von Hofmannsthal, Robert Herrick, Giacomo Leopardi, Op. 7 (1970–71) The Book of Hours, six songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, text Rilke, Op. 10 (1975, rev. 1999) Eclogue for soprano and chamber ensemble, text by Henry Vaughan, Op. 14 (1976) Ehmals und Jetzt, six songs for soprano and piano, texts by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Friedrich Hölderlin, Op. 22 (1972–79) Four Yeats Songs for tenor and piano, Op. 23 (1976–79) A Cloud Sequence for speaker and ensemble, texts by Shelley, Wordsworth, Gerald Manley Hopkins, James Thomson, Rupert Brooke (1979) The Golden Kingdom song-cycle for soprano and piano, texts by Shelley, Kathleen Raine, William Blake, high voice, piano, Op. 33 (1979–83) Cantiga for soprano and orchestra, text by Maggie Hemingway, Op. 45 (1987–88) Marina for baritone, basset horn, viola and piano, text by T. S. Eliot, Op. 44 (1988) From Coastal Stations six songs for medium voice and piano, text by Maggie Hemingway, Op. 53 (1990–91) The Sleeping Lord for soprano, flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet, text by David Jones, Op. 58 (1992) Pride for soprano, alto, tenor and string quartet, text by Maggie Hemingway (1993) A Congress of Passions, cantata for medium voice, oboe and piano, text by Sappho, Op. 62 (1993–94) Two Housman Songs for soprano and string quartet, Op. 69 (1996) Winter Passions for baritone, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, text by Pushkin, Op. 77 (1999) Voyages, four songs for medium voice, piano and strings, texts by Charles Baudelaire, Victor Hugo, Op. 96 (2003–04) Movement of Autumn five songs for soprano and small orchestra, text by Vernon Watkins, Op. 98 (2003–05)That Very Breath for mezzo-soprano, violin, viola, cello, text by Beverley Ashill, Op. 99 (2005) Terrible Beauty for medium voice, flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet, texts by Homer, Shakespeare, Op. 104 (2006–07) One Foot in Eden for tenor, piano and string quartet, text by Edwin Muir, Op. 107 (2008) Happiness for high voice and recorder, texts by Emily Dickinson, Edward Thomas, Carl Sandburg, D. H. Lawrence, Op. 110 (2009) Actæon, for speaker, tenor saxophone, trumpet, violin and piano (text by Ovid tr. Ted Hughes, Op. 113 (2009–10) Lebensregeln for high voice, piano, text by Goethe, Op. 116 (2002–11) Three Dunwich Songs for high voice and piano, Op. 126, (2008–13) Books Michael Tippett, An Introductory Study, Faber & Faber, 1980.Landscape into Sound (the 1st Peter Fuller Memorial Lecture), Claridge Press, 1992Britten, Haus Publishing, 2003 Hyde, Thomas (ed.): David Matthews: Essays,