LATEST NEWS: Very delighted to announce that Helen’s latest video ‘Found in Love’ has just been released on YouTube.

This video is a unique artistic collaboration across generations, bringing together the enchanting compositions and story telling of Helen Habershon and the beautiful poetic writings of her father, William Saunders.

Inspired by the wonders of the natural world, music and poetry are woven together in a captivating narrative that celebrates nature, imagination, and storytelling with beautiful visuals.
The result is a charming and immersive experience where words and melodies intertwine to create a journey of beauty, reflection, and inspiration. I hope you enjoy this special presentation.

This follows Helen and John Lenehan’s much acclaimed album ‘Found in Dreams’ which was chosen as Discovery of the Week by John Brunning on ClassicFM and Album of the Weekend by Scala Radio (now Classical Magic), Helen’s fifth album of Finzi and Brahms was selected as Album of the Week on NPO Radio 4 and also featured as a new release on various Apple Music playlists. Scala Radio also chose tracks from the album for their ‘Very Best Dinner Party’ playlist.

Gramophone Magazine Review: The thought of pairing Brahms and Finzi hadn’t occurred to me before but it makes perfect sense, particularly with the clarinet music. Did Finzi have Brahms in mind when composing the second of his Five Bagatelles? Certainly the title Romanza is Brahmsian enough, as are those lovely triplets in the clarinet part, and the way Helen Habershon draws them out so tenderly has me thoroughly convinced.
She plays all the Bagatelles marvellously, in fact. I love how innocently she begins the first one, as if it’s a warm-up scale, and then the poco meno mosso at 1'14" brings to mind Elgar’s phrase ‘play it like something you hear down by the river’, for it seems to come from a pure, pastoral source. The Forlana is delicately done, too, with a gentle swing, and the Fughetta seems to smile, with both Habershon and pianist John Lenehan using articulation to keep the textures light.

In Found in Dreams, Helen has once again collaborated with John Lenehan and they offer a wonderfully diverse collection of repertoire. This includes beautiful arrangements of some of their favourite pieces, a couple of short movements of outstanding clarinet repertoire by Brahms and Finzi and some delightful new compositions of their own. As well as his beautifully crafted arrangements, John has also written two lovely pieces to add to Helen’s.

Review from London Light Music: http://www.turnipnet.com/llmmg//reviews/foundindreams.htm

As ‘Composer in Residence’ for the Ice Warrior Project, here’s a fun message to Helen from the Ice Warrior himself in the Arctic, Jim McNeill on the release of Found in Dreams!