Op.58 - The Sleeping Lord

Soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, string quartet

Bath Festival with funds provided from the Arts Council of Great Britain.

…it is transformed by the rich, allusive, almost drugged intensity of Matthews’s score – with Brittenesque nocturnal features but entering an atmospheric sound world of its own. A beautifully considered piece. The Sleeping Lord throws down no gauntlet; but it sets a standard for a kind of English Pastoral whose appeal goes beyond nostalgia.