This mass setting was commissioned by the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and first performed on Ascension Sunday, 1994. Suitable for both church and concert use, the music is both lyrical and dramatic. The "Benedictus" is for SATB divisi and begins with a short 6/8 declamation, then moves into a section where the rhythmic idea is set in a sort of off-the-beat fashion, with all parts divisi playing against each other. A unison section with the off-the-beat motif follows. A majestic "Hosanna" follows. The "Agnus Dei" is set in a rubato triple meter in a homophonic style with close chords (also divisi.) At the "miserere," the choir 1/choir 2 call and response motif from the "Gloria" returns. That same motif continues into the "dona nobis pacem," as the movement (and the entire Mass) ends with a long decrescendo into a quiet call, "Pacem." Duration 7:33

Composer: Howard Goodall

This mass setting was commissioned by the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and first performed on Ascension Sunday, 1994. Suitable for both church and concert use, the music is both lyrical and dramatic. The mood of the text is faithfully represented in the setting, yet with a lot of originality. The setting is sometimes declamatory, sometimes mysterious, with a "Crucifixus" which is hushed and reverent. Material from the "Kyrie" returns at "Et resurrexit." Sections of this movement are in eight parts. Duration 7:16

Composer: Howard Goodall

This mass setting was commissioned by the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and first performed on Ascension Sunday, 1994. Suitable for both church and concert use, the music is both lyrical and dramatic. The "Gloria" is set for SATB divisi (all parts divide) in a quick and rhythmic mixed meter. The movement begins with a sort of call and response where Choir 1 states a motif and Choir 2 responds with the same motif (sometimes at a different pitch level.) A soloist begins the middle section, Piu Allegro ("Qui tollis") and the first material returns, but in unison this time, at "Jesu Christe." Duration 5:30

Composer: Howard Goodall

In Memoriam Anne Frank was written by Howard GoodallÊto commemorate the 50th anniversary of Anne Frank's death in a Nazi concentration camp. This moving choral tribute for accompanied SATB choir is elegiac in mood but, like Anne's inspirational diary, also exudes warmth and gentleness.

The Faber New Choral Works SeriesÊsets out to introduce a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series aims to draw in a rich diversity of living composers and will include both lighter and more challenging contemporary works, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

Composer: Howard Goodall

This mass setting was commissioned by the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and first performed on Ascension Sunday, 1994. Suitable for both church and concert use, the music is both lyrical and dramatic. The "Kyrie" is for SATB (altos divisi throughout) and is 31 measures of a slow but lilting 6/8 meter in which the basses have a very prominent role. Duration 1:47

Composer: Howard Goodall

Howard Goodall'sÊLove DivineÊfor accompanied SATB choir was commissioned by the Choir Schools' Association to celebrate the new millenium. This best-selling piece is set to a beautiful, poetic text by Charles Welsey and has been a choral favorite all over the world for the past 15 years.

Composer: Howard Goodall

Howard Goodall'sÊThe Marlborough Canticles were first performed by Marlborough College Choir at St George's Chapel, Windsor in April 1996. A work that combines beautiful, lyrical melodies with gentle swaying dance rhythms to tremendous effect.

Composer: Howard Goodall

Howard Goodall'sÊThe Marlborough Canticles were first performed by Marlborough College Choir at St George's Chapel, Windsor in April 1996. A work that combines beautiful, lyrical melodies with gentle swaying dance rhythms to tremendous effect.

Composer: Howard Goodall

This mass setting was commissioned by the Friends of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and first performed on Ascension Sunday, 1994. Suitable for both church and concert use, the music is both lyrical and dramatic. The "Sanctus" begins quietly, with divided sopranos trading off on a major second in a mysterious and meditative way. Parts add and build until the basses enter with a cantus firmus of sorts. The major second continues to figure prominently in the ensuing material. The movement ends with a simple melody repeated in unison ("Hosanna in excelsis") fading away into the distance. Duration 3:55

Composer: Howard Goodall

Howard Goodall's setting of Spared by Wendy Cope, arranged for SATB divisi and piano accompaniment. This workÊwas first performed by The Chapel Choir of The Methodist College Belfast on 27th October 2005 at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. Wendy Cope's poem movingly evokes the events of September 11th 2001, an event that Howard Goodall witnessed firsthand.

Composer: Howard Goodall

Setting both English and German texts, Sure of the Sky, Sure of the Sun - Des Himmels sicher, der Sonne sicher is a haunting and moving reflection on the futility of war.Ê The 5-minute piece for SATB choir and brass was premiered at one of the UK's three main World War I centenary commemoration events on August 4, 2014. It was launched by the London Symphony Chorus, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Chor and Coldstream Guards, at a twilight event attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, and a number of world leaders, all gathered together in the tiny woodland cemetery of St Symphorien near Mons, Belgium - the resting place for the first and last British, and the last Commonwealth, soldiers to die on the Western Front.

The texts are "May, 1915" by Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) and "To a Missing Friend" by Goldfeld, a German Jewish soldier killed in action, the poem was discovered by Jewish military historian, Peter C Appelbaum. Duration: 5:00Ê

Composer: Howard Goodall

Howard Goodall'sÊThe Marlborough Canticles were first performed by Marlborough College Choir at St George's Chapel, Windsor in April 1996. A work that combines beautiful, lyrical melodies with gentle swaying dance rhythms to tremendous effect.

Composer: Howard Goodall