Howard Goodall
Howard Goodall is a composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores including The Vicar of Dibley, Red Dwarf and Mr. Bean. His settings of Psalm 23 and Love Divine are amongst the most performed of all contemporary choral works. Recent major works which are performed throughout the world include Invictus : A Passion, Eternal Light : A Requiem and Every Purpose Under the Heaven: The King James Bible Oratorio. An award winning broadcaster and energetic campaigner for music education in schools and the community, he was appointed England’s first ever National Ambassador for Singing.
Works
| Title | Year | Description | Duration | Composer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loving Kindness | 2020 | SATB chorus and piano | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Loving Kindness | 2020 | TTBB chorus and piano | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Loving Kindness | 2020 | SSA chorus and piano | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Loving Kindness | 2020 | tenor solo, solo cello and chamber orchestra | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Loving Kindness | 2020 | solo soprano and organ | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Never to Forget | 2020/21 | SATB choir and small orchestra | 8 | Howard Goodall |
| All the good you can | 2019 | SATB choir and organ (with optional unison congregation, handbells, and additional piano) | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| The Gravity of Kindness | 2019 | soprano solo, SATB choir and small orchestra | 15 | Howard Goodall |
| The Spring of the Water of Life | 2019 | SATB choir, trumpet and organ | 7½ | Howard Goodall |
| Christmas Cantata | 2019 | soprano solo, SATB choir, organ and chamber orchestra | 32 | Howard Goodall |
| Invictus: A Passion | 2017 | soprano and tenor soloists, SATB chorus and small orchestra | 55 | Howard Goodall |
| It came upon the midnight clear | 2016 | tenor and piano | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Sure of the Sky, Sure of the Sun - Des Himmels sicher, der Sonne sicher | 2014 | SATB choir and brass ensemble of 5 players (or piano, or organ) | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Steadfast | 2014 | soprano or tenor solo, SATB chorus and piano | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Steadfast (solo voice) | 2014 | high voice and piano | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Promises of Grace | 2013 | anthem for SATB choir, trumpet and organ | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| More Tomorrows | 2013 | anthem for orchestra | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Romance of the Angels | 2012 | SATB chorus and organ | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Every purpose under the heaven (SATB vrsn) | 2011/rev. 2012 | soprano and tenor soloists, SATB chorus and chamber orchestra | 45 | Howard Goodall |
| Pro Alios Curantibus | 2009/arr.2012 | SATB chorus and chamber orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| By the Waters of Babylon / super flumina - Psalm 137 | 2010/arr.2012 | SATB chorus and chamber orchestra | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| I am Christmas Day | 2012 | carol for SATB choir and organ (or piano, or orchestra) | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| I am Christmas Day | 2012 | carol for SATB choir and orchestra | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Shackleton's Cross | 2012 | trumpet and organ | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Shackleton's Cross (brass band) | 2016 | brass band | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Shackleton's Cross | 2012 | trumpet and chamber orchestra | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (SATB & ch orch) | 1994/arr. 2012 | SATB choir and chamber orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| The Rosslyn Psalm | 2012 | SATB chorus, harp and organ | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Live at Lloyd's: Fanfare | 2012 | fanfare trumpets, brass ensemble of 11 players, percussion and organ | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| The Taunton School Anthem | 2012 | SATB choir and organ | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Inspired | 2010/arr. 2012 | solo guitar and chamber orchestra | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Shackleton's Cross | 2012 | solo piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Rigaudon | 2012 | chamber ensemble of 18 players | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| I am Christmas Day | 2012 | carol for unison voices and piano | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Every purpose under the heaven (upper/lower voices vrsn) | 2011 | oratorio for soprano and tenor soloists, mixed voices and chamber orchestra | 45 | Howard Goodall |
| Jubilate Deo (St George's Ascot) | 2011 | SSA voices and organ | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| A new heart, a new spirit | 2011 | treble choir, 3 SATB choirs and organ | 8 | Howard Goodall |
| By the Waters of Babylon / super flumina - Psalm 137 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 5½ | Howard Goodall |
| Pelican in the Wilderness / pellicano solitudinis - Psalm 102 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| Gaudete | 2010 | upper voices and orchestra | 3 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| Pelican in the Wilderness / pellicano solitudinis - Psalm 102 | 2010/arr.2012 | SATB chorus, string quartet and keyboard | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem / rogate pacem - Psalm 122 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| He Shall Keep the Simple Folk / deus judicium - Psalm 72 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| How Lovely are Your Dwellings / quam dilecta - Psalm 84 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Out of the Deep / de profundis - Psalm 130 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Have Mercy On Me / miserere mei - Psalm 51 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Heare, O Heare Me / in tribulatione - Psalm 4 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Though Rivers Roar / lavaverunt flumina - Psalm 93 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Lyke a Freshly Planted Tree / iuxta rivulos aquarum - Psalm 1 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem / rogate pacem - Psalm 122 | 2010 | upper voices and chamber orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| By the Waters of Babylon / super flumina - Psalm 137 | 2010 | upper voices, organ and strings | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| The Angel Gabriel | 2009/arr. 2010 | upper voices and chamber orchestra | 4 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| The Pearl | 2010 | upper voices and chamber orchestra | 8 | Howard Goodall |
