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.
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.
Minimum 3 Month Hire
Long Term Rental
Hire an instrument while you discover about learning, without the up front cost of buying an instrument.
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Short Term Rental
Hire an instrument just for a week or two in case of an emergency or for a special concert.
Upcoming Events
Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe & Bassoon, Mozart Bassoon Concerto
April 19th 2025 at 19:30 – 21:30
James Lee III wrote the solo woodwind works of Principal Brothers to highlight these four Black artists who are orchestral principals and inspirational leaders in the field. PCMS is proud to bring together these exceptional players for an evening of contemporary wind music that also features Valerie Coleman’s Rubispheres and a world premiere by Belize-born British composer Errollyn Wallen.
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Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
16/04/2025 8:15 pm
Het Concertgebouw, Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Bartók and Connesson Oboe and Flute Concertos
April 16th 2025 at 20:15 – 21:45
Klaus Mäkelä – chief conductor designate
Emily Beynon – principal flute
Ivan Podyomov – principal oboe
The Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Klaus Mäkelä and two of the orchestra’s soloists transport you to distant worlds. Fairy tales by Ravel and Bartók and two works by the contemporary sound wizard Guillaume Connesson: four pieces of music to take in visually.
Klaus Mäkelä invites listeners to use their ears and eyes. Maurice Ravel, a master of ‘visual’ composition, could depict exotic settings and fairy-tale atmospheres with razor-sharp precision. In the rarely performed orchestral miniature Shéhérazade, we are transported to the world of The Thousand and One Nights. Ravel’s compatriot Guillaume Connesson is a contemporary sound wizard. His works sound almost cinematic, not least because of their highly refined orchestration. In addition to his recent oboe concerto, entitled Les belles heures, with Ivan Podyomov as soloist, the programme features the brand-new flute concerto he composed especially for the Concertgebouw Orchestra and its principal flautist Emily Beynon. It’s the perfect opportunity to discover for yourself why Connesson’s exciting music appeals to such a wide audience.
The programme contrasts French sophistication with Hungarian horror by Béla Bartók. In The Miraculous Mandarin, Bartók managed to express in music the more primitive side of modern civilisation. This grim fairy tale sounds just as exciting – and alarming – as it did 100 years ago.
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Emmanuel Pahud and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
17/04/2025 7:00 pm
Bulgaria Concert Hall, 1 Georgi Benkovski Str., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
Emmanuel Pahud and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
April 17th 2025 at 19:00
Ferruccio Busoni – Divertimento for Flute and Orchestra in B-flat major, Op.52
Carl Reinecke – Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283
Ottorino Respighi – The Pines of Rome – Tone Poem for Orchestra
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Emmanuel Pahud – flute
Nayden Todorov – conductor
Reinecke had a long life that took place in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when rapid changes were taking place in the musical world. But his works are conservative in the best sense, in the spirit of the rich harmonic idiom of late Romanticism. He composed the Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 283 in 1908, two years before his death – he was 84 then. An excellent connoisseur of the instrument, the composer wrote another famous work for flute, the Undine sonata (1882).
The concerto is in the usual 3 contrasting movements of the genre. The first is in a light, dreamy mood and a relaxed tempo. The second, marked “con dolore” by the composer, is an expressive lamento leading to the finale, a sparkling energetic rondo. Reinecke’s work is not the banal, stereotyped virtuoso concerto for flute. Its haunting poetics and fantasy-like quality make it one of the most beloved concertos for performers. Its world premiere was on 15 March 1909 in Leipzig with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the soloist being Maximilian Schwedler, to whom the work is dedicated.
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