"Born in 1943, David Matthews started composing aged 16 upon discovering a particular love of orchestral music. Nine symphonies and many other works later, he remains committed to what he’s described as ‘rich traditional forms’ filtered through early 20th-century modernism, Britten, Tippett and a tonality ‘grounded in song and dance’. The two pieces at the heart of this release date from 2013, Matthews’s 60th year." - BBC Music
