Recorded by Mark Simpson. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 as part of Matthew’s Embedded Composer in 3 Residency. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast on 24 October 2016. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Dance Suite | 2015 | 22′ | pno solo | Commissioned by Richard Uttley with the support of the Britten-Pears, Ralph Vaughan-Williams and Arthur Bliss Trusts. Premiere 7 May 2015, St John’s Smith Square. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Chants | 2013 | 5′ | fl. cl. vla. vc. | Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta as part of Writing the Future. World premiere on December 8, 13:15 in the Purcell Room. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Calligraphic Study | 2012 | 2′ | vln.vla | Written at the Tanglewood Music Center as part of the ‘Piece-a-Day’ project. Premiered in Seiji Ozawa Hall by Alex Shiozaki and Derek Mosloff. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Litanies | 2007 | 3′ | pno solo | Public premiere given by Bretton Brown, February 8th 2013. | Listen | Buy_Score |
Electroacoustic
| The Third Programme takes to the Skies | 2016 | 3′ | electroacoustic recording | Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 to celebrate the final day of 70th Anniversary celebrations and of Matthew’s Embedded Composer in 3 Residency. First broadcast from Goonhilly Earth Station live on In Tune on 7 December 2016. | Listen |
Ensemble (6 players+)
| Collide | 2016 | 3′ | ob. a. sax. 2perc. pno. dbl bass. | Recorded by the Workers Union Ensemble. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 as part of Matthew’s Embedded Composer in 3 Residency. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast on 26 September 2016. | Listen | Buy_Score |
| Mosaic | 2014 | 10′ | fl(=a.fl). ob.(=c.a.). cl(=b.cl). bn. hn. tpt. tbn. 2perc. pno. | Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society. Premiere given by the players of the Philharmonia Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall on 31 May 2014, conducted by Clark Rundell. | Buy Score | |
| Organum | 2013 | 12′ | ob. (=c.a.) s. sax. (=a. sax.) 2perc. pno. dbl bass. live electronics | Commissioned by the Workers Union with the support of the PRS for Music Foundation. World premiere given on 28 October 2013 in the Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, followed by the London premiere at LSO St. Luke’s on 9th November 2013. | Buy Score | |
| Fantastical Fragments | 2011-12 | 5′ | fl=(picc & a.fl.). cl=(b.cl). ob. bn. hn. tpt. tbn. perc: marimba, glock, guiro, triangle, bass drum. hp. 2vln. vla. vc. db. | Composed initially on the Britten Pears composition course, and later expanded for the full premiere in the Aldeburgh Festival in June 2012. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Gauguin Sketches | 2011 | 5′ | ob(=c.a.). t. sax. (=a. sax.) 2perc. pno. dbl bass. | Commissioned by the Workers Union, premiered at the Leeds Festival, March 4, 2011. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Octet | 2009 | 3′ | fl. cl(=b.cl). hn. vib. hp. vln. vla. vc. | Composed as part of the BBC Total Immersion Henze Programme; first performance given in the Barbican Centre foyer, with players from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School, conducted by Richard Baker | Listen | Buy Score |
Orchestral
| The Calligrapher’s Manuscript | 2012-13 | 12′ | 3.3.3.3 4.3.3.1 2Perc Timp Hp Pno=Cel Strings:14.12.10.8.6 | Commissioned for the London Symphony Orchestra through the LSO Discovery Panufnik Young Composers Scheme, supported by the Helen Hamyln trust. | Listen | Buy_Score |
Orchestra and Voice(s)
| Pearl | 2022 | 28′ | Solo Baritone, Large Chorus and Orchestra: 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/Kbd.2Hp.3Perc.Timp/Str.(16.14.12.10.8) | Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 for the BBC Proms 2022. Premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Roderick Williams, conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth on 10 August 2022. | Listen |
Soloist and Orchestra
| Stranded | 2017 | 10′ | Solo Violin, Orchestration: 2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0./Timp./Hp./Str. | Commissioned for Benjamin Baker. Premiered at St John’s Smith Square with Jonathan Bloxham and the Northern Chords Festival Orchestra, 9 May 2017. | Listen | Buy_Score |
Stage Works
| Hansel and Gretel: A Nightmare in Eight Scenes | 2018 | 60′ | Ob(=CA, Toy Pno 1 + Perc). Cl in Bb (=Cl. in Eb, B.Cl in Bb, Perc). Hn in F (=Toy Pno 2, Perc). Vla. Vc. Soprano-Narrator. | Poetry by Simon Armitage. Commissioned by Goldfield Productions, supported by Arts Council England, PRS Foundation, Foyle Foundation, Radcliffe Trust, RVW Trust, Double O Foundation, Leche Trust, Colwinston Trust, John S Cohen Foundation. Premiere date: 7 July 2018, at Cheltenham Music Festival. | Watch | Hire_Only |
Voice(s)
| Reframe | 2016 | 3′ | Choir: SSAATTBB | Recorded by the BBC Singers. Text and melodic material based on Hildegard of Bingen’s Ave Maria, O Auctrix Vite. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 as part of Matthew’s Embedded Composer in 3 Residency. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast on 14 November 2016. | Listen | Buy_Score |
| Contemplations | 2016 | 5′ | vla. bs-baritone | Settings of Kafka for Bass-Baritone and Viola. Recorded by Ashley Riches and Sarah-Jane Bradley. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 as part of Matthew’s Embedded Composer in 3 Residency. First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast on 10 October 2016. | Listen | Buy Score |
| Duo Seraphim | 2015 | 5′ | Triple choir: SSA SAT TBB | Commissioned by King’s College London Choir in Memory of David Trendell. Recorded by King’s College London Choir and Gareth Wilson on Delphian Recordings. | Listen | Buy Score |
| O Adonai | 2014 | 4′ | a.sax (=s.sax) S.S.A.T.Bar.B. | Premiere given on 13 July, 2014 by Siglo de Oro and Sam Corkin in St George’s Basilica, Gozo, Malta. Recorded by Delphian Recordings on Drop Down Ye Heavens. | Listen |