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Hellens is delighted that William Howard, one of the nation’s leading pianists, will be returning to perform in the Great Barn.

William has enjoyed a career that has taken him to over 40 different countries. As soloist and chamber musician, William has performed regularly at major venues and festivals in the UK and can be heard frequently on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. He has also made more than forty CD recordings and premiered several dozen new works by leading composers from the UK and elsewhere.

In 1983, he founded the Schubert Ensemble, with which he performed for the full three and a half decades of its existence. Three solo piano recordings for Orchid Classics – Sixteen Romantic Love Songs (2016), Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs (2018) and an album of pieces by Howard Skempton (2020) – have been hugely popular on streaming platforms and have enjoyed much critical acclaim.

In May 2024, Orchid released a new album featuring a collection of Nocturnes by seventeen different composers. Recent concert engagements have included recitals in Italy and around the UK and piano trio and quintet performances with members of the Carducci String Quartet.

Programme

Schubert 3 Klavierstücke D946
Ravel Jeux d’Eau
Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse

Schumann (arr. Liszt) Widmung
Schubert (arr. Liszt) Gretchen am Spinnrade
Chopin Sonata no.3 in B minor Op.58

Tickets

£20 (free to full-time students and carers) – book online via the Hellens Manor website

Concert begins at 7pm, with Haywain bar and doors open 30 minutes prior to performance.

Saturday 13 March 2027

7:00pm

Hellens

Location

Hellens

Much Marcle, HR8 2LY

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