The Woodwind Instrument Specialists.
Since 1948, Howarth of London have been a world-renowned oboe-maker and long-standing seller of woodwind instruments and sheet music.
Manufacturers of Oboes since 1948.
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Howarth | S10 Thumbplate System Oboe
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Howarth | S40C Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
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Howarth | S6 Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
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Howarth | XL Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
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Howarth | LXV Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
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Howarth | XM Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe
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Howarth | XL Thumbplate (Dual System) Oboe d’Amore
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Howarth | S30C Student Thumbplate (Dual System) Cor Anglais
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Howarth | S40C Thumbplate (Dual System) Cor Anglais
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Howarth | XL Thumbplate (Dual System) Cor Anglais
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Howarth | Junior Conservatoire Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | Junior PLUS+ Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | S20C Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | S40C Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | S50C Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | XL Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | LXV Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | XM Semi-Automatic System Oboe
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Howarth | XL Semi-Automatic System Oboe d’Amore
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Howarth | S40C Semi-Automatic System Cor Anglais
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Howarth | XL Semi-Automatic System Cor Anglais
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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.
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Long Term Rental
Hire an instrument while you discover about learning, without the up front cost of buying an instrument.
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Hire an instrument just for a week or two in case of an emergency or for a special concert.
Upcoming Events
Kammerakademie Potsdam | Martin Fröst
May 29th 2025 at 11:00 – 12:00
Programme
Johannes Schöllhorn – divertimento per li regazzi for clarinet/bass clarinet, violoncello and piano (world premiere, commissioned by Trio Catch)
Martin Adámek – Clarinet
Eva Boesch – Cello
Sun-Young Nam – Piano
Johannes Schöllhorn – Narrator
The suit is far too big, a strange conical hat on his head and a dark mask with a hooked nose on his face. The character is unmistakable: Pulcinella – eternal buffoon, daredevil, provocateur. In literature, art and music, he is up to his hilarious mischief in almost endless variations. The rococo master Giandomenico Tiepolo also literally had a crush on the dazzling figure and dedicated a whole 104 drawings to Pulcinella. Divertimento per li regazzi he called his colorful series of scenes from the imaginary life of Pulcinella with an ironic undertone and in deliberately incorrect Italian. “Entertainment for children”? Hardly, because the sarcastic drawings blatantly hold up a mirror to an adult society. Johannes Schöllhorn has turned the drawings into a musical sequence of images and savored all the moods that Pulcinella strikes, from lively liveliness to melancholy to obsession. In conjunction with interludes from Tiepolo’s cycle, Trio Catch will present the premiere of Schollhörn’s divertimento.
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Martínez Burgos – Étoiles sur fond blanc – Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra – Sophie Dervaux
30/05/2025 8:00 pm
Auditorio Príncipe Felipe, Pl. del Fresno, s/n, 33007 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Martínez Burgos – Étoiles sur fond blanc Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra
Sophie Dervaux
May 30th 2025 at 20:00- 22:00
“Étoiles sur fond blanc” is a composition that explores the virtuosic possibilities of the bassoon and the orchestra. Although divided into movements, the composition is conceived as a continuous whole.
The first movement is “pastoral” music that evokes country settings in its first theme and marine settings in its second theme.
The second movement is a free fantasy that generates wide spaces, thus enabling ample dialogues between the soloist and the orchestra.
The third movement is a “berceuse” that stirs up previous musical materials within a dreamy atmosphere, leading to a cadenza.
The fourth movement —the end of the piece— is a fast Gigue with dizzying rhythms that lead to a spirited ending.
The stars on a white background are barely visible. Music also makes us perceive what we believe to be invisible.
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Ibert – Concertino da camera – Andrey Fjeldstad
30/05/2025 7:30 pm
CBSO Centre, Berkley St, Birmingham B1 2LF, UK
Ibert – Concertino da camera – Andrey Fjeldstad
May 30th 2025 at 19:30
Wiktor Wysocki – New Commission
Vratislav Klemera – New Commission
Jacques Ibert – Concertino da camera
James Sharif – New Commission
Margaret Lyell – ‘Schiehallion’ (1929
Schumann – Piano Concerto in a-minor, Op.54
Romantic Revival Orchestra
Andrey Fjeldstad – saxophone
Julian Jacobson– piano
Tommaso Nista – conductor
The RRO takes on new music by James Sharif, as well as a saxophone concertino by Jacques Ibert, two piano concertos: Margaret Lyell’s ‘Schiehallion’ (1929) and Schumann’s Piano Concerto played by Julian Jacobson.
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