Matthews, Colin : Sonata No. 5: Landscape

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Colin Matthews’s Sonata No. 5 ‘Landscape’ was composed between 1977 and 1981 and created a sensation at its premiere, with critics praising its vast ambition and vivid orchestral colourings. Conceived as a journey from darkness to light in a sequence of three great waves of sound, this imposing thirty-minute symphonic movement moves forward with an impressive sense of breadth and near-inexorable momentum. In the words of its composer, it is ‘a journey through a landscape that one sees from many different angles, sometimes in detail, sometimes blurred, in daylight, at night.’

‘A half-hour symphonic movement of massive weight and constantly increasing tension, it includes a wealth of images: a dense but luminous dream chorale, a magma in the bass, and beautiful moments from solo string groups.’
The Times (Paul Griffiths), 15 November 1986

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Additional information

Publisher

Faber Music

ISBN

0571506585

Primary composer/editor/arranger

Colin, Matthews

Published date

01/06/1984