Howells 'Like as the hart'

Today is the 125th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Howells, a composer who has made such an incredible contribution to the Anglican choral tradition. We paid tribute to him last Sunday with an Evensong of his music, featuring his Gloucester Service, 'Paean' for organ and 'Like as the hart,' the start of which you can watch here. Howells is especially important to us as he stepped in as Acting Organist her when Robin Orr was called up to active service in the Second World War. He wrote a setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis dedicated to St John's, which you can hear along with a full recording of 'Like as the Hart' and the Gloucester Service on Andrew Nethsingha's first disc with us as Director, 'St John's Magnificat' (http://bit.ly/2zvu5OL). Glen Dempsey, our Herbert Howells Organ Scholar, is the organist on this clip.