LATEST NEWS
Illumina
A beautifully controlled performance of Patrick’s Illumina has just been released by the Sequoias Chamber Singers and their director John M Sorber at the University of Southern California …
ABOUT PATRICK
Known across the world for his haunting melodies and beautiful harmonies, Patrick Hawes is recognised as a leading contemporary composer and a torchbearer of the English musical tradition.
His vast and varied catalogue encompasses everything from small-scale piano and chamber works to full-scale symphonies and epic choral works.
He has collaborated with some of the world’s finest musicians and performed in iconic venues including London’s Royal Albert Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall.
His eleventh album has just been released and he is currently writing an opera based on the children’s book Gobbolino, The Wich’s Cat and an oratorio for the Grammy-award-winning Houston Chamber Choir entitled The Son of Man.
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Territories visited
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FEATURED ALBUM
The Nativity
Patrick has teamed up with the excellent Voce Chamber Choir of Connecticut to create an album of twenty brand-new Christmas choral works. Specially written for the choir, the first collection and album title, sets words by Patrick’s poet brother Andrew. The Nativity, for unaccompanied choir, moves through the Christmas nativity scene exploring the drama of this momentous moment in human history. For the second collection, Patrick has set Four Christmas Motets; the fragile ancient poetry giving rise to tender and heartfelt music for unaccompanied choir…
MEMORABLE MOMENTS
World Premiere
The first performance of Patrick's 'Pacis et Caritas' written for Choir of the Earth.
Church Times
"First the coathanger, then the music." Patrick's interview in the Christmas Double Edition, out now.
A Royal Celebration
A capacity audience in Norwich Cathedral give a standing ovation at concert celebrating our new King.
Highgrove Suite
Patrick to conduct the English Chamber Orchestra as part of Music in Country Churches.
World Premiere
Patrick's Piano Concerto No.1 set to receive its World Premiere at the Enescu Festival.
The Vauday Part Songs
Patrick and his brother reveal the inspiration behind the collection in a short video.