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"Huw Watkins Day" at Wigmore Hall

Jan. 31, 2013

"Huw Watkins Day" at Wigmore Hall

London’s Wigmore Hall presents "Huw Watkins Day" on February 9. Sought-after composer, pianist, and chamber musician, Huw Watkins is a gifted communicator whose music has been known to draw an audience to the edge of their seats. Watkins enjoys a long-standing relationship with Wigmore Hall, the location of many of the composer’s chamber premieres over the past several years, and the fruitful partnership continues with this day-long, mini-festival featuring three concerts and a composer chat hosted by well-known music critic Tom Service.

Watkins is joined in concert by several collaborators, including flutist Emily Beynon, clarinetist Matthew Hunt, soprano Carolyn Sampson, violinist Alina Ibragimova, tenor Mark Padmore, and cellist Guy Johnston, along with the Aronowitz Ensemble and the Elias String Quartet. The festival offers a fantastic survey of the composer’s chamber oeuvre that includes ensemble works (Sad Steps, Gig, Piano Trio, In my craft or sullen art), solo pieces (Four Spencer Pieces, Partita), songs (Five Larkin Songs) and more.

The following day, Watkins returns to Wigmore to join his brother, cellist Paul Watkins, for the world premiere of Blue Shadows Fall for cello and piano. Blue Shadows Fall is co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant making foundation and by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center funded by a generous grant from Linda and Stuart Nelson in honor of Wu Han and David Finckel, and receives its US premiere in the 2013-14 season.

For complete concert details, www.wigmore-hall.org.

More information about Huw Watkins can be found in his composer profile at www.schott-music.com.

Huw Watkins
Blue Shadows Fall (2012)
for cello and piano
12' 

Five Larkin Songs (2009/2010
for soprano and piano
12’ 

Four Spencer Pieces (2001)
piano
15’  

Gig (2004)
for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet
8’ 

In my craft or sullen art (2007)
Goodison Quartet No. 4
for tenor and string quartet
12’ 

Partita (2006)
for solo violin
12’ 

Piano Trio (2009)
for violin, cello and piano
20’ 

Sad Steps (2008)
for string sextet and piano
12' 

Trio (2008)
for horn, violin and piano
13’

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