Browse: Hawes, P (composer)

One doesn’t often find Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and John Tavener sandwiching Massive Attack, but the lovely Teardrop works astonishingly well in this mixed programme devoted to the concept... — Choir & Organ, May 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Pitch-perfect harmonies, in dreamily sumptuous sonics. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 3 out of 5 stars More…

An amiable disc exploring the light end of contemporary clarinet composition in works written especially for soloist Emma Johnson. This is music that doesn’t make too many demands on the listener,... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2016 More…

This collection of new festive works – some a cappella, some with organ – has a general sense of hushed reverence, nicely suited to the soft-edged, well balanced voices of the Voce Chamber Choir.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…

this generous culling of 25 songs from 20 albums released in the past 15 years has a delectable cast of British and Irish voices in songs from Beethoven to Weir. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The Elora Singers have an attractive, well-blended tone, impeccable intonation, and are obviously completely inside this music…n excellent introduction to Hawes’s soundworld and warmly recommended — Choir & Organ, June 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…