An Inner Sky

Four Northern Visions, suite for orchestra (2023)
I. The Rapids / Forsen
II. Forest lake in moonlight / Tjärnen i månsken
III. Lichen, Granite / Renlav, Urberg
IV. Northern lights / Norrsken

Parts and score available from Edition Skellton
https://www.skellton.com/produkt/peterson-matthew-four-northern-visions/

Four Northern Visions

Horn Trio: Winning Isn't Everything It's the Only Thing (2024)
Matthew Peterson

Ben Goldscheider, horn
Callum Smart, violin
Richard Uttley, piano

Recorded live April 20 2024 in Sandviken, Sweden

Commissioned by Legato (Kalmar Läns Musikstiftelse, Musik i Blekinge, Musik i Syd, Musik Hallandia) with funding from Kulturrådet/The Swedish Arts Council

Horn Trio: Winning Isn't Everything It's the Only Thing

The Three Motets for All Saints - Salve Regina, Non Nobis, and "And lo a great multitude" were commissioned by Musik i Syd for Lund Choral Festival, and first performed 22 October 2021 by Sofia Vokalensemble, cond. Bengt Ollén. Recorded by Swedish Radio P2; this recording is for perusal purposes only.

And Lo A Great Multitude

Non Nobis

Salve Regina

chamber orchestra
2222/2200/timp/1perc/strings
duration 10:30

Isaiah 55: 10-12

10
     As the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
and do not return to it without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11
     so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12
     You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

*performed by the Uppsala kammarorkester; winner of the 2014 Uppsala Tonsättartävling and Publikens Pris*

And all the trees of the field will clap their hands

III. brIght

II. ! o(rounD)moon

I. l(a leaf falls)oneliness

IV. Norrsken / Northern Lights

III. Renlav, Urberg / Lichen, Granite

Four Northern Visions I. Forsen / The Rapids, II. Tjärnen i månsken / Forest lake in moonlight

Högalidsmässan (2023)
musik av Matthew Peterson
text av Gunilla Lindén

Beställningsverk från Högalidsförsamling, Stockholm, för att fira Högalidskyrkans 100 års jubileum. 

Inspelning från uruppförandet 10 Juni, Högalidskyrkan, Stockholm.
Benedikt Melichar leder Högalids Oratoriekör och Högalids Kammarorkester och brasskvartett, med organist Nils Larsson.

Högalidsmässan

Högalidsmässan - VI. Låt oss tacka och lova Gud (Benedicamus)

Högalidsmässan - V. O Guds Lamm (Agnus Dei)

Högalidsmässan - Interlude 3 - O Guds Lamm

Högalidsmässan - IV. Helig (Sanctus)

Högalidsmässan - Interlude 2 - Helig

Högalidsmässan - III. Trosbekännelse (Credo)

Högalidsmässan - II. Ära och lovsången (Gloria och Laudamus)

Högalidsmässan - Interlude 1 - Ära och Lovsången

Högalidsmässan - I. Herre, förbarma dig (Kyrie)

for SSAA a cappella chorus
commissioned by Carolinae Röster and Ulrika Emanuelsson

text adapted from Psalm 32
"You are my hiding place
Protect me from trouble
Surround me with songs of deliverance"

20-års Jubileumskonsert

You Are My Hiding Place

Horn Trio: III. Winning Isn't Everything It's The Only Thing

Horn Trio: II. I Never Lost I Just Ran Out Of Time

Horn Trio: I. Use It Or Lose It

Empire Builder (2012)
Matthew Peterson

ENSEMBLE NEO
Sara Hammarström, flute
Mårten Landström, piano
violin
Nikolay Shugaev, cello

Recorded live in concert April 19 2024 at Folkoperan in Stockholm, Sweden

Empire Builder

Vagabond (2024) for chamber orchestra 2222/2200/1perc/strings

Commissioned by Musik i Dalarna for Dalasinfoniettan and chief conductor Claire Levacher

Recorded live at the September 6 2024 world premiere in Kristine Kyrka, Falun, Sweden

Vagabond

orchestra
2222/4221/timp/3perc/hp/strings
duration circa 6:00

"Of the parent's heart begotten,
Ere the world began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega, the source and the ending
Of the things that are, that have been,
and that the future shall bring.
Evermore and evermore."

-Aurelius Prudentius, from Liber Cathemerinom
(translation by the composer)

Corde Natus was commissioned by St. Olaf College to open the 2014 St. Olaf Christmas Festival. A prelude for orchestra, Corde Natus is a musical meditation on the ancient Latin poem "Corde natus" and the medieval plainchant melody "Divinum Mysterium." These two works combine in the well-known Christmas hymn, "Of the Father's Love Begotten." 

"Corde Natus," translated directly, means "of the heart" or "heart born."

*performed by the St. Olaf Orchestra*

Corde Natus

Laud (2020) for pipe organ, recorded live by Henrik Alinder, July 31 2025, Falu Kristine Kyrka 

Laud, I. All Ye Stars of Light

Laud, III. Let Them Sing Praises

Laud, II. In His Sanctuary

Stenarna (The Stones), 2025, for mixed choir a cappella. Music by Matthew Peterson, text by Tomas Tranströmer. Commissioned by Sofia Vokalensemble and conductor Bengt Ollén, and recorded live at their 30th anniversary concert June 14 2025 at Sofia Kyrka, Stockholm. 

Stenarna

Lux Aeterna (2017) was commissioned by Gustaf Sjökvists Chamber Choir with funds from Kulturrådet (Swedish Arts Council).  World premiere 14 October 2017 at Ersta Kyrka, Stockholm, Sweden. Performed here by Gustaf Sjökvists Kammarkör and Hägerstens Kammarkör, 3 Feb 2018, cond. Kerstin Börjeson.

Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine:
Cum Sanctis tuis in æternum:
quia pius es.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Cum Sanctis tuis in æternum:
quia pius es.

Lux Aeterna

Cantate Domino (2018), motet for SATB a cappella chorus commissioned by Sofia Vokalensemble.

Recording: Sofia Vokalensemble, Bengt Ollén conducting
Stockholm, 21 October 2018

Cantate Domino

Matthew Peterson (b. 1984) writes music that explores frontiers of sound and expression. He has composed over sixty works commissioned and performed by orchestras, choirs, opera companies, chamber ensembles, and soloists around the world. He lives in Dalarna, Sweden.

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