Walton's Toye by Herbert Howells (p1961)

Michael Maxwell Steer plays Walton's Toye, recorded live at a concert in Handel House, London on 5 July 2007 featuring english harpsichord music. It's from 'Howells Clavichord' written 1941-1961, a companion volume to 'Lambert's Clavichord' (p1927). On the cover of either was a photo of the two Goff clavichords decorated by Rex Whistler. In my youth I had the good fortune to see these fabulous instruments in Tom Goff's Pont St house. Sadly, there dont seem to be pix of them on the web. I have always imagined (but not seen anywhere written) that Howells' interest in the clavichord was piqued by the pioneering performer Violet Gordon Woodhouse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavichord. For more about Michael Maxwell Steer visit http://msteer.co.uk/

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Music

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• Herbert Howells
• Tom Goff
• Violet Gordon Woodhouse
• Michael Maxwell Steer
• Handel House Museum
• clavichord
• harpsichord
• concert
• recital ColourMuse

[MultiClarinetist]

Really too bad that this recording isnt available on iTunes. Delightful! I love it.

[dwsolo]

Fascinating :-) The renaissance returns in new clothes :-)

[hrpschrdman]

Great performance. I enjoyed that the scrolling video of the score, included all the fingerings and performance notes! Great fun. I've got to learn some of these Howells pieces.

[dgarrick]

This is fantastic! Howells will forever be one of my favorite composers.