Programme: Panel to select excerpts from Beethoven D major Sonata, Barber Sonata, Martin Butler 'Siward's River Song' for solo 'cello (2001), Rachmaninov Sonata

09/01/04 (Friday): Wigmore Hall
Pierre Fournier Award auditions - final round - closed to the public

Programme: Complete performance of Beethoven D major Sonata, Martin Butler 'Siward's River Song' for solo 'cello (2001), Barber Sonata

Richard wins 2004 Pierre Fournier Award!
Richard was partnered by the young Romanian pianist Irina Botan. They played before a distinguished panel, including Colin Carr, Karine Georgian, Ralph Kirshbaum, Raphael Wallfisch, Eleanor Warren, Moray Welsh, and Ian Brown.

09/02/04 (Monday): Bruntwood Theatre, RNCM, Manchester
Bruntwood Showcase Launch

Programme: Richard will be leading the 'celli in Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 for soprano and eight 'celli.

Other 'cellists performing will include Gemma Rosefield, Pei-Jee Ng, and Ani Kalayjian. The vocal part will be sung by the soprano Teuta Koço.

Time: 8p.m.

18/03/04 (Thursday): Alliance Française de Manchester
Francophonie 2004
(RNCM Manchester International 'Cello pre-Festival event)

Programme: Richard will be leading the 'celli in Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 for soprano and eight 'celli.

Other 'cellists performing will include Gemma Rosefield, Pei-Jee Ng, and Ani Kalayjian. The vocal part will be sung by the soprano Teuta Koço.

Time: 7.20p.m.

19/03/04 (Friday): St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Lunchtime Concert
(21/02/04) Richard was to give a duo recital at St. Martin-in-the-Fields with the pianist Irina Botan as part of the Romanian Embassy's 'Young Romanian Musicians in London series'. Due to Irina Botan's recent decision to currently no longer take part in any duo collaborations in order to focus on her solo career, and the Romanian nature of the event, the Romanian Embassy has altered the event to a solo piano recital for her. Unfortunately, the Embassy only recently made this decision so the concert is currently publicised online and in print as a Richard Harwood recital.

Apologies to all who were wanting and expecting to hear Richard at this event and apologies to all who attended and only checked this page after the event. Richard's next London recital will take place on Monday, October 18th, at the Purcell Room, South Bank Centre with pianist Connie Shih.

20/03/04 (Saturday): Brown Shipley Concert Hall, RNCM, Manchester
PPRNCM Diploma Recital

Duo recital with Gretel Dowdeswell

Programme: Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Martin Butler 'Siward's River Song' for solo 'cello (2001), Barber Sonata, Popper Elfentanz

Time: 4.30p.m.

26/03/04 (Friday): Town Hall, Manchester [Private]
Charity, Sponsorship Event - with the Lord Mayor
(RNCM Manchester International 'Cello pre-Festival event)

Programme: Richard will be leading the 'celli in Englund Concerto for Twelve 'Celli. Movements 1-3 will be performed.

Other 'cellists performing will include Gemma Rosefield, Pei-Jee Ng, Aurelienne Brauner, and Nathaniel Boyd. Conductor: Lancelot Fuhry

01/05/04 (Saturday): BBC Music Live, Exchange Square, Manchester [open air]
(RNCM Manchester International 'Cello pre-Festival event)

Programme: Richard will be leading the 'celli in Englund Concerto for Twelve 'Celli. Movements 1-3 will be performed.

Other 'cellists performing will include Gemma Rosefield, Pei-Jee Ng, Aurelienne Brauner, and Nathaniel Boyd. Conductor: Lancelot Fuhry

Time: 12p.m.

06/05/04 (Thursday): RNCM Manchester International 'Cello Festival
RNCM Students Concert, Brown Shipley Concert Hall
Sponsored by Musik3 Foundation

Programme: Richard will be leading the 'celli in Englund Concerto for Twelve 'Celli. Movements 1-3 will be performed.

Other 'cellists performing will include Gemma Rosefield, Pei-Jee Ng, Aurelienne Brauner, and Nathaniel Boyd. Conductor: Lancelot Fuhry

Time: 1p.m.

