Faber Music

This one-movement quartet was generated entirely by the innocent unison melody which occurs near the beginning. Having written this melody I analysed it, (the first stage of departure from innocence)...

‘A superb, ambitious new quartet from Matthews, numerically his first but so confident one finds it hard to believe that.' The Guardian (Edward Greenfield), 9 June 1980

1. Allegro moderato e flessibile - 2. Adagio - 3. Allegro energico When a friend of mine, the art critic Peter fuller, was killed in a car accident in April 1990, I composed a short piece for string q...

From Nourlangie for string quartet (1994) In 1989, I made my first visit to Kakadu National Park, in the north of Australia. Looking out across the great floodplains there, I could see abandoned sites...

From Nourlangie for string quartet (1994) In 1989, I made my first visit to Kakadu National Park, in the north of Australia. Looking out across the great floodplains there, I could see abandoned sites...

Ubirr is a large rocky outcrop in Kakadu National Park, in northern Australia. It houses some of the best and most varied Aboriginal rock painting in the country. Many of the paintings have been prove...

Ubirr is a large rocky outcrop in Kakadu National Park, in northern Australia. It houses some of the best and most varied Aboriginal rock painting in the country. Many of the paintings have been prove...

The Little Serenade is a song of innocence. It was originally the main theme of the film Age of Consent, directed by Michael Powell in 1968. Shortly before the New York premiere of the film, some part...

The Little Serenade is a song of innocence. It was originally the main theme of the film Age of Consent, directed by Michael Powell in 1968. Shortly before the New York premiere of the film, some par...

This is a 'Ninth' and no mistake. . .the most significant British string quartet of the century. . .' David J Brown, Tempo, March 1985

This charming 9-minute collection for string quartet comprises two arrangements of songs by George Gershwin: The Man I Love bookended by two versions of Somebody Loves Me.

This charming 9-minute collection for string quartet comprises two arrangements of songs by George Gershwin: The Man I Love bookended by two versions of Somebody Loves Me.

Paul Paradise has selected eight of Arcangelo Corelli's twelve Concerti Großi and combined the concertino parts with the concerto grosso parts, edited the bowings, and added fingerings. Now these mast...

This is the Violin II part for the Kongsgaard Variations composed by Anders Hillborg for string quartet in digital sheet music format. In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hill...

This is the Violin I part for the Kongsgaard Variations composed by Anders Hillborg for string quartet in digital sheet music format. In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hillb...

This is the Cello part for the Kongsgaard Variations composed by Anders Hillborg for string quartet in digital sheet music format. In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hillborg...

This is the Viola part for the Kongsgaard Variations composed by Anders Hillborg for string quartet in digital sheet music format. In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hillborg...

This is the Viola part for the String Quartet No.16 composed by Peter Sculthorpe for string quartet (with optional didjeridu) in digital sheet music format.

This is the Violin I part for the String Quartet No.16 composed by Peter Sculthorpe for string quartet (with optional didjeridu) in digital sheet music format.