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Howard Lindsay Goodall CBE (/ˈɡʊdˌɔːl/; born 26 May 1958) is an English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programming for television and radio, for which he has won many awards. In May 2008 he was named as a presenter and Composer-in-Residence with the UK radio channel Classic FM, and in May 2009 he was named "Composer of the Year" at the Classical BRIT Awards.
Born in Bromley, Kent, Goodall was educated at New College School, Stowe School and Lord Williams's School and read music at Christ Church, Oxford. He is married to Val Fancourt, who is a classical music agent.
His output of musical theatre works includes The Hired Man (1984), an adaptation of the novel by Melvyn Bragg, which won an Ivor Novello award (1985) and TMA Award (2006) award for Best Musical, Girlfriends (1986), Days of Hope (1991), Silas Marner (1993), The Kissing-Dance (1998),the dreaming (2001) (both with Charles Hart), A Winter's Tale (2005) and Two Cities (2006). A Winter's Tale, commissioned for the opening of The Sage, Gateshead in December 2005 was presented during 2009–10 by Youth Music Theatre: UK. In 2011 its London professional premier at the Landor Theatre won the Off west end award for Best New Musical. While 2010 saw the premiere at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester of Love Story, based on the novella by Erich Segal. Professional revivals of The Hired Man in recent years include a UK tour by the New Perspectives Theatre Company in 2008 and a production directed by David Thacker and Elizabeth Newman at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton in June 2010. Bend It Like Beckham The Musical, written with Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges and Charles Hart began previewing at the Phoenix Theatre, London in May 2015.
(c) 2004 Channel Four: The Beatles - 20th Century Greats UPDATE: here's John Lennon on George Martin's influence in a 1975 BBC interview with "whispering" Bob Harris: https://youtu.be/lrRl065BR2w Music has been a central part of my entire life - yet to this day I've never understood how it all works in terms of its emotional "mechanics". In Desert Island Discs mode, for me there are three towering influences: The Beatles; Bach, and Handel - they are the big three, without question. And for for those of us who hold the music of The Beatles in the highest esteem, here classical composer Howard Goodall gives us an informed and absorbing account of their musical innovation, their influence, and their lasting legacy. It's a real privilege to be educated by someone who can express the langu...
Why does melody affect us so deeply, from the moment we are born? Tunes touch our deepest emotions, and are capable of inspiring love, sorrow, faith, and hope. But how does a melody actually work? In this film composer Howard Goodall looks at melody's basic elements. Why are some melodic shapes common to all cultures across the world? Can successful melodies be written at random? If not, what are the familiar melodic patterns composers of all types of music have fallen back on again and again, and why do they work? Watch this interesting clip and learn.
First episode of Howard Goodall's excellent series on Big Bang moments in musical history. This episode covers what amounts to the invention of writing for music: Notation. If you want to enjoy discovering more about classical music, come visit http://www.learnclassical.com/
Second episode of Howard Goodall's excellent series on Big Bang moments in musical history. This episode covers the fascinating area of equal temperament, and I think helps puts to bed the myth that just temperament is a better tuning system to equal temperamant. Certainly to any meaningful degree. IMHO. If you want to discover more from me about classical music, come visit http://www.learnclassical.com.
(c) BBC 2013 A short clip from Howard Goodall's marvellous BBC2 series "The Story of Music" Here, Howard is on the subject of Bach in the "Age of Invention" - he discusses and performs fugue No 7 from Bach's "The Art of Fugue" BWV 1080. More info upcoming
(c) 2004 Channel Four: The Beatles - 20th Century Greats UPDATE: here's John Lennon on George Martin's influence in a 1975 BBC interview with "whispering" Bob Harris: https://youtu.be/lrRl065BR2w Music has been a central part of my entire life - yet to this day I've never understood how it all works in terms of its emotional "mechanics". In Desert Island Discs mode, for me there are three towering influences: The Beatles; Bach, and Handel - they are the big three, without question. And for for those of us who hold the music of The Beatles in the highest esteem, here classical composer Howard Goodall gives us an informed and absorbing account of their musical innovation, their influence, and their lasting legacy. It's a real privilege to be educated by someone who can express the langu...
Why does melody affect us so deeply, from the moment we are born? Tunes touch our deepest emotions, and are capable of inspiring love, sorrow, faith, and hope. But how does a melody actually work? In this film composer Howard Goodall looks at melody's basic elements. Why are some melodic shapes common to all cultures across the world? Can successful melodies be written at random? If not, what are the familiar melodic patterns composers of all types of music have fallen back on again and again, and why do they work? Watch this interesting clip and learn.
First episode of Howard Goodall's excellent series on Big Bang moments in musical history. This episode covers what amounts to the invention of writing for music: Notation. If you want to enjoy discovering more about classical music, come visit http://www.learnclassical.com/
Second episode of Howard Goodall's excellent series on Big Bang moments in musical history. This episode covers the fascinating area of equal temperament, and I think helps puts to bed the myth that just temperament is a better tuning system to equal temperamant. Certainly to any meaningful degree. IMHO. If you want to discover more from me about classical music, come visit http://www.learnclassical.com.
(c) BBC 2013 A short clip from Howard Goodall's marvellous BBC2 series "The Story of Music" Here, Howard is on the subject of Bach in the "Age of Invention" - he discusses and performs fugue No 7 from Bach's "The Art of Fugue" BWV 1080. More info upcoming
(c) 2004 Channel Four: The Beatles - 20th Century Greats UPDATE: here's John Lennon on George Martin's influence in a 1975 BBC interview with "whispering" Bob Harris: https://youtu.be/lrRl065BR2w Music has been a central part of my entire life - yet to this day I've never understood how it all works in terms of its emotional "mechanics". In Desert Island Discs mode, for me there are three towering influences: The Beatles; Bach, and Handel - they are the big three, without question. And for for those of us who hold the music of The Beatles in the highest esteem, here classical composer Howard Goodall gives us an informed and absorbing account of their musical innovation, their influence, and their lasting legacy. It's a real privilege to be educated by someone who can express the langu...
Why does melody affect us so deeply, from the moment we are born? Tunes touch our deepest emotions, and are capable of inspiring love, sorrow, faith, and hope. But how does a melody actually work? In this film composer Howard Goodall looks at melody's basic elements. Why are some melodic shapes common to all cultures across the world? Can successful melodies be written at random? If not, what are the familiar melodic patterns composers of all types of music have fallen back on again and again, and why do they work? Watch this interesting clip and learn.
First episode of Howard Goodall's excellent series on Big Bang moments in musical history. This episode covers what amounts to the invention of writing for music: Notation. If you want to enjoy discovering more about classical music, come visit http://www.learnclassical.com/
Second episode of Howard Goodall's excellent series on Big Bang moments in musical history. This episode covers the fascinating area of equal temperament, and I think helps puts to bed the myth that just temperament is a better tuning system to equal temperamant. Certainly to any meaningful degree. IMHO. If you want to discover more from me about classical music, come visit http://www.learnclassical.com.
From ancient bird-bone flutes to the real birthplace of blues, composer and broadcaster Howard Goodall conducts a whistle-stop tour through the 40 millennia of The Story of Music (as seen on BBC 2), a compelling narrative of humankind's urge to invent, connect, rebel and entertain. Howard Goodall is an award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores including The Vicar of Dibley and Blackadder. He talks to Katie Derham, newsreader, presenter and the face of the BBC Proms, about why music is as ubiquitous as the air we breathe.