Contra
On 30 October my wind and piano quintet ‘Contra’ will be given its world premiere. 7.30pm at The London New Wind Festival’s concert at the wonderful Burgh House in Hampstead.
Wind Music
On Friday October 2nd at 7.30pm at the Craxton Studios in London, my Clarinet Sonata will be played as part of the New London Wind Festival . The players will be Philip Edwards (clarinet) and David Elwyn (piano).
http://www.londonnewwindfestival.co.uk/
More Visions
On Thursday 27 August my ‘Blake Visions’ will be performed by the Brighton Chamber Ensemble at St Anne’s, Lewes at 1.00pm. This will be its 3rd performance: the first was in London in 2025 by the London Piano Quartet. They then repeated it at the Nicholas Yonge Society in Lewes as well as recording it for the Claudio Records CD which is due for release in November.
Serenata
Brilliant performance of my ‘Sonata Serenata’ by Klio Blonz (flute) and Jane Beament (piano) at NMB, Brighton on 6th June
Blake Visions
Recording sessions with the London Piano Quartet and Piatti Quartet are now complete for the forthcoming ‘Blake Visions’ CD. It will include several of my William Blake inspired chamber music pieces (‘Urizen’, ‘Fuzon’ and ‘Orc’) plus the song cycle ‘Portions of Eternity’ with soprano April Fredrick.
See full details of the CD on the Claudio Records website
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.