Short, but
On October 11, pianist Karen Kingsley will be giving the first performance of my ‘Short Preludes’ at the Friends’ Meeting House in Brighton at 3.00 as part of a New Music Brighton event.
Threads
My ‘Ariadne’ for bass clarinet and piano was written for the Hacha Duo: Hannah Shilvock (bass clarinet) and Viola Lenzi piano. It will get its first performance in a New Music Brighton concert on September 6th at 3 pm at St Luke’s, Brighton. They will add oboe and cor anglais played by Catherine Underhill for a variety of pieces by other NMB composers..
Both Beauties
On 19 August at 1.10pm at the Chapel Royal, Brighton, Ben Hancox-Lachman and Will Hancox, tenor and piano will be giving the first performance of my ‘Both Beauties’ a short cycle of songs about music with words by Shakespeare, Herrick, Tennyson and Marvell. Written over 40 years ago, this will be it’s first performance!
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Rameau Morceaux
On June 15th the Barefaced Violas gave the first performance of my arrangement for four violas of two Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) keyboard pieces in a concert which included pieces from Telemann to Debussy!
Double Up
The Argilla Ensemble’s recital on 12 May 6.30 pm at the Royal Academy of Music, will include three of my pieces which feature double bass: ‘Worlds Apart’ (db/pno), ‘Waiting: Tango’ (vla/db) and ’Shadows’ (vla/db/pno) Angela Burgess Recital Hall 6.30 pm, plus pieces by Debussy, Poulenc and Goetz.
John Hawkins studied composition with Malcolm Williamson and Elisabeth Lutyens. He has written a wide range of chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral pieces, which have been performed worldwide.