Elowen Hart

Elowen Hart is a violinist from Painswick, in the Cotswolds — a recitalist and concerto soloist known for unhurried programmes, and for the Marchmont Edition, her slow republication of the violin music of Sylvia Marchmont (1889–1966), played back into repertoire one sonata at a time.

Next on stage

2 Nov

Marchmont: Sonata No. 2 — recital

19:30 · St Cyriac's, Painswick

Marchmont — Sonata No. 2 in D minor (1934)

Clara Schumann — Three Romances, Op. 22

Brahms — Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78

with Deniz Aral, piano. The church is small; booking is genuinely advised.

19 Nov

Ludlow Assembly Rooms

19:00 · Ludlow

Beethoven — Sonata No. 5 in F, Op. 24 'Spring'

Marchmont — Four Postcards

For the Marches Concert Society. With Deniz Aral, piano.

31 Dec

Wigton Lunchtime Series

13:00 · St Olaf's Hall, Wigton

Bach — Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004

Full diary

In the press

“Hart plays Marchmont the way you hope an editor would: as an advocate who has stopped needing to advocate, because the music is simply there, and simply very good.” ★★★★★
— The Long Interval, Miriam Voss (on The Violin Sonatas) May 2025

“The Elgar had the concentrated quiet of late-night talk, and the Marchmont sonata beside it sounded not rediscovered but resident.”
— The Westmorland Gazette (recital with Deniz Aral, Kendal)

“A violinist who programmes like an essayist and plays like the light going.”
— The Recital Diary

On record

Marchmont: The Violin Sonatas

Harewell Records, April 2025

Elowen Hart, violin

Deniz Aral, piano

All three sonatas, recorded in the church at Painswick over a week of early mornings — first recordings throughout, from Elowen's own edition of the manuscripts. The record the archive folder was always heading towards.

Recording of the Month — The Long Interval

“Hart plays Marchmont the way you hope an editor would: as an advocate who has stopped needing to advocate, because the music is simply there, and simply very good.” ★★★★★
The Long Interval, on The Violin Sonatas

Listen The Violin Sonatas — album booklet (PDF)

Blue Hour

Harewell Records, October 2023

Elowen Hart, violin

Solo violin for the end of the day: the Bach D minor Partita beside Marchmont's Four Postcards and a handful of folk tunes from the Welsh border, recorded at dusk with the church door open.

“Blue Hour is that rare solo record that treats the listener as company rather than audience.” ★★★★
Gramophone Notes, on Blue Hour