David Matthews: Symphony No. 9
Sara Trickey, Sarah-Jane Bradley
Kenneth Woods
The past is never far away in the Ninth Symphony, a work unafraid to be in dialogue with melody, tonality and tradition. It’s warmly played, as are the string orchestra Variations and Double...
David Matthews: Symphony No. 9
Sara Trickey, Sarah-Jane Bradley
Kenneth Woods
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The past is never far away in the Ninth Symphony, a work unafraid to be in dialogue with melody, tonality and tradition. It’s warmly played, as are the string orchestra Variations and Double...
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With a body of work spanning almost 60 years David Matthews has established an international reputation as one of the leading symphonists of our time. Whether he intended it or not his Ninth Symphony (NI6382) is a work of bold provocation, it speaks to the creative artist as a force of renewal, as one who takes the enduring threads of melody, nature and tradition and revitalises and re-invents them for our time and generations to come. The ESO conducted by Kenneth Woods premièred the ninth symphony on 9th May 2018 at St George’s Bristol, a short video of the performance is available.
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September 2019
The past is never far away in the Ninth Symphony, a work unafraid to be in dialogue with melody, tonality and tradition. It’s warmly played, as are the string orchestra Variations and Double Concerto.
July 2019
Pretty much every major symphonist from Brahms to Maxwell Davies leaves a trace on the Ninth Symphony of David Matthews. The inference drawn, however, need not be of a synthetic assimilation…The Ninth received its first performance at the hands of these performers last year, and at the same time they made this admirable albeit slightly congested recording in St George’s, Bristol.
classicalsource.com September 2019
Throughout all three works, the musicians are fully aware of the quality of the music they are performing, and deliver accounts which must have thrilled the composer… The Nimbus recording and presentation are first-class.
June/July 2019
A remarkable, enjoyable disc, brilliantly performed by Kenneth Woods’ English Symphony Orchestra. Buy multiple copies and distribute to the ones you love.
