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{{Short description|English conductor (1935–2025)}}
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| name               = Elgar Howarth
| image              = Elgar Howarth, Halesworth, Suffolk, December 2012.jpeg
| caption            = Howarth in 2012
| other_names        = W. Hogarth Lear
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1935|11|4|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Cannock]], Staffordshire, England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2025|1|13|1935|11|4|df=y}}
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| education          = {{ubl| [[University of Manchester]] | [[Royal Manchester College of Music]] }}
| occupation         = {{hlist| Conductor | composer | trumpeter}}
| organizations      = [[New Music Manchester]]
| spouse             = {{Marriage|Mary Neary|1958|2024|end=died}}
| children           = 3
}}

'''Elgar Howarth''' (4 November 1935 – 13 January 2025) was an English conductor, composer and trumpeter. [[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove]] noted that "his performances are marked by powerful concentration and a clear communication of sometimes complex scores".<ref name="groveop"/> He conducted many world premieres, including Ligeti's ''[[Le Grand Macabre]]'' and four operas by [[Harrison Birtwistle]]. He composed mainly music for [[brass instrument]]s and [[brass band]]s, some under the pseudonym '''W. Hogarth Lear'''.<ref name="Telegraph" /> As a player, he was one of the trumpeters who performed with [[the Beatles]] on the song "[[Magical Mystery Tour (song)|Magical Mystery Tour]]". The author of a feature article about Howarth in 1999 wrote that "as trumpeter, composer and conductor, he has featured in many of the important musical developments in the UK and beyond over the past 40 years".<ref name="operaclark"/>

==Biography==
===Early life and education===
Howarth was born in [[Cannock]], Staffordshire, on 4 November 1935,<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 October 2007 |title=Elgar und Brahms |url=https://www.lifepr.de/pressemitteilung/hochschule-fuer-musik-saar-hfm/Elgar-und-Brahms/boxid/22291 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=[[Hochschule für Musik Saar]] |language=de |via=lifePR}}</ref> the son of Oliver and Emma Howarth. His father was an engineer who also conducted the Barton Hall Works Band, in which Elgar played cornet and his brother Stanford trombone.<ref name="Telegraph" />

Hogarth was educated at the [[University of Manchester]] and the [[Royal Manchester College of Music]] (RMCM, the predecessor of the [[Royal Northern College of Music]]), from 1953–56<ref name="Adam">Adam, Nicky, ed. (1993). Howarth, Elgar. In: ''Who's Who in British Opera''. Scolar Press, Aldershot, p.130.</ref> where his fellow classmates included the composers [[Harrison Birtwistle]], [[David Ellis (composer)|David Ellis]], [[Alexander Goehr]], [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] and the pianist [[John Ogdon]]. Together they formed [[New Music Manchester]], a group dedicated to the performance of new music.<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref name="RAM">[http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=1967 Elgar Howarth]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726172342/http://www.ram.ac.uk/find-people?pid=1967|date=26 July 2014}}. [[Royal Academy of Music]].</ref>

===Career===
After his [[national service]]<ref name="Adam"/> in the [[Central Band of the Royal Air Force]] finished in 1958, Howarth immediately began his career in the trumpet section of the [[Royal Opera House|Royal Opera]] orchestra<ref name="operaclark">Clark, Andrew (June 1999). People: 253 – Elgar Howarth. ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', Vol.50, No.6, p.641–648.</ref><ref name="Adam"/> conducted by [[Rudolf Kempe]]. He was principal trumpet in the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1964 to 1970, playing also with the [[Philip Jones Brass Ensemble]], the [[Nash Ensemble]] and from 1969 as a founding member of the [[London Sinfonietta]].<ref name="operaclark"/><ref name="Telegraph" /><ref name="RAM" /><ref name="groveop">[[Noël Goodwin|Goodwin, Noël]] (1997). Elgar Howarth. In: ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]''. Macmillan, London and New York, p.758.</ref> He played the opening bars of Michael Tippett's ''[[King Priam]]'' at its Coventry premiere in 1962, conducting the whole work years later for [[English National Opera]] (ENO).<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>Clark A. King Priam (review of English National Opera at the London Coliseum). ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]].'' January 2000. Vol. 51, No. 1. p. 104–107.</ref> Kempe was his conducting idol, in whom he admired "an incredibly clear beat with the right hand, and the left hand for all the nuance" which he sought to emulate.<ref name="operaclark"/>

