About Howarth
Howarth of London is a specialist woodwind instrument maker and retailer. Known all over the world as makers of the finest oboes, oboes d’amore and cors anglais, our instruments are made in our dedicated manufacturing workshops in Worthing, West Sussex.
We use high-tech CNC machinery to make precision components for our instruments which are then hand-assembled by highly experienced technicians into our beautiful instruments.
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We want to make it as easy as possible for you to hire an instrument. Our rental options allow you to have an instrument in a range of situations.
Long Term Rental
Hire an instrument while you discover about learning, without the up front cost of buying an instrument.
Short Term Rental
Hire an instrument just for a week or two in case of an emergency or for a special concert.
Cover for loss, theft and accidental damage.
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Upcoming Events
Les Matins du National – Mozart / Dvořák
September 22nd 2024 at 11:00 – 13:00
Intruders within the ropes? Rather, accomplices, friends for a day who share their flavor, their sweetness, their roughness perhaps: in Mozart, it is the oboe which slips between the violin, the viola and the cello, partners of a deliciously sorrowful Adagio; for Dvořák, the arrival of the piano within the quartet prolongs the nostalgia for the dumka, this ballad of Ukrainian origin in which his Quintet is immersed.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quatuor pour hautbois et cordes en fa majeur KV 370
Antonín Dvořák: Quintette pour piano n°2 en la majeur opus 81
Claire Désert: piano
Alexandre Worms: hautbois
Ghislaine Benabdallah: violon
Adeliya Chamrina: alto
Benjamin Estienne: violon
Raphaël Perraud: violoncelle
Saskia de Ville: présentation