Tag Archives: Howells
Radio 4 broadcast – Music of the Gloucestershire Landscape. Howells, Gurney, RVW and Finzi…
Earlier in the year I climbed Chosen Hill outside Gloucester to talk to Rose Ferraby about the composers that found inspiration from that place – Herbert Howells, Ivor Gurney, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gerald Finzi. The finished programme will be … Continue reading
Publication: King’s Herald (HH) arranged for organ by Jonathan Clinch
Herbert Howells wrote the orchestral fanfare and march ‘King’s Herald’ for the 1937 Coronation. To celebrate the 2023 Coronation, Novello are publishing my organ arrangement, originally transcribed for Daniel Cook to play at Westminster Abbey in 2016. To mark the … Continue reading
Blog: Herbert Howells – Piano Music Volume 2
Volume 2 of Herbert Howells Piano Music is out on Friday 2nd December on the Naxos label. Ahead of the release, here are my notes that accompany the disc. The recording includes the remaining pieces from my edited volume of … Continue reading
Howells – Three Anthems [now] with orchestra…
Here are some thoughts on the latest Venables/Howells release on Delphian, which includes my orchestration of one of Howells’ greatest anthems… Herbert Howells saw himself in a long tradition of English composers who found their initial love of both music … Continue reading
NEW EDITION – Herbert Howells Piano Works
My new edition of 28 previously unpublished piano works by Herbert Howells was released yesterday and can now be ordered from MusicRoom or any local music shop. It’s also available digitally through nKoda. My preface is reproduced below. Herbert Howells … Continue reading
HYPERION: Programme Note for Herbert Howells – Missa Sabrinensis
A Choral Symphony in all but name and one Howells’ greatest achievements, the 1954 Mass of the Severn (River) is now available from Hyperion. My Programme Notes The English composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983) is chiefly celebrated today for his liturgical … Continue reading
Herbert Howells: Chamber Music – String Quartet ‘In Gloucestershire’, Lady Audrey’s Suite, Piano Quartet
NEW NAXOS RELEASE This superb CD of some of Howells’ finest chamber music will be released on 12th April. Here are my programme notes for the disc. Herbert Howells (1892-1983) defined the sound of English Cathedral music in the twentieth century … Continue reading
Recital: St Michael’s Cornhill
St Michael’s Cornhill Monday 27 March at 1pm Programme King’s Herald (4:30) Herbert Howells arr. Clinch Allegretto grazioso (3) Frank Bridge Fantasia (8:30) Sir George Dyson Passacaglia on the name joHn mcCABE (6) Robert Saxton … Continue reading
Dr Jonathan Clinch 