Review: Articles, Press, etc

Hired Man March 2013

Mercury Theatre - The Hired Man

Simply Perfect‘, ‘…some of the best musical theatre that Great Britain has to offer.’  Reviews have been coming in for Daniel Buckroyd’s revival of The Hired Man at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester.

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Inspired Press Reviews

Howard’s new CD Inspired, which features familiar works and the world première of both Shackleton’s Cross and Every Purpose Under Heaven has been released.   Here are some of the reviews:

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Edward Seckerson Review of the London production of Love Story

Where do I begin? It’s an in-joke that composer Howard Goodall could hardly pass by – quoting that song in his and Stephen Clark’s musical adaptation of the much-loved novel and film LOVE STORY. But it’s the moment he chooses that raises wry smiles from us all. It’s Jenny Cavilleri’s much-anticipated Bach recital and there

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Reviews of The Hired Man

This page contains reviews of many of the productions of The Hired Man:

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A review of Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats

Howard Goodall’s Channel 4 series on 20th-century music was a triumph of intelligent televison. It worked because it was driven by a powerful polemic by David Herman, Prospect Magazine After a terrible year Channel 4 ended 2004 on three high notes: the start of David Starkey’s ambitious history of the British monarchy: Green Wing the most original British comedy

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Reviews for The Story of Music

Reviews for both the TV Series, radio programmes and the accompanying book have been coming in thick and fast for Howard Goodall’s Story of Music.

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Reviews for A Winter's Tale at The Landor

A limited run of the first professional performances of A Winter’s Tale are currently taking place at The Landor Theatre in London. The reviews are now in:

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Links to Press reviews of Love Story in Chichester

Below is a list of the press reviews for Love Story in Chichester 2010.  Click to open each review in a new tab: Sunday Express London Evening Standard The Stage Daily Mail What’s on Stage The Public British Theatre Guide The Latest The Observer Daily Telegraph The Independent The Argus  

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Reviews of The How Music Works Series

When it was first broadcast, How Music Works, received a number of reviews inculding in The Observer and The Time, The Independent and Time Out.  Below are a transcriptions of a number of them:

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Reviews of A Musical Nation

Below are reproduced the many reviews of A Musical Nation – written and presented by Howard for ITV’s South Bank Show, and broadcast in December 2004: Radio Times 18-31 December 2004 TODAY’S CHOICES: ARTS – David Butcher Prepare for some good news. In 1998 Simon Rattle made a gloomy film about the decline of music education in Britain.

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