William Howard Recital

Ticket includes a free glass of wine in the interval.

Programme will include:

Janáček Sonata Street Scene 1.X.1905

Schubert Sonata in D major D850

Schubert arr. Liszt Sei mir gegrüsst

Schubert arr. Liszt Gretchen am Spinnrade

Clara Schumann Notturno Op.6 No.2

Chopin Ballade No.3 in A flat major Op.47

Chopin Ballade No.1 in G minor Op.23

WILLIAM HOWARD is one of Britain’s leading pianists, enjoying 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 made over forty CD recordings and premiered several dozen new works by leading composers from the UK and abroad. In 1983 he founded the Schubert Ensemble, with which he performed for the full 35 years of the Ensemble’s existence.

As soloist and chamber musician he can be heard on over 40 CDs, released by Chandos, Hyperion, ASV, NMC, Collins Classics, Black Box, Champs Hill, Nimbus, Delphian and Orchid Classics. His recording of Fibich’s Moods, Impressions and Souvenirs won a Diapason D’Or award in France and his 2011 recording of Pavel Zemek Novák’s extraordinary 75-minute cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues, described by David Matthews as “one of the finest piano works of our time”, received a double five-star review in the BBC Music Magazine. Three recent recordings for Orchid Classics (Sixteen Romantic Love Songs, Sixteen Contemporary Love Songs and an album of piano works by Howard Skempton), have been hugely successful on streaming platforms and have enjoyed much critical acclaim. His most recent recording, an album of Nocturnes by 17 different composers, was released by Orchid Classics in 2024.

Future engagements in include performances of piano quintets by Schumann, Brahms, Dvořák and Shostakovich with the Carducci Quartet this autumn, a performance of Pavel Zemek Novák's 24 Preludes and Fugues at the 2027 Brno International Music Festival and a recital at Wigmore Hall, London to mark the 50th anniversary of his first appearanve at the venue.

www.williamhoward.co.uk