Howarth's (unplanned) conducting debut was with the London Sinfonietta on tour in Italy in 1969;<ref name="Telegraph" /> his first operatic assignment was for ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'' for the Royal Northern College of Music at [[Sadler's Wells Theatre|Sadler's Wells]] in December 1973.<ref>[[Alan Blyth|Blyth, Alan]] (February 1974). Student Performances – A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Rake's Progress. Royal Northern College of Music at Sadler's Wells Theatre, December 11 and 12. ''Opera'', Vol.25, No.2, p.171.</ref> Following further work on the concert platform, Ligeti engaged him for the premiere of his ''[[Le Grand Macabre]]'' at the [[Royal Swedish Opera]] in Stockholm in 1978,<ref name="RAM" /> as well as in [[Hamburg]] and Paris.<ref name="groveop"/> For the British stage premiere of ''Le Grand Macabre'' at the [[London Coliseum]] in 1982, Howarth wrote an analysis of the text and music for [[Opera (British magazine)|Opera magazine]].<ref>Howarth, Elgar (December 1982). Ligeti's 'Le Grand Macabre'. ''Opera'', Vol.33, No.12, p.1229–1233.</ref> He later reflected that "no one in Stockholm realized how inexperienced" he was and he didn't tell them. He recalled "I never thought I'd get into opera, because I don't play the piano. I knew I had a natural technical ability, but I was naive about other things... I was never assistant conductor to anybody, so I didn't know how far ahead you had to plan, how many string rehearsals you would need, whether it would be OK for the first oboe not to come to the first rehearsal".<ref name="operaclark"/> He later conducted the premieres of four operas by Harrison Birtwistle: ''[[The Mask of Orpheus]]'' at the ENO (1986), ''[[Yan Tan Tethera (opera)|Yan Tan Tethera]]'' for [[Opera Factory]] (1986), ''[[Gawain (opera)|Gawain]]'' at the Royal Opera House (1991) and ''[[The Second Mrs Kong]]'' at [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera|Glyndebourne]] (1994).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nybbgb.com/alumni/musical-advisors-past-and-present/elgar-howarth |title=Elgar Howarth |work=The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain |access-date=2 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003053533/http://www.nybbgb.com/alumni/musical-advisors-past-and-present/elgar-howarth |archive-date=3 October 2015 }}</ref> He conducted the first performance of ''Phaeton'', a one-act opera by [[Alan Ridout]] on Radio 3 in March 1977.<ref>Blyth, Alan (May 1977). On Radio – Phaeton. Radio 3, March 26. Opera, Vol.28, No.5, p.512–513.</ref> Following ''Le Grand Macabre'' he made his debut in [[Gothenburg Opera Dance Company|Gothenburg]] in 1979 with ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' and a year later with [[Australian Opera]] with ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]''.<ref name="Adam"/>

He was Principal Guest Conductor of [[Opera North]] from 1985 to 1988 where he led the UK premiere of Carl Nielsen's ''[[Maskarade]]'' in 1990;<ref name="groveop"/> and the premiere of the Mozart pasticcio ''[[The Jewel Box]]'' in 1991; he served as music advisor to the company from 2002 to 2004. At Glyndebourne (and on tour with the company) he conducted Rossini's ''[[Il Barbiere di Siviglia]]'' and Verdi's ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'' in 1981, Nigel Osborne's ''[[The Electrification of the Soviet Union]]'' in 1987 and 1988, and Birtwistle's ''The Second Mrs Kong'' in 1994 and ''[[The Last Supper (opera)|The Last Supper]]'' in 2000 and 2001.<ref>[https://www.glyndebourne.com/persons/elgar-howarth/ Elgar Howarth in the Glyndebourne Archive]. Accessed 14 January 2025.</ref> In Paris he conducted the premiere of ''Erzsébet'' by [[Charles Chaynes]] in 1983.<ref name="Adam"/> Drawing on his connection with Kempe, Howarth conducted several Strauss operas including ''[[Die Liebe der Danae]]'', ''[[Arabella]]'', ''[[Capriccio (opera)|Capriccio]]'', ''[[Daphne (opera)|Daphne]]'' and ''[[Die ägyptische Helena]]''.<ref name="operaclark"/>

