Chaconne, Op.43

Category		Orchestral > Other Orchestral Works
Composed		1986-1987
Duration (approx)		21 minutes
Parts		Large orchestra: 2(II=picc). afl(=picc). 2.ca. 2(II=Ebcl). bcl. asax. 2.cbsn - 4.3.3.1 - timp - perc(3): guiro/glsp/crot/vib/3 susp. cym/music sticks/3 tam-t/2 BD/tamb/tgl/cyms/ch. cym/12 rototom/TD/SD - cel - harp - strings (min 14.12.10.8.6)
Recording(s)		In The Dark Time & Chaconne
Publisher		Faber Music
First performance		7 October 1988
Venue		Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Orchestra / Ensemble		BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor		Edward Downes
Review		Paul Conway, The Independent, 15 October 2002
		The saving grace of this concert was David Matthews's Chaconne, a taut and ingeniously worked piece, fastidious in its choice of instrumental timbres, concise and clear-thinking in its manipulation of thematic material.