Colin Matthews (1946-) – Pluto, the Renewer
Colin Matthews 13th February 1946
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Colin Matthews, OBE is an English composer of classical music.
Matthews read classics at the University of Nottingham, and then studied composition there. In the 1970s he taught at the University of Sussex, where he became known for his work about fellow composer Gustav Mahler.
In 2000, Matthews wrote this addition to Gustav Holst’s The Planets in a similar style to the original work. Matthews even altered the ending of Holst’s Neptune in order to make the start of his piece fit better.
Japanese composer Jun Nagao arranged The Planets for his Trouvère Quartet in 2003, including added movements for Earth and Pluto, since both were considered planets at the time.
The suite was arranged for concert band and premiered in 2014.
The work contains original themes, themes from The Planets, and other popular Holst melodies.
Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher.
The Planets, Op. 32, is his seven-movement orchestral suite written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System.
The movements in Holst’s suite can be found below:
