Two’s Company
On 2nd September viola duo Peter Mallinson and Matthias Wiesner gave an astonishingly wide-ranging concert – from Shostakovich to Frank Bridge and including my own ‘At Two’ which they commissioned and recorded on their Meridian Records CD ‘A Tale of Two Violas’.
https://www.meridian-records.co.uk/acatalog/CDE84652.html
Nose on the Tête
On Sunday 11 September my setting of Edward Lear’s ’The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ will get its first performance as part of the Tête À Tête Opera 2022 festival. ‘The Dong’ was recorded by Aidan Smith and Steve Dummer on my ‘Simplicius’ CD but in this performance they are joined by the exciting mime/dancer Eline Pérès to bring Lear’s bizarre tale to life.
https://www.tete-a-tete.org.uk/event/the-dong-with-a-luminous-nose
More details about the piece here
Sonus
A new piece for tuba and piano – ‘Sonus’ is dramatic and perhaps surprisingly lyrical!
Hear it on Soundcloud.
Comings and Goings in 2022
COMING
September 11 ‘The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ (performance version) Steve Dummer, clarinet , Aidan Smith, baritone with mime artist, Tête à Tête Opera, Cockpit Theatre, London
September 17 ‘Veiled Lightning’ (organ) David Stevens, All Saints, Hove
October 20 ‘Lost in Translation’ (piano) Michiko Shimanuki, All Saints, Hove
October 28 ‘Fuzon’ (string quartet) Piatti Quartet, Nicholas Yonge Society, Lewes
November 4 ‘Another Orpheus’ (string orchestra) Stane Street Sinfonietta, Horsham
November 19 ‘Adding Up’ (flute, clarinet and piano) Leto Ensemble, St Luke’s Brighton
GONE!
January 15 2022 ‘Another Orpheus’ (String orchestra) Musicians of All Saints, St Mary, Kemptown
January 28 ’Period Pieces’ (piano) Yoko Ono, Chapel Royal, Brighton
March 5 ‘The Unknown Bird’ and ‘Strange Bridge’ (baritone, flute, viola and harp, and piano) John Lofthouse, Aurora Trio, Steep, Hampshire
May 5 ‘Romantique’ (flute, viola and harp) Aurora Trio, Lauderdale House, Highgate
May 25 ‘Urizen’ (viola and piano) Jiayun Long final recital, Royal Academy of Music
June 4 ‘Romantique’ (flute, viola and harp) Trilogy Trio, York Late Music, York
September 2 ‘At Two’ (two violas) Peter Mallinson and Matthias Wiesner, Brighton
Jumblies
“Their heads are green, and their hands are blue …”
Looking for a mime or dancer to create – for a London performance this September – the role of the Jumbly Girl in a 15-minute staged version of Edward Lear’s tragic love story ‘The Dong with a Luminous Nose’ using my setting for voice and solo clarinet. Could be right for a mime or dancer!
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.