This Friday, 8 June, sees the release of House of the Mind, the
Choir’s new CD. The Choir celebrates the works of choral music icon
Herbert Howells in a disc that sets his works alongside pieces that they
inspired and influenced – such as Nico Muhly’s Like as the Hart
for choir, solo violin and percussion – as well as works that, in turn,
influenced him. The disc features two world premiere recordings by
David Bednall: settings of two Marian Antiphons Alma redemptoris mater and Ave regina caelorum that ‘complete’ the partly-lost set of works that Howells wrote for Westminster Cathedral.
