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Composer of the Week Herbert Howells Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 Donald Macleod explores the tortuous gestation of Howells's Hymnus Paradisi.

  2. Free Association

    4/5 Donald Macleod looks at why association was one of Howells's main compositional methods.

  3. Liquid Architecture

    3/5 Donald Macleod explores how Howells became a hot property for many choral institutions.

  4. Love and Despair

    2/5 Donald Macleod looks at how music became a release for Howells after his son's death.

  5. An Ordinary Englishman

    1/5 Donald Macleod maps Howells's roots, which stretch to the music of the Tudors.