COMPOSITIONS by Matthew Peterson

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ORCHESTRA/large ensemble

• Symphony No. 2 – The Wanderers (2025) choir and chamber orchestra 2222/2200/1perc/SATB/strings, duration 55:00

• Vagabond (2024) chamber orchestra 2222/2200/perc/strings, duration 11:00

• Högalidsmässan (2023) choir and small orchestra SATB, 0000/0220/1perc/organ/strings, duration 45:00

• Four Northern Visions (2022) orchestra 3333/4331/timp+3perc/hp/strings, duration 15:00

• Four Northern Visions (2022) chamber orchestra 2222/2200/perc/strings, duration 15:00

• Aurora (2022) orchestra 3333/4331/timp+3perc/hp/strings, duration 5:30

• Symphony 1: The Singing Wilderness (2021) orchestra 3333/4331/timp+3perc/hp/strings, duration 40:00

• The Loons of Lac La Croix (2021) orchestra 3333/4331/timp+3perc/hp/strings, duration 5:30

• The Way of a Canoe (2021) orchestra 3333/4331/timp+3perc/strings, duration 3:30

• Newborn Glimmer (2019) orchestra 3333/4331/timp+3perc/hp/strings, duration 5:30

• Tumult and Flood (2016) chamber orchestra 1111/1111/2perc/pno/11111, duration 17:30

• Corde Natus (2014) orchestra 2222/4331/timp/3perc/strings, duration 6:00

• And all the trees of the field will clap their hands (2013) chamber orchestra 2222/2200/timp+1perc/strings 11:00

• Dawn: Redeeming, Radiant (2012) orchestra 2222/4331/timp/3perc/hp/strings, duration 4:30

• Reflections on the Death of the Beloved (2009) symphonic band, duration 15:00

OPERA

• Anders och Emma Zorn (2026) opera in three acts, libretto by Pers Anna Larsson
  13 singers, chamber orchestra 1111/1000/hp/pno/11111, duration 2h25min

• Voir Dire (2010/rev. 2016, 2023) chamber opera, libretto by Jason Zencka
  sop, men, ten, bar, b-bar (alt. mezzo), fl, cl, 2perc, pro, vln, vla, vc, cb, duration 86:00

• Lifeboat (2016) chamber opera, libretto by Emily Roller
  sop, mez, bar, 1111/1110/pno/perc/10111, duration 25:00

• The Binding of Isaac (2006) chamber opera, libretto by Jason Zencka
  sop, mez, treble, bar, small SATB chorus, hn, perc, hp, 2vln, vla, vc, duration 40:00

CHORAL

• Symphony No. 2 – The Wanderers (2025) choir and chamber orchestra 2222/2200/1perc/SATB/strings, duration 50:00

• Agnus Dei (2025) SATB, duration 5:00

• Stenarna (2025) SATB, duration 5:00

• You Are My Hiding Place (2023) SSAA, duration 6:00

• Högalidsmässan (2023) oratorio SATB, 0000/2200/1perc/organ/strings, duration 45:00

• An Inner Sky (2022) SATB, duration 18:00

• l(a leaf falls)oneliness (2022) SMATBB, duration 3:30

• ! o(rounD)moon (2022) SATB, duration 5:30

• brIght (2022) SATB, duration 8:30

• Behold, I make all things new (2021) SATB, duration 5:00

• Non Nobis (2020) SATB, duration 4:00

• Salve Regina (2020) SMATBB, duration 6:30

• And lo, a great multitude… (2020) SATB double chorus, duration 8:00

• In the Beginning (2020) SATB and organ/sax quartet, duration 6:00

• Adoramus Te (2018) SMATBB, duration 4:00

• Ave Maris Stella (2018) SATB, duration 6:30

• Cantate Domino (2018) SATB, duration 6:00

• Ljusfälten/Light Fields (2018) SATB, duration 17:00

• sommar i bergen (2018) SATB & nyckelharpa, duration 5:00

• Lux Aeterna (2017) SATB double chorus, duration 14:00

• Surgit Dorpatum (2015) SSAA, duration 10:00

• Miserere Mei (2006) SATB, duration 8:00

• The Bedtime Prayer (2004) SATB, duration 5:00

SOLO

• Creatures Wild and Lonely (2024) tenor saxophone duration 7:00

• Progressive Waves (2023) cello and electronics duration 6:11

• Shamans of the Digital Wasteland (2021) frame drum and electronics duration 9:37

• To the Firmament (2020) organ duration 7:00

• Laud (2020) organ duration 15:00

• polska plska pla (2019) piano duration 3:30

• The baddest girl on the mountain (2019) alto saxophone duration 5:00

• Koraconnes (2019) cello duration 7:00

• smooth fat nasty (2017) baritone saxophone duration 7:30

• Peregrinations (2017) guitar duration 17:00

• Huldra (2014) marimba duration 6:00

• Bound and Unbound (2011) piano duration 9:00

• Kick (2009) solo percussion duration 8:30

CHAMBER

• Horn Trio: Winning Isn’t Everything It’s the Only Thing (2023) vln hn pno duration 12:00

• Lacrimae Rerum (2023) cello duo duration 4:00

• Lament for Sven-David Sandström (2020) saxophone quartet duration 6:00

• Dance Party Playlist (2019) saxophone quartet duration 22:00

• Vingar, virvlar (2018) sop & ten sax duration 4:30

• January (2016) string trio duration 5:00

• Badlands (2013) string quartet duration 13:00

• Mass (2012) soprano and percussion duration 13:00

• Empire Builder (2012) fl pno vln vc duration 4:00

• Thunderheads (2011) 2 percussionists duration 3:30

• Brutal Music (2010) fl cl pno perc vln vla vc cb duration 12:00

DANCE

• Otroligt Avlägset men Extremt NU (2026) 2-channel duration 50:00

• Projekt KAOS (2025) 2-channel duration 15:00

• Dimridåer & Villospår (2023) 2-channel duration 50:00

• Jag känner alltså finns jag - Sentio Ergo Sum (2023) 2-channel duration 40:00

ELECTRONIC

• Rain Dances (2012) 4-channel duration 8:42

• Horizons (2011) 2-channel duration 6:17