Composer of the Week

Herbert Howells (1892-1983) 4/5. Free Association 'Architecture, Acoustic, Association' was Howells's compositional mantra. Donald Macleod considers the last of these three As with music inspired by a brass band competition, the Gloucestershire countryside and the assassination of a president. King's Herald London Symphony Orchestra Richard Hickox (conductor) Magnificat (Gloucester Service) Christopher Hughes (organ) Choir of King's College Cambridge Stephen Cleobury (director) String Quartet (In Gloucestershire) Britten Quartet Take Him Earth for Cherishing Choir of King's College Cambridge Stephen Cleobury (director).