Fire works
On November 5th the wonderful Piatti Quartet played my ‘Fuzon‘ at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Chamber Music Festival. An auspicious day for William Blake’s Fuzon who “On spiked flames rose, his hot visage flam’d furious”. This recording is from a performance the Piatti gave of the piece in France in 2014, since which they have played it in the Bath Festival. In 2016 ‘Fuzon’ was played at the Brighton Philharmonic chamber music series.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFElZOSC6oU
Tri-ing at the Guildhall
The Guildhall School of Music viola day on Wed 25th October included my ‘Gestures’ viola duo and my viola sextet ‘Tri’ performed by a group of postgraduates to finish off the day.
Coming Up in October 2017
On Saturday October 21st from 3:30 pm – 9:30 pm ‘Celebrating Sussex Folk Song‘, at The Old Chapel, Alfriston included my Song of Three for choir and folk players and singers. The next performance will be at Bridge Cottage Heritage Centre, Uckfield on November 11th
On Saturday October 28th 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, the Riot Ensemble concert at St Nicholas Brighton included my Miniataur for bass clarinet, ‘cello and timpani.
Romantique
A new single movement for flute, viola and piano. It is, as its name suggests, somewhat romantic and slightly antique.
It is also brief – 3’30”
Mouthpiece
New music for trumpet and piano, including my ‘Mouthpiece’, will get first performances on September 21st at the Friends Meeting House, Brighton. The players are Fraser Tannock (winner of the Philip Jones Brass Prize, and the Royal Overseas League Competition) and composer and pianist Terence Allbright.
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.