We all have idols we dream of meeting. One of mine was Herbert Howells. Unless you're a church musician, or have sung in a pretty good choir, that name, of a British composer who lived from 1892 to ...

The famed music director celebrates his retirement with a fine selection of music by Herbert Howells At the end of September, Stephen Cleobury will retire as director of music at King’s College, ...

The influence of English Tudor music runs like a silver thread through the compositions of Herbert Howells (1892-1983), nowhere more so than in this most esoteric of recordings, his complete works for ...

Herbert Howells was at a low ebb in the 1920s. His energies were sapped by ongoing health issues and resultant medical treatment. A severe creative crisis followed the disastrous first performance of ...

Howells revisited the concerto throughout his life. Personal circumstances surrounding the work undoubtedly played a part in his complex relationship with it. Sketches for the first movement began in ...

Herbert Howells' "Requiem," a deeply personal piece written in a time of grief and then filed away for 40 years, was the compelling centerpiece of the Choral Arts Ensemble's concerts last weekend in ...

Jubilate Deo, 'Chapel Royal, Tower of London' Simon Bell, Organ Herbert Howells, Composer Winchester Cathedral Choir Andrew Lumsden, Conductor (The) Winchester Service Simon Bell, Organ Andrew Lumsden ...

Pianist Matthew Schellhorn's new recording of unknown piano works by Herbert Howells – released today – has been a voyage of discovery not unlike that of premiering brand new music The chance to ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...