
Herbert Norman Howells (Composer)
Born: 17th October 1892, Lydney
Died: 23rd February 1983, London
Nationality: English
Herbert Norman Howells was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Howells
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Further Reading: Howells
Recording of the Week,
Howells from David Hill and the Bach Choir
1st May 2020
David Hill leads the Bach Choir and BBC Concert Orchestra in a masterful new recording of Howells's monumental Missa Sabrinensis - a rarely-heard masterpiece ripe for revival.
Interview,
Guy Johnston & Jonathan Clinch on the Howells Cello Concerto
27th June 2019
David talks to cellist Guy Johnston and musicologist Jonathan Clinch about Howells's Cello Concerto - recently reconstructed by Clinch, recorded by Johnston and released on the King's College label.
Popular Works: Howells
- A Hymn for St Cecilia (17)
- A Sequence for St Michael (9)
- A Spotless Rose (103)
- All my hope on God is founded (23)
- Behold, O God our defender (9)
- Collegium Regale: Te Deum (10)
- Come Sing and Dance (7)
- Concerto for string orchestra (6)
- Gavotte (5)
- Here is the Little Door (45)
- Hymnus Paradisi (7)
- Jubilate 'Collegium Regale' (6)
- King David (20)
- Lambert's Clavichord - Twelve pieces for clavichord, Op. 41 (6)
- Like as the Hart (38)
- Long, Long Ago (17)
- Magnificat (Collegium Regale, 1945) (6)
- Magnificat (St Paul's Service) (6)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale, 1945) (9)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense, 1957) (6)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Gloucester, 1946) (12)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (St Paul's, 1951) (11)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in G (5)
- Master Tallis's Testament (from Six Pieces) (19)
- Nunc dimittis (9)
- O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem (11)
- Paean (7)
- Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 21 (5)
- Psalm-Preludes Set 1, Op. 32 Nos. 1-3 (18)
- Psalm-Preludes Set 1, Op. 32: No. 3 (7)
- Psalm-Preludes Set 2: No. 1 (5)
- Regina caeli (7)
- Requiem (21)
- Rhapsody for Organ No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 (14)
- Rhapsody for Organ No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 17 No. 3 (21)
- Salve Regina (21)
- Sing Lullaby (35)
- Sonata for Oboe and Piano (7)
- Take him, earth, for cherishing (32)
- Te Deum & Jubilate 'Collegium Regale' (15)