THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL: Roderic Dunnett previews the 2024 edition of the UK's oldest music festival, 27 July until 4 August.
ARTICLES BEING VIEWED NOW:
- Intelligently Structured and Winningly Executed - Mike Wheeler is impressed by Fenella Humphreys and Martin Roscoe's Buxton Festival recital marking the centenary of the death of Gabriel Fauré
- February 2023 New Releases - Browse a large selection of new recordings
- Spotlight. Musical Siblings - Gerald Fenech heartily recommends Isata Kanneh-Mason's new Mendelssohn album
- vocal music
- Comment
British composer, conductor, organist and pianist Patrick Hawes was born in Grimsby on 5 December 1958, grew up in Lincolnshire and studied music at Durham University, where he founded the University Chamber Singers.
He taught music and English at Pangbourne College and was later composer in residence at Charterhouse School and at the UK radio station Classic FM.
Since then he has achieved a high profile with works such as The Great War Symphony (2018), marking a hundred years since the end of World War I.
Spotlight. Synergies of Tradition - John Dante Prevedini is impressed by the Christmas music of Patrick Hawes. '... meticulously conceived across every perceptible dimension ...'
CD Spotlight. Sonic Distinction - The British vocal octet Voces8, heard by the late Howard Smith. '... a luminous selection of pieces spanning over four hundred years ...'