Record event
In a freezing Brighton yesterday, the Piatti quartet managed to record my ‘Stranger, Lover, Dancer’ (cello solo), ’Fuzon’ string quartet and ‘Orc’ (violin duo). Brilliant playing towards a forthcoming CD of my music related to Williams Blake.
Six violas?
A powerful and very expressive performance on 10 November of my ‘Tri’ for 6 violas by brilliant young players from the Guildhall School of Music at their Viola Day. A great occasion!
Short and …
My three ‘Short Preludes’ for piano were performed (brilliantly) by Karen Kingsley on 11 October at Brighton Friends’ Meeting House. Hear her performance on Soundcloud
One thing after another
Wittily, both my ‘Brief Encounters’ (flute and viola) and ‘Disturbed Nights’ (solo Oboe) are played by the Trillium Chamber Players in their concerts in Elizabethtown and Lake Placid, New York on October 18th and 19th.
Strange Bridge
On November 2, brilliant young baritone Florian Störtz will be performing my song cycle ‘Strange Bridge’ – one of many setting I have made of WWI poet Edward Thomas’s work. It was first performed in Thomas’s home town of Steep. Lewes Festival of Song https://www.lewesfestivalofsong.co.uk/
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.