| Stella, quam viderant Magi | 2009/arr. 2010 | upper voices and chamber orchestra | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Open thou mine eyes | 2010 | SSATB choir and organ, with optional piccolo trumpet and taiko drums | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| The Selfish Giant | 2010 | narrator, childrens' choir and orchestra | 24 | Howard Goodall |
| A Good Man is Merciful / in memoria aeterna - Psalm 111 | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Thou Walkest With Me / tu cognovisti - Psalm 139 | 2010 | solo soprano, SA voices, keyboard and string quartet | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The / pascit me - (Psalm 23) | 2010 | Upper voices (minimum 8), keyboard and string quartet | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| Spring | 2009 | cello and chamber orchestra | 13 | Howard Goodall |
| Summer | 2009 | cello and string orchestra | 15 | Howard Goodall |
| O Little Town Of Bethlehem | 2009 | sopranos, cello, organ, PAD2*, synth/strings (* sampled sounds acceptable - PAD" & synth can be combined into one keyboard part) | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| Puer Nobis Nascitur | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel*, handbells*, organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| The Angel Gabriel | 2009 | sopranos, cello, celesta*, organ (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 4 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| Winter | 2009 | cello and string orchestra | 17 | Howard Goodall |
| Autumn | 2009/arr.2010 | cello and orchestra | 16 | Howard Goodall |
| Veni, veni, Emmanuel | 2009 | sopranos, cello, handbells*, celesta*, organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 5 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| The Seasons | 2009 | cello and string orchestra | 61 | Howard Goodall |
| Eternal Light: A Requiem (reduced instn) | 2009 | soprano, tenor and/or baritone soloists, SATB chorus, piano, organ and harp | 40 | Howard Goodall |
| Psalm 98 | 2009 | SATB chorus and two pianos | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Misericordes | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells and organ | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| The Beatitudes | 2009 | Upper voices (minimum 8 singers), solo cello, organ, synthesiser and handbells | 66 | Howard Goodall |
| Pro Curatis | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells, organ and synthesizer | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| Pro Alios Curantibus | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, organ and synthesizer | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Pauperes | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells, organ and synthesizer | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Mites | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello and organ | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Pro Eis Solitariis | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Qui Esuriunt | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells and organ | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Pacifici | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells and organ | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Qui Persecutionem | 2009 | Minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells and organ | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Mundo Corde | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells and organ | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| Beati Qui Lugent | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells and organ | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| Pro Eis Sine Domo | 2009 | minimum of 8 high voices, cello, handbells, organ and synthesizer | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| Wide World | 2009 | upper voices and ensemble | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| What's in a song? | 2009 | voices & chamber ensemble of 6 players | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Sussex Carol | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel*, handbells*, organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| Lullaby of Winter (SATB) | 2009/arr.2012 | SATB chorus and piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Stella, quam viderant Magi | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel*, handbells*, celesta*, organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Angelus ad virginem | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel (opt)*, handbells*, finger cymbal* (opt), celesta*, organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| A solis ortus cardine | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel*, handbells*, finger cymbal*, celesta*, organ, synth/strings | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Verbum caro factum est | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel*, handbells*, crotales* (glsp & crot may be combined), organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lullaby of Winter | 2009 | sopranos, cello, celesta*, organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| A little child there is yborn | 2009 | sopranos, cello, handbells*, organ (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Autumn | 2009 | cello and string orchestra | 16 | Howard Goodall |
| Angels From The Realms Of Glory | 2009 | Sopranos, Cello, Glockenspiel, Handbells, Celesta*, Organ, Synth./Strings (* sampled sounds acceptable) | Howard Goodall, Traditional | |