He first appeared at the [[BBC Proms|Proms]] in 1970 in a late-night concert of music by [[Mike Ratledge]] of the experimental rock band [[Soft Machine]], [[Terry Riley]] and [[Tim Souster]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> He performed there 23 times until 1989, conducting several UK and world premieres.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/events/performers/d75b1a80-3d1f-4a6a-903a-a8c4627a5028/performances Results for Elgar Howarth in the BBC Proms database]. Accessed 14 January 2025.</ref>

As a devoted advocate of contemporary music, Howarth gave the premieres of many instrumental works, including ''Domination of Black'' by [[Robin Holloway]] (symphonic poem for large orchestra, 1974), ''Orchestra'' by [[Morton Feldman]] (1976), ''Inner Light 2'' by [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]] (singers, 12 players and tape, 1977), ''La Terre est un homme'' by [[Brian Ferneyhough]] (orchestra, 1979), ''Invenzioni'' by [[Aribert Reimann]] (for twelve instruments 1979), ''Nadira'' by [[Philippe Capdenat]] (for soprano, speaker, choir and orchestra, 1983), ''Waarg'' by Iannis Xenakis (for thirteen instruments, 1988), ''Scene'' by [[Hans-Jürgen von Bose]] (for chamber orchestra, 1991), and ''Tom-a-Bedlam'' by [[Detlev Müller-Siemens]] (voices and chamber orchestra, 1991).<ref name="aparis">[[Alain Pâris|Pâris, Alain]] (1995). ''Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l'interprétation musicale au XX siècle.'' [[Éditions Robert Laffont]], Paris. p.518.</ref> Alongside Philip Jones, Howarth played in the "hair-raisingly difficult" premiere of [[Iain Hamilton (composer)|Iain Hamilton]]'s ''Circus'', for 2 trumpets and orchestra given by the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] in 1969.<ref>[[Robert Ponsonby|Ponsonby, Robert]] (2009). ''Musical Heroes''. Giles de la Mare Publishers, London. p.97.</ref>

[[File:04.IX - The Last Supper.jpg|thumb|Howarth conducting the London Sinfonietta at the [[Piccolo Teatro (Milan)|Piccolo Teatro di Milano]] in 2008]]

As a composer and former trumpet player, he wrote mainly for brass instruments. Swedish trumpeter [[Håkan Hardenberger]] premiered several of his works on [[cornet]], including his ''Cornet Concerto'', ''Canto'', and ''Capriccio''.<ref name="y787">{{citation |last1=Howarth |first1=Elgar |title=Fireworks |year=1999 |publication-place=[England] |publisher=Doyen |language=en |oclc=1017852822 |last2=Hardenberger |first2=Håkan}}.</ref> He wrote arrangements such as ''[[Carnival of Venice (song)|Carnival of Venice]]'' variations for brass ensemble<ref>{{cite web |title=The Carnival of Venice Variations |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/records/nngrph |access-date=16 August 2015 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=7 November 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151107033148/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/records/nngrph |url-status=live }}</ref> and Mussorgsky's ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'' arranged for [[Philip Jones Brass Ensemble]], a group he had both played in and conducted. Composer [[Roy Newsome]] remarked that "Howarth's masterly rendition of Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' (1979) dwarfed all previous transcriptions".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newsome |first1=Roy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O6-iHNQwga8C&dq=elgar+howarth+pictures+at+an+exhibition+brass+bbc&pg=PA125 |title=The Modern Brass Band: From the 1930s to the New Millennium |date=2006 |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |isbn=9780754607175 |page=125 |quote=However, Howarth's masterly rendition of Mussorgsky's ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' (1979) dwarfed all previous transcriptions. |access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref>

