Matthew Ricketts

Matthew Ricketts will compose a new work for countertenor, oboe solo and string orchestra (commissioned by the Orchestre classique de Montréal for Tim Mead), setting poetry of Mark Wunderlich. Ricketts first encountered Mark's work while at Civitella Ranieri in 2021, where they read his ekphrastic "Portrait of Mary Magdalene" beneath that very fresco by Piero della Francesco in Arezzo. Ricketts is thrilled and honored to return to Italy to begin work on this unique project.