Monday 7 March 7.30pm St Mary's Barnes

Howells and his inspiration*


 

Programme

Chopin Nocturnes, Op. 9

Rachmaninoff Preludes in C sharp minor & G sharp minor

Howells Once Upon a Time

Gurney Si jʼétais Roi

Martin Bussey Floreat Coll. Reg.

Paul Spicer Two Pieces for James

Howells Chosen

Composer TBA new work (premiere)

Edwin Roxburgh Prelude and Toccata

Howells Sonatina

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Matthew Schellhorn piano
 

Tickets £18

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Although Barnes-dweller Herbert Howells was best-known in his lifetime for choral music, copious amounts of piano compositions have recently been brought into the spotlight. This recital contextualises the composer’s music by presenting Romantic works he himself played and by exploring the music of his pupils and those he continues to inspire.

A leading performer for over twenty years, British musician Matthew Schellhorn has a distinctive profile displaying consistent artistic integrity and a commitment to bringing new music to a wider audience. His latest commercial release of Howells’s piano music on Naxos was praised by Gramophone as “superbly performed” with “immaculately stylish, raptly concentrated and memorably tender advocacy”.

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