Howarth maintained his interest in brass band music,<ref name="Telegraph" /> and made a huge contribution to their modern repertoire.<ref name="f585">{{citation |last1=Howarth |first1=Elgar |title=Howarth, Eikanger Bjorsvik Musikklag |year=1997 |publication-place=London |publisher=Doyen |oclc=43188907 |last2=Bousfield |first2=Ian |last3=Childs |first3=Robert |last4=Childs |first4=Nicholas |author5=Eikanger-Bjørsvik musikklag}}.</ref> Many of his works were recorded, most notably by the [[Grimethorpe Colliery Band]]<ref>[http://www.grimethorpeband.com/history/elgar-howarth Elgar Howarth]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726144731/http://www.grimethorpeband.com/history/elgar-howarth|date=26 July 2014}}. Grimethorpe Colliery Band.</ref> and the [[Eikanger-Bjørsvik]] band. He commissioned music for brass band from composers such as Birtwistle, [[Thea Musgrave]] and [[Hans Werner Henze]].<ref name="Telegraph" /> He also was one of the trumpeters who performed with [[The Beatles]] on the song "[[Magical Mystery Tour (song)|Magical Mystery Tour]]".<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite web |date=16 January 2025 |title=Elgar Howarth, trumpeter and conductor who worked with Harrison Birtwistle and The Beatles |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/01/16/elgar-howarth-trumpet-conductor-zappa-beatles-died-obituary/ |access-date=16 January 2025 |website=Telegraph Obituaries |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref> Howarth conducted the soundtrack for [[Frank Zappa]] and [[Tony Palmer (director)|Tony Palmer]]'s film ''[[200 Motels]]''.<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/54139-200-MOTELS?sid=58593fec-b359-439a-9d5f-06c9beb2f7fe&sr=6.993937&cp=1&pos=0#3 |title=200 Motels – Details |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |access-date=31 May 2019 }}</ref>

===Awards and fellowships===
He became a Fellow of the RMCM in 1970.<ref name="Adam"/> Howarth won the [[Walter Willson Cobbett Medal]] in 1992, presented by The Musicians' Company.<ref>[https://www.wcomarchive.org.uk/--walter-willson The Walter Willson Cobbett Medal, list of winners]. Accessed 18 January 2025.</ref> In 1997, he won the [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Award]] for Outstanding Achievement in Opera in 1997 for conducting English National Opera’s ''[[Die Soldaten]]'' and ''[[Der Prinz von Homburg (opera)|The Prince of Homburg]]''.<ref>[https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1997/ Olivier Winners 1997]. Accessed 18 January 2025.</ref> He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Music (FRCM) in 2000.<ref>[https://www.rcm.ac.uk/about/historyofthercm/honoursandfellowships/Fellows%20list%202022.pdf Fellows of the Royal College of Music – FRCM Recipients]. Accessed 18 January 2025.</ref>

In December 2003, Howarth was revealed to have rejected a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]].<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Honoured? No thanks, say elite of arts and TV |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/honoured-no-thanks-say-elite-arts-and-tv-83635.html |website=[[The Independent]] |date=22 December 2003 |access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>

