Herbert Howells

Four of the finest of all settings of the English language canticles. Over the past quarter of a century, Howells has emerged as among the greatest and certainly most widely performed composers of cho...

For SATB and Organ. Composed for Magdalen College, Oxford.

From Three Motets (which also include King of Glory and House of Mind) in the Organ and Choir version.

King Of Glory', for mixed voice choir SATB with organ accompaniment, with 'The House of Mind' and 'God is gone up' make up the Three Motets.

For SATB. Inscribed 'To the memory of Arnold Bax' composed for the 1965 Cork International Festival.

For SATB Choir (with divisions). Written for Canterbury Cathedral.

Salve Regina is set for SSATBB, O Salutaris Hostia for SATB.

For SSAATTBB Choir. Edited Patrick Russill.

Composed for SSAATTBB edited by Patrick Russill.

Walking In The Snow arranged for mixed voice choir SATB. Includes piano part for rehearsal purpose only. Set to a combination of two poems by John Buxton. Composed for the Lady Margaret Singers in Cam...

The poetry set by Howells was written by Scottish poet Andrew Young, a prolific writer of hymns who is perhaps best known for 'There Is A Happy Land'. This major/modal hymn is particularly appropriate...

These two sets of pieces display all the characteristics of the music of this fine English composer - modal inflections, the influence of 16th-century English composers, quirky fast movements, and, in...

Extensive work for piano with works dedicated to well known composers, performers and clavichord maker Thomas Goff.

Master Tallis's Testament No. 3 from Six Pieces for Organ. Composed in 1940, Master Tallis's Testament unfolds Quasi lento, teneramente in a gentle six-eight rhythm and in G minor. It consists of thre...

These 30 pieces were written by Herbert Howells as piano sight-reading tests. They are, however, much more than visual traps for the unwary. By turns graceful, surprising, and touching, they are inven...

The Partita, composed in 1971, is inscribed 'For the Rt Hon. Edward Heath, M. P. , Prime Minister'. Its five movements enjoy the almost improvisatory freedom that is characteristic for Howells' writin...