Select choral works 2015-2025 by Matthew Peterson. Recordings from performances by the Swedish Radio Choir, Sofia Vokalensemble, Gustaf Sjökvists Chamber Choir and others.

Matthew Peterson - select choral works

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

Matthew Peterson In The Beginning

An Inner Sky

III. brIght

II. ! o(rounD)moon

I. l(a leaf falls)oneliness

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 - 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

Surgit Dorpatum (Dorpat/Tartu rises) for SSAA chorus was commissioned by the Chamber Choir of the University of Tartu (Estonia) to honor 70 years of the Academic Women's Choir of the University of Tartu (TÜAN).

For this commission the choir chose as a text academic and folk poems in Latin and Ol Swedish, dating from the University's founding by Swedish King Gustav II Adolf in the mid 1600s. This was an intellectual golden age for Tartu/Dorpat.

Three poems were selected. The first two, in Latin: a celebratory description of Dorpat written by student Andreas Berg, and a somber reflection on humankind's relation to the Earth, written by professor Georg Mancelius. The third poem, in Old Swedish and in two parts, is a wedding poem written by an unknown person, initials "G.K.G."

Special thanks to Andrus Rehemaa for Latin translations, to Sara Ekstrand for help in translating Old Swedish to modern Swedish and English, and to Mari Valverde for help in preparing a phonetic pronunciation guide. 

"Surgit Dorpatum" is available from Svensk Musik.

IV. Hinden Talar

III. Hinda Sångh

II. Est Homo Terra

I. Surgit Dorpatum

Adoramus Te (2018), motet for SATB a cappella chorus commissioned by Sofia Vokalensemble.

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

Adoramus Te

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

Lux Aeterna

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.

Matthew Peterson - select choral works

composer Matthew Peterson