07/05/04 (Friday): RNCM Manchester International 'Cello Festival
Young Artist Recital, Brown Shipley Concert Hall
(with the generous support of Mme Junko Fournier)

Programme: As the 2004 Pierre Fournier Award winner, Richard will take part in this shared recital. He will perform Dominic Muldowney 'A sad pavane for these distracted times' for solo 'cello (2001) and Barber Sonata with the pianist Gretel Dowdeswell.

Richard and Gretel will share this recital with 'cellist Thomas Carroll and pianist Carole Presland

Time: 1p.m.

Programme: Beethoven Triple Concerto with Martin Roscoe and Matthew Trusler

Orchestra: St. Cecilia Orchestra (conductor, Xenophon Kelsey)

Time: 7.30p.m.

12/05/04 (Wednesday): BBC Radio 3 - "In Tune" with Sean Rafferty

Richard will talk about the Soundings contemporary music platform with fellow festival participants David Horne and Lukas Haselboeck from about 1605GMT. Richard will also perform Martin Butler's "Siward's River Song" for solo 'cello and the first movement of "Zwei Stücke" by Lukas Haselboeck with David Horne, piano.

13/05/04 (Thursday): Austrian Cultural Forum, London

SOUNDINGS: Exploring the Cutting Edge
Soundings will be a series of events that explore the work of living composers from Austria and the UK. There will be concerts, lectures, workshops and special events that examine the diverse world of modern music and it's interaction with technology.
(Partners: Boosey & Hawkes / SPNM / BMIC / MICA / Konzerthaus, Nick Pont)

Programme: Richard will give the European premiere of David Horne's 'Zip' for 'cello and piano (1999) with the composer. David Horne will also partner Richard in the UK premiere of Lukas Haselboeck's 'Zwei Stücke' (1997).

Time: 7p.m.

15/05/04 (Saturday): Magdalene College, Cambridge
Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2004 - Spring Series

Duo recital with Gretel Dowdeswell

Programme: Mendelssohn Variations Concertantes, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Martin Butler 'Siward's River Song' for solo 'cello (2001), Barber Sonata

Time: Reception - 7.30p.m. (Master's Lodge), Concert - 8.30p.m. (Benson Hall)

26/05/04 (Wednesday): Ö1 (Austria 1) - "Zeit-Ton" with Ursula Strubinsky

Lukas Haselboeck will talk on Austrian radio about the Soundings contemporary music platform which took place earlier this month at the Austrian Cultural Forum in London. Excerpts from the May 13th concert will be broadcast. "Zeit-Ton" will air between 2105 and 2200GMT.

16/06/04 (Wednesday): Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Yorkshire

Duo recital with Gretel Dowdeswell

Programme: Beethoven Sonata in F major, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Martin Butler 'Siward's River Song' for solo 'cello (2001), Barber Sonata

Time: 8p.m.

19/06/04 (Saturday): Brown Shipley Concert Hall, RNCM, Manchester
part of RNCM String Teaching Weekend

Programme: Richard will perform Gabrielli Ricercar No.7 for solo 'cello, David Horne 'Zip' (1999) for 'cello and piano (piano: David Horne), and Geminiani Sonata in C major for 'cello and basso continuo (harpsichord: Darren Hargan, continuo 'cello: Nicholas Trygstad)

Time: 7.30p.m.

08/07/04 (Thursday): David Josefowitz Recital Hall , Royal Academy of Music, London
part of London Master Classes

Programme (Richard only): Gabrielli Ricercar No.7 for solo 'cello, Boccherini Sonata in C minor, G.18 (with Gemma Rosefield, continuo 'cello)

Time: 7p.m.

