William Mathias Catalogue

Chamber Ensemble
Chamber Ensemble
Ceremonial Fanfare
2 Trumpets
Score and parts* 9780193577572
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music
1.5 minutes
Concertino Op. 65
Recorder or flute, oboe, bassoon & harpsichord or
piano
Score and parts* 9780193577534
Moderato: Allegro vivo · Andante mesto · Allegro
capriccioso
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music
12 minutes
Divertimento Op. 1
Violin and viola
Score 9780193577565
This suite in four character filled movements is Mathias’s
first acknowledged composition, composed when he was
19 years old.
Introduction · Square Dance · Intermezzo · Finale
16 minutes
Divertimento Op. 24
Flute, oboe and piano
Score* 9780193577558
Allegretto · Andante comodo · Allegro ritmico
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music
10 minutes
Trio Op. 30
Violin, cello and piano
Score 9780193577817
Mathias’s only piano trio was composed in 1965 for the
Tunnell Trio. The piece comes almost directly between the
two major early orchestral works, the Concerto for Orchestra
and the Symphony No. 1. Mathias’s writing is exuberant
but always tautly controlled. His control of structure -
articulated in terms of a personal brand of sonata form - is
already masterly. In the opening movement the material
is tightly integrated but the rhetorical discourse unfolds
naturally. The scherzo is a rhythmic tour-de-force while the
slow movement blends lyricism and rhetoric in a manner
which is characteristically Celtic. The finale is a bright, even
occasionally folksy rondo with the odd American twinge
from time to time.
15 minutes
Soundings
Brass quintet
Score* 9780193577787
The Overture immediately exposes a dance-like idea, a
chordal sequence and a running pattern which form the
basis not only of this movement but of the work as a whole.
The succeeding March is ironic in nature, with its use of
muted trumpets - except at the climax. The Elegy uses the
instruments in a singing, deeply expressive manner. After
recalling the chordal sequence from Movement I, the final
Capriccio launches into a lively and metrically varied dance.
Brass sounds are used throughout, but always within the
context of an integrated musical argument.
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music
14 minutes
String Quartet No. 1
String quartet
Score and parts 9780193577619
Exposition I · Exposition II · Development · Recapitulation
and Coda
18 minutes
String Quartet No. 2
String quartet
Score and parts 9780193577794
Allegro · Andante - Vivace · Lento molto ed espressivo ·
Allegro vivo
19 minutes
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