Howells/ Rutter/ Bournemouth So & Chorus/ Hill - Hymnus Paradisi Sir Patrick Spens Release:Hymnus Paradisi Sir Patrick Spens Naxos In spite of these achievements

In spite of these achievements

the first single from the new album

told new stories and brought in new audiences when it was revived under the conductor John Mauceri in 1990

music that can be both graceful and captivating

Howells/ Rutter/ Bournemouth So & Chorus/ Hill - Hymnus Paradisi Sir Patrick Spens Release:Hymnus Paradisi Sir Patrick Spens Naxos In spite of these achievementsHerbert Howells is known chiefly for his church music, arguably the finest by any English composer of the twentieth century. Sir Patrick Spens, Howells' first attempt at writing a large scale choral work, has received only one known performance.