===Recordings===
His discography includes Schoenberg's ''[[Pierrot lunaire]]'' with [[Cleo Laine]] and the [[Nash Ensemble]],<ref name="e564">{{citation |last1=Laine |first1=Cleo |title=Pierrot lunaire: op. 21 |year=1974 |publication-place=New York |publisher=RCA Red Seal |oclc=2810902 |last2=Howarth |first2=Elgar |last3=Hymas |first3=Tony |last4=Schoenberg |first4=Arnold |last5=Ives |first5=Charles |author6=Nash Ensemble}}.</ref> and the suite from Stravinsky's ''[[The Soldier's Tale]]'', ''[[Dumbarton Oaks (Stravinsky)|Dumbarton Oaks]]'' and [[Octet (Stravinsky)|Octet]] for wind in 1974,<ref name="o390">{{citation |last1=Stravinsky |first1=Igor |title=The soldier's tale concert suite ; Dumbarton Oaks ; Octet |year=1998 |publication-place=[England?] |publisher=Classics for pleasure |language=zxx |oclc=1439952242 |last2=Howarth |first2=Elgar |author3=Nash Ensemble}}.</ref> works by [[Brian Ferneyhough]] with the London Sinfonietta in 1978,<ref name="k111">{{citation |last1=Ferneyhough |first1=Brian |title=Transit |year=1978 |publication-place=Londres |publisher=Decca |oclc=761720836 |last2=Hurst |first2=Linda |last3=Wearing |first3=Clive |last4=Harrison |first4=Elizabeth |last5=Etheridge |first5=Brian |last6=Howarth |first6=Elgar |last7=Hardy |first7=Rosemary |last8=Hall |first8=Peter |last9=Earle |first9=Roderick |author10=London Sinfonietta}}.</ref> Copland's ''[[Appalachian Spring]]'' and ''Music for Movies'' with the London Sinfonietta in 1981,<ref name="x022">{{citation |last1=Copland |first1=Aaron |title=Fanfare for the common man ; Appalachian Spring ; El salón México ; Dance symphony ; Rodeo ; Dances ; Lincoln portrait ; Old American songs ; Music for movies |year=1996 |publisher=Decca |oclc=981483969 |last2=Horne |first2=Marilyn |last3=Peck |first3=Gregory |last4=Nicklin |first4=Celia |last5=Laird |first5=Michael |last6=Mehta |first6=Zubin |last7=Marriner |first7=Neville |last8=Howarth |first8=Elgar |last9=Davis |first9=Carl |last10=Dorati |first10=Antal |author11=Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra |author12=Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields |author13=London Sinfonietta |author14=Philip Jones Brass Ensemble |author15=English Chamber Orchestra |author16=Detroit Symphony Orchestra}}.</ref> music for brass by [[Paul Hindemith]] with the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble in 1981,<ref name="m147">{{citation |last1=Hindemith |first1=Paul |title=Concert music : for strings and brass ; Morgenmusik : for brass ; Concert music : for piano, brass, and harps |year=1981 |publication-place=London |publisher=Argo |oclc=221603100 |last2=Howarth |first2=Elgar |last3=Crossley |first3=Paul |author4=Philip Jones Brass Ensemble}}.</ref> Birtwistle's ''Gawain'' with the orchestra and chorus of the Royal Opera House in 1996,<ref name="g109">{{citation |last1=Birtwistle |first1=Harrison |title=BIRTWISTLE, H.: Gawain [Opera] (M. Angel, A. Howells, F. le Roux, John Tomlinson, Royal Opera House Orchestra, E. Howarth) |year=2014 |publication-place=Hong Kong |publisher=Naxos Digital Services US Inc |oclc=913868213 |last2=Harsent |first2=David |author3=Naxos Digital Services US}}.</ref> which won a Gramophone Award in 1996,<ref name="operaclark"/> and ''[[Bliss (opera)|Bliss]]'' with the forces of [[Opera Australia]] in 2015.<ref name="d270">{{citation |last1=Dean |first1=Brett |title=Bliss |year=2015 |publication-place=[Australia] |publisher=ABC Classics |oclc=1337384006 |last2=Holden |first2=Amanda |last3=Quaife |first3=Merlyn |last4=Fiebig |first4=Taryn |last5=Gore |first5=Lorina |last6=Parkin |first6=Jane |last7=La Rocca |first7=Teresa |last8=Nikolic |first8=Milijana |last9=Choo |first9=Henry |last10=Breen |first10=Kanen |last11=Cororan |first11=David |last12=Coleman-Wright |first12=Peter |last13=Ryan |first13=Barry |last14=Lowrencev |first14=Shane |last15=Ede |first15=Malcolm |last16=Howarth |first16=Elgar |last17=Carey |first17=Peter |author18=Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra |author19=Opera Australia Chorus}}.</ref>

A number of personal copies of works Howarth conducted (some including annotations) are catalogued<ref>[http://www.lib.mus.uea.ac.uk/scores/?browse=scores&catalogue_code=howarth Elgar Howarth Scores]. University of East Anglia. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207021553/http://www.lib.mus.uea.ac.uk/scores/?browse=scores&catalogue_code=howarth|date=7 February 2012}}.</ref> at the [[University of East Anglia]]'s School of Music.<ref>[http://www.uea.ac.uk/mus School of Music]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618153403/http://www.uea.ac.uk/mus/|date=18 June 2006}}. University of East Anglia.</ref>
===Personal life and death===
Howarth married Mary Neary in 1958; they had three children. They moved from London to [[Beccles]], Suffolk. Neary died in 2024.<ref name="Telegraph" /> With his son Patrick, Howarth wrote a book "which explains the brass band world", with chapters on the repertoire, and interviews with among others [[Derek Bourgeois]] and Major Peter Parkes.<ref>Howarth, Elgar; Howarth, Patrick (1988). ''What A Performance!: The brass band plays.'' Robson Books Ltd, London.</ref><ref name="aparis"/>

Howarth died from complications of dementia on 13 January 2025, aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2025 |title=Elgar Howarth 1935–2025 |url=https://www.nybbgb.org.uk/news/elgar-howarth-1935-2025/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Colin |date=14 January 2025 |title=Elgar Howarth, 1935 – 2025. |url=https://www.colinscolumn.com/elgar-howarth-1935-2025/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=Colin's Column}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Elgar Howarth obituary: trumpeter and director of the first brass band Prom |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/elgar-howarth-obituary-trumpeter-and-director-of-the-first-brass-band-prom-xbcd8c0n2 |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=The Times |date=24 January 2025}}</ref>

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