ANGEL CONCERT - FINAL PREPARATIONS!

The final stages of my concert preparations are under way!  

It's only a week now until the Angel music is premiered at St John's Smith Square, London at 7:30pm on 9th June and I'm so looking forward to conducting the Choir of New College Oxford and the RPO again!

The concert has been months in the planning, starting in January with co-ordinating diaries for the choir, orchestra, venue and soloists, then organising the musical format for the evening and getting the right scores out to the right performers.  We've just collected the programmes that will be on sale at the concert and then there are all the little, but very important, details to do with rehearsal schedule, refreshments, dress, changing rooms etc etc!  

Now I need to focus on the music - these days I really like to conduct from memory so there is a lot of score preparation to do.  I've also decided that I want harp continuo in the three Handel pieces - this means getting some more parts prepared and sent off to the fantastic harpist and my good friend Hugh Webb.  

St John's is now reasonably full but, in a desire to see it packed, we are constantly in touch with people trying to get their help in promoting the event.  So, back to work!  

If you are reading this ahead of the concert I'd just like to say please come to the concert and do say hello afterwards!

Click here to buy your tickets for the Angel concert direct from the St John's Smith Square Box Office.

BBC WORLD WAR ONE AT HOME

Come and join me this Saturday (31st May) outside The Forum in Norwich where I'll be talking to BBC presenters David Whiteley and Nick Conrad as part of the BBC's World War I at Home tour of the country. 

I'll be talking about the war's influence on my work, including the Angel album and my new work about WWI heroine Edith Cavell. I'll also be playing my two piano pieces from the Angel album LIVE on stage!

I'll be on stage from 11:15 and again at 13:40.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nhwgx/features/ww1-at-home-tour

NEWSLETTER (SPRING 2014)

Here's my latest newsletter with all the news about my upcoming concerts and lecture! 

If you want to use all the links on the newsletter, click here and it will upload a more interactive version: 

http://www.patrickhawes.com/admin/Patrick%20Hawes%20Newsletter%20(Spring%202014).pdf

Hope to see you at one of these events!

BBC RADIO 4 - BROADCASTING HOUSE

 (L-R) Tony Blackburn, me, Christina Lamb

Radio 4 presenter Paddy O'Connell and me

Really enjoyed my time on BBC Radio 4's 'Broadcasting House' programme on Sunday morning.  

I was on with the radio DJ legend Tony Blackburn and Christina Lamb, author and Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times, along with our host Paddy O'Connell.  

We had a great time trawling through the papers for the stories that grabbed our attention.  In the mix were the current hot topic about the UK being a 'post Christian nation', the tragic helicopter accident in Afghanistan, the threat to mangos(!) by a certain type of white fly which means imports to the UK may be stopped, and the film remake of Dad's Army!  Quite a mix which ensured a lively debate!

Hope you got to hear it.  If not, click here for the link to the recording and just scroll through to 43:54 for the relevant section. 

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Patrick will be LIVE in concert on 9th June 2014 at St John's Smith Square.  Click here to book your tickets.

CLASSIC FM - HALL OF FAME 2014

Great to see three of my pieces again in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2014! 

Fair Albion (272), Quanta Qualia (225) and the Highgrove Suite (223) all feature in this year's chart of the best 300 pieces of classical music of all time as voted by the Classic FM listeners.

Thank you to all who voted for me!

http://halloffame.classicfm.com/2014/

Classic FM - LIVE web chat

Earlier this week I was Classic FM's guest on their Wednesday Web Chat, where I was available to take questions from presenter Tim Lihoreau and the Classic FM audience about me and my work.  If you missed it you can still see the conversation thread here.

ANGEL - NUMBER ONE IN THE CHARTS !!!

Amazing news!  Just heard that Angel has gone to NUMBER ONE in the classical charts! Thank you to all of you who have bought a copy and spread the word. 

It's a real landmark in my career and something I have dreamed of for years, and for all the hard work to finally come to fruition is a great feeling.

Please keep telling your family and friends about the album so we can now keep it at the top spot!

Order your copy at Amazon and iTunes.