Tag Archives: Howells
Howells’ Organ Sonata – Performance inspired by G. D. Cunningham.
11th July 2025 91 years ago today, on 11th July 1934, George Dorrington Cunningham (‘G D’ – then City Organist of Birmingham) gave the first broadcast performance of Herbert Howells’ ‘Sonata for Organ’. George Thalben-Ball (a former pupil of Cunningham) … Continue reading
HH Society Podcast (Coming Soon)
Delighted to visit Gloucester Cathedral today to interview their Director of Music, Adrian Partington, about Herbert Howells and the performance of his masterpiece ‘Hymnus Paradisi’ in July’s Three Choirs Festival. Here’s a clip…
Holst Abstract: Perspectives on Symphonic Intertextuality and Pan-European Identity.
RETHINKING GUSTAV HOLST AND HIS MUSIC2024 Symposium, Utah State University Gustav Holst: Perspectives on Symphonic Intertextuality and Pan-European Identity. Dr Jonathan Clinch (Royal Academy of Music) ABSTRACTThis paper offers two related perspectives on Holst: the first looks back to Charles Stanford, … Continue reading
The Howells Legacy
A recording of Saturday’s public discussion between Jonathan Clinch, Paul Spicer and Robert Spearing is now available to members of the Herbert Howells Society.
Podcast: The Howells Legacy
The Herbert Howells Society has just released the first three episodes in their new podcast ‘The Howells Legacy’ where Jonathan Clinch interviews composers influenced by Howells. Here are some clips…
Worcester Cathedral Recital
I’m looking forward to premiering the next piece in Robert Saxton’s organ cycle at Worcester Cathedral on Thursday 27th June at 12.15pm. Admission is free with donations welcomed at a retiring collection. Here’s the full programme…
Playing Howells: The Paean Problem
I recently tried an experiment. I downloaded a metronome app that allowed me to use presets and programmed it for the various tempos in Herbert Howells’ 1940 ‘Paean’ for organ. I then practised a lot, recorded a performance, and posted … Continue reading
Recording: Howells at HIS speeds
Herbert Howells’ Paean for organ (written in May 1940) has notoriously fast metronome markings, which few organists follow. As an experiment, I’ve practised A LOT and tried to follow them… The recording was made using the 2010 Metzler organ of … Continue reading
Blog: Easter Howells – Six Pieces and Sarabands
Around this point in Holy Week, organists around the world will be searching for their copies of Herbert Howells’ Six Pieces for organ. The second of these — Saraband (For the morning of Easter) — is very popular and this … Continue reading
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