Huw Watkins

Arietta, a quiet moment of introspection, where the violin's melody unfolds slowly, suspended above the piano's gentle harmonic web. Huw Watkins, 2020

Taking Thomas Hardy's short story as its starting point, we are transported to the present for a contemporary take on the novella which explores the power the mind can have over that person's actions....

Text by William Blake.

The Phoenix and the Turtle sets a poem by Shakespeare published 1601 that uses the metaphor of a bird's funeral to describe the death of an idealistic love. Watkins spins out a jazzy melody surrounded...

Charm me Asleep est une charmante pièce d'inspiration gaélique pourvue d'une melodiquement superbe et de texture homophone. C'est, avec Slow, Slow, Fresh Fount, l'une des deux pièces écrites par Watki...

A beautiful work of contemporary polyphony in which shifting textures create momentary dissonance. An alluring melody passes between the voice parts.This work can be performed alone or as a pair with...

A setting of a text by William Blake from his collection of poems Songs of Innocence and Experience for SATB choir, harp and strings. The poem is a lullaby in which a mother hopes her sleeping baby's...

Cette oeuvre ambitieuse de moins de sept minutes utilise efficacement la nature forte et expressive du saxophone soprano et crée un heureux équilibre entre l'énergie et l'exubérance du matériel sonore...

Watkins' 'Four Inventions' evolved from the composer's conversations with writer Rhett Griffiths who commissioned the work about his poem 'The Sibling Solution'. The poem is included with the publicat...

Trio mêlant une musique douce, hypnotique à des éruptions moins tranquilles, cette oeuvre évoque l'atmosphère qu'on associe à la nuit et au sommeil. La forte complémentarité de la clarinette, du violo...

Dans sa transcription musicale du poème évocatif mais plein de retenue de Dylan Thomas In my craft or sullen art, Watkins fait surgir comme par magie une introduction merveilleusement introspective en...

Postlude' was one of 10 birthday candles written for Mobius' 10th anniversary and is scored for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet. At just 3 minutes in length and with a lento tempo marking, 'P...

L'idée d'écrire un trio avec cor est venue au compositeur (qui est aussi un pianiste renommé) après qu'il eut donné un concert avec un corniste du Nash Ensemble of London. Au programme figuraient les...

Commandé pour le célèbre Florestan Trio en 2009 qui l'ont joué au Royaume-Uni, en France et en Allemagne, le Piano Trio de Huw Watkins représente ajout d'importance au répertoire de musique de chambre...

Commencant par un geste impatient dans la partie de piano à laquelle réplique immédiatement une ligne énergique de l'alto, le piano se joint à lui puis s'interrompt. C'est le point de départ de la Fan...

Commissioned by the King's College Choir to write the carol for their celebrated Christmas Eve service A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, Watkins, who studied at King's as an undergraduate, has se...

This pair of English psalm settings for mixed choir is the newest addition to Watkins' growing collection of vocal music. Each under 5 minutes, they are fitting both for liturgical use and concert per...

This pair of English psalm settings for mixed choir is the newest addition to Watkins' growing collection of vocal music. Each under 5 minutes, they are fitting both for liturgical use and concert per...

I wrote my Sarabande for the pianist Piotr Anderszewski in 2014. It's a five minute long piece which explores the characteristic triple time rhythm of this baroque dance form.Huw Watkins