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.
Escape
On March 22nd pianist and composer Nathan Williamson included my ‘Escape’ in a recital in memory of composer Malcolm Lipkin. ‘Escape’ was originally written for Nancy Cooley to play at a concert in aid of the Freedom from Torture charity. It has since also been performed by Julian Broughton.
Mouth Piece
Warwick Music has just published my ‘Mouth Piece’ (a short bluesy showpiece for trumpet and piano) in sheet music and as PDF adding it to my ‘Sonus’ (tuba and piano) which they published last year.
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.