A Vision and a Journey, Op.60

Category		Orchestral > Other Orchestral Works
Composed		1992-1993, revised 1996-97
Duration (approx)		22 minutes
Parts		Large orchestra: 3(III=picc). 3(III=ca). 3(III=bcl).3(III=cbsn) - 4.3.3.1 - timp - perc(3): BD/conga/bongos/2 susp. cym/ch.cym/2 tam-t/tamb/tgl/cast/2 c. bell/vib/mar/glsp/9 crot/5 t. bell - cel - harp - strings
Recording(s)		Matthews: Orchestral Works
Publisher		Faber Music
Commission		BBC for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
First performance		21 October 1993
Venue		Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Orchestra / Ensemble		BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor		Yan Pascal Tortelier
Review		Peter Marchbank, The Guardian, October 1993
		It is a tightly-knit symphonic structure: an imaginary journey over a vast plain interrupted by a number of visionary moments each of which redirects the course of the journey ... The lyricism shines out and one is instantly aware that this is music by a composer who is very much a part of the great English tradition.