| The First Nowell | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel/celesta*, handbells*, organ, synthesizer/strings (* sampled sounds acceptable) | 6 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| Gaudete | 2009 | sopranos, cello,glockenspiel*, celesta*, reed organ (opt), organ, synth/strings (opt) (* sampled sounds acceptable) | 3 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| Winter | 2009/arr 2010 | cello and orchestra | 17 | Howard Goodall |
| Song of Hope, A | 2009 | upper voices, piano and strings | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Suscipe, Domine | 2009 | junior voices, SATB chorus, 2 pianos and percussion | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Veni, veni, Emmanuel | 2009/arr.2010 | upper voices and chamber orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| Stella, quam viderant Magi | 2009, arr.2011 | treble voices, SSATB chorus and chamber orchestra | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Verbum caro factum est (SATB) | 2009/arr.2012 | SATB chorus, percussion, organ/piano and string quartet | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Song of Hope, A | 2009/arr.2013 | SSATTB voices and harp (or piano, or organ) | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Angels, from the realms of glory | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel (opt)*, handbells*, celesta*, organ, synthesizer/strings (* sampled sounds acceptable) | 6 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| Silent night | 2009 | sopranos, cello, glockenspiel*, handbells*, finger cymbal*, celesta*, organ, synth/strings (*sampled sounds acceptable) | 4 | Howard Goodall, Franz Gruber |
| We wish you a merry Christmas | 2009 | sopranos, cello & organ | 2 | Howard Goodall, Traditional |
| Lead, Kindly Light | 2008 | SATB and piano | 3 | Howard Goodall |
| Veni, Sancte Spiritus | 2008 | unaccompanied SATB chorus (with optional tubular bells) | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Eternal Light: A Requiem | 2008 | soprano, tenor and/or baritone soloists, SATB chorus, two keyboards, harp (optional) and strings | 40 | Howard Goodall |
| And the bridge is love | 2008 | cello solo, harp, strings | 10 | Howard Goodall |
| Music, sister of sunrise | 2008 | SATB and piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Two Cities | 2006 | musical show | Howard Goodall | |
| Winter Lullabies | 2006 | upper voices and harp/piano | 24 | Howard Goodall |
| Sewing Schools | 2006 | string orchestra | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Spared | 2005 | SATB and piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Winter's Tale, A | 2005/2012 | musical in two acts | Howard Goodall | |
| Spared | 2005 | SATB chorus, piano and strings | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Refuge | 2005 | SATB chorus and orchestra (or piano) | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Jason and the Argonauts | 2004 | narrator, tenor, percussion and organ | 28 | Howard Goodall |
| To See Another Sun | 2003 | SATB choir and organ | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Jubilate Deo | 2002 | SATB chorus and organ | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| The dreaming | 2001 | musical show | 124 | Howard Goodall |
| I believe in the sun | 2001 | unison children's voices, SATB chorus, piano and optional strings | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Romance of the Epiphany | 2000 | SATB chorus and organ (or piano and double bass) | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| Love Divine (SATB) | 2000 | SATB and organ/piano, or organ/piano and string orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Love Divine (symphonic wind band) | 2000/arr.2013 | symphonic wind band | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Romance of the Epiphany | 2000 | SATB chorus and orchestra | 4 | Howard Goodall |
| The Good-Morrow | 2000 | SSAA chorus and piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Salisbury Canticles | 2000 | SSA voices and organ | 10 | Howard Goodall |
| Love Divine (brass band) | 2000/arr.2013 | brass band | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Kou-jou-no tsuki | 2000 | SATB chorus and piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Love Divine (SSAA) | 2000 | SSAA and organ/piano, or organ/piano and string orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| The Kissing-Dance | 1999 | musical show | Howard Goodall | |
| In Memoriam Anne Frank | 1995 | SATB chorus, piano, organ and strings | 11 | Howard Goodall |
| They Were Not Here | 1995 | childrens' choir, SATB chorus, piano and strings | 7 | Howard Goodall |
| In Memoriam Anne Frank | 1995 | SATB choir and piano | 11 | Howard Goodall |
| In Memoriam Anne Frank (National Holocaust Day 2001 version) | 1995/arr.2001 | SATB choir and piano | 6 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (SATB) | 1994/arr.2012 | chamber orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (SA) | 1994/arr.2001 | SA choir and organ/piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (SATB unacc) | 1994/arr 2014 | unaccompanied SATB choir | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| The Marlborough Canticles | 1994 | Double SATB choir and organ | 12 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (SATB) | 1994 | SATB/organ or piano, with optional string orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (SSA) | 1994 | SSA or SATB chorus and strings | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my Shepherd, The (Psalm 23) | 1994 | SSA or SATB chorus and full orchestra | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my Shepherd, The (piano) | 1994 | piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (SSA) | 1994 | 5 | Howard Goodall | |
| Lord is my Shepherd, The (voice and piano) | 1994 | voice and piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Lord is my shepherd, The (Psalm 23) (TTBarB) | 1994 | TTBarB and organ/piano | 5 | Howard Goodall |
| Silas Marner | 1993 | musical show | 45 | Howard Goodall |
| Missa Aedis Christi | 1993 | SATB (divisi) and Organ or Organ with String Orchestra | 30 | Howard Goodall |
| Days of Hope | 1991 | musical theatre | Howard Goodall | |
| Girlfriends | 1986 | musical show set in World War II | Howard Goodall | |
| The Hired Man | 1984 | musical show in two acts | Howard Goodall |