CLASSICAL MASTERCLASS ALBUM RELEASED

The Classical Masterclass album has been released!  This is the album for which I produced arrangements of pieces by, amongst others, Handel, Mozart, Pachelbel and Wagner for strings and Alex James on his bass guitar.

I'm REALLY pleased with how they sound - so sexy!

In case you missed it earlier in the year, you can CLICK HERE to see great behind the scenes footage posted by the English Session Orchestra from the recording with Alex James.  It's the strings section recording my new arrangement of Praeludium from Grieg's Holberg Suite - amazing!  Alex James is in the foreground (back to camera) and we're recording in his barn.

And this is a photo of the whole team, including, on the left, Alex James, me, Sarah Pickering from Sony and our fantastic engineer Steve Price, and the brilliant English Session Orchestra players.

CLICK HERE to download the Classical Masterclass album  from the Sony / EMI website.

POETRY & SONG CONCERT

A very special evening last night at Swinstead, Lincs performing English songs with the soprano Elizabeth Adams interspersed with poetry readings by my brother Andrew.  

This is our rehearsal of my setting of Remember, the beautiful poem by Christina Rossetti.

Remember me when I am gone away, 

    Gone far away into the silent land; 

     When you can no more hold me by the hand, 

Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. 

Remember me when no more day by day 

    You tell me of our future that you plann'd: 

    Only remember me; you understand 

It will be late to counsel then or pray. 

Yet if you should forget me for a while 

    And afterwards remember, do not grieve: 

    For if the darkness and corruption leave 

    A vestige of the thoughts that once I had, 

Better by far you should forget and smile 

    Than that you should remember and be sad.

The music scores for Patrick's setting of Remember for 

SATB choir with Piano/Organ are also available from MusicRoom.

ONCE UPON A RHYME

Really pleased to have heard that the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet are using tracks from my Pastoral Album. 

Their new ballet Once Upon a Rhyme uses four tracks from the album that I wrote for West One Music in a great story woven together using all the classic nursery rhymes!

The Pastoral Album is available on iTunes.

THE BIG FEASTIVAL!

Have just heard that some of my Classical Masterclass arrangements for Alex James are going to be played at The Big Feastival this weekend!

The event is run by Alex and Jamie Oliver and mixes great music with great food and takes place on Alex's farm at Kingham in The Cotswolds.  

My pieces are going to be played by Alex on Sunday around 12:30 so if you're there keep a listen out!

And if you haven't already seen it CLICK HERE to see great behind the scenes footage from the strings recording session earlier in the year.  The video is the strings section recording my new arrangement of Praeludium from Grieg's Holberg Suite - amazing!  Alex James is in the foreground (back to camera) and we were recording in his barn.

CLARINET CONCERTO

I'm now in the final throes of writing my concerto for top clarinetist Emma Johnson.  I've been working on the three movements on and off through the year and I'm now just finishing off the last movement which is going to be a triumphant and majestic ending to the work!

Emma will be recording the new work later this year - more details to follow.

ANYONE FOR YOGA?

Classic FM have just released their 50 Classical Yoga Tracks featuring my track Reflexionem sung by Voces8! 

Available on Spotify, Amazon and iTunes.

AN EVENING OF POETRY & SONG

Tickets have just gone on sale for a concert in one of my brother Andrew Hawes' churches in Swinstead, Lincolnshire.  I'll be on the piano with upcoming soprano soloist Elizabeth Adams and poetry read by Andrew. 

We'll be performing some of own song collaborations as well as the works of other English authors and composers from a variety of periods. 

A beautiful evening of music in a beautiful rural setting!

Box Office now open.  Click here for tickets and more details.