Herbert Howells: spartiti medio

Three 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 ch...

Madrigal for SSATB, poem by Robert Wever. Composed for Sir Frederick Bridge and members of the Madrigal Society. Piano part included for practice use.

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...

The music Herbert Howells has tended to be unjustly neglected but his post-war output of orchestral and chamber works is currently enjoying a period of re-eveluation. This Herbert Howells society edit...

Like much of Howells' later work, this is a deeply religious choral work that ranks at the top of the English choral tradition. Composed on Christmas Day 1952, Behold, O God Our Defender is for mixed...