10/07/04 - 20/07/04
XIV. Internationaler Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Wettbewerb, Leipzig, Germany

Violoncello/Barockvioloncello
Venue: Kurt Masur Hall, "Johann Sebastian Bach" School of Music

ROUND I - 12/07/04, 1800
Gabrielli, Ricercar No.7 for solo 'cello
J.S. Bach, Solo Suite I, BWV 1007
Geminiani, Sonata in C major, op.5 no.3 (with Cornelia Osterwald, harpsichord)

ROUND II - 16/07/04, 1100
Beethoven, Sonata in C major, op.102 no.1 (with Ulrike Wappler, piano)
Boccherini, Sonata in C minor, G.18 (with Anna Niebuhr, 'cello)
J.S. Bach, Sonata in D major, BWV 1028 (with Cornelia Osterwald, harpsichord)

ROUND III
18/07/04, 2000
J.S. Bach, Solo Suite V, BWV 1011 (in scordatur)

19/07/04, 1830
C.P.E. Bach, Concerto in B flat major, Wq 171 (with Neues Mendelssohn Kammerorchester Leipzig)

Richard becomes a "Bachpreisträger"!
Richard was awarded the 3rd prize and becomes the first British 'cellist to ever hold the title "Bachpreisträger" at the competition which began in 1950. All rounds were performed before the distinguised jury consisting of Patrick Demenga [CH], Roel Dieltiens [BEL], Käthi Gohl Moser [CH], Ralph Kirshbaum [GB], Wieland Kuijken [BEL], Laurence Lesser (chair) [USA], Ivan Monighetti [RUS/CH], Philippe Muller [FRA], Siegfried Pank [GER], and Hidemi Suzuki [JPN]. The other 'cellists to receive prizes were Adam Mital [CH], and Olivier Marron [FRA].

20/07/04, 1500
Prize Winner's Ceremony - Festsaal des Alten Rathaus

20/07/04, 2000
Prize Winner's Concert - Thomaskirche
Programme (Richard only): Moderato and Minuetto from Boccherini, Sonata in C minor, G.18 (with Anna Niebuhr, 'cello)

The concert was recorded by MDR and will be broadcast on MDR Figaro at 1730GMT on 19/09/04. The Bach-Archiv will also release a CD of the concert in the next few months.

30/07/04 (Friday): Great Bedwyn Parish Church, Wiltshire

Duo recital with Gretel Dowdeswell

Programme: Beethoven Sonata in F major, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Martin Butler 'Siward's River Song' for solo 'cello (2001), Barber Sonata

Time: 7.30p.m.

IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Cornwall
12/09/04 - 19/09/04

Ravel - Piano Trio - with Chloe Hanslip, and Sarah Tysman
Brahms - String Quintet in F major, op.88 - with Ida Levin, Sara Bitlloch, Ettore Causa, and Guy Ben-Ziony

Possible concerts on 17th, 18th, and 19th
(programmes only decided on 16th)

IMS office: +44 (0) 1736 763264
The Brahms String Quintet op.88 was performed at Trelowarren Chapel on Sunday, September 19th

19/09/04 (Sunday): MDR Figaro broadcast of the July 20th performance

Bachpreisträgerkonzert / Gesang, Violoncello, Orgel - 1730GMT
Recorded on July 20th, 2004 in the Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Richard's performance of the Moderato and Minuetto from Boccherini's, Sonata in C minor, G.18 (with Anna Niebuhr, 'cello) is the second item in the programme. Click here to listen to MDR Figaro online.

IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Cornwall
19/09/04 - 26/09/04

Schnittke - String Trio (1985) - with Elisabeth Weber, and Andra Darzins
Bliss - Clarinet Quintet - with Gaby Lester, Cecilia Bernardini, Brendan Lawless, and Chen Halevi

Possible concerts on 24th, 25th, and 26th
(programmes only decided on 23rd)

IMS office: +44 (0) 1736 763264
The Bliss Clarinet Quintet was performed in St. Pol de Leon Church, Paul on Saturday, September 25th

18/10/04 (Monday): Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London

Duo recital with Connie Shih

Programme: Mendelssohn Variations Concertantes, Schubert Arpeggione Sonata, Janacek Pohádka (A Fairy Tale), Bridge Sonata

Time: 7.30p.m.

20/12/04 (Monday): Faccombe, Hampshire [Private]

Duo recital with Gretel Dowdeswell

Programme: Beethoven Sonata in F major, Chopin Sonata