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Helen and Harvey Davies, mother and son, have worked together professionally since 1992. Since then they have built a reputation as one of the foremost exponents of contemporary piano duet repertoire in Britain.
Composers who have written for the Davies Duo include Richard Stoker, Jeffrey Lewis, John Metcalf, Brian Hughes, Nicola LeFanu, Bill Connor and James Ledger. Eric Sweeney recently arranged three of his pieces, Drive 1, Song and Drive 2 for Helen and Harvey to play at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2000. In February 2001 they gave a recital at the Waterford New Music Week which was recorded for RTE's classical music programme Lyric FM.
Their large repertoire includes many of the standard classical, romantic and impressionist works for piano duet. They also have a special interest in British music for four hands and in the resurrection of neglected eighteenth and nineteenth century pieces, many of which Harvey has in his collection of antiquarian sheet music.
Helen and Harvey have given recitals at Music Clubs and Festivals throughout Britain, and at the Northern Aldborough and Vale of Glamorgan Festivals. In March 2002 they completed a very successful second tour of Scotland.
Helen and Harvey premiered a new duet entitled "Emyn" (Hymn) by Pwyll ap Sion at Dolgellau Music Club in January 2003.
They also gave the premiere of Alun Hoddinott's Sonata (written for them) at Bangor University in December 2004
Back to Top & CV Future Engagements Discography
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Oct.9th 09 Two Moors Festival, Ashburton Parish Church Nov.19th 09 Great Hall, Aberystwyth University Dec.4th 09 Anglesey Art Gallery, Llangefni (Oriel Ynys Mon) Recording project, October 09. Beethoven's Eroica Symphony (version for piano duet) with Ian Price (Narrator) |
The new CD "Four-Hand Favourites" can also be purchased from ASC (address above)
or obtained directly from either Helen or Harvey.
It features works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Czerny, Edward German and Fauré.
The CD "Diversity - Amrywiaeth" is the culmination of a project spanning several years,
commissioning works for piano duet from Welsh composers.
'We have been delighted
by the high quality and variety of the music written for us
and it has been a privilege to work with these composers.