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190: Violinist Madeleine Mitchell and the music of Herbert Howells Thoroughly Good Classical Music Podcast

This episode features violinist Madeleine Mitchell introducing the return of the Red Violin Festival in Leeds, her connection with Yehudi Menuhin, and the career-long fascination with composer Herbert Howells whose In Gloucestershire Quartet forms part of a new release of recordings on the SOMM label of rarely heard works by the English composer. The Red Violin Festival runs from 14th to 19th October 2014. Madeleine Mitchell and the London Chamber Ensemble's recordings of works by Howells and Charles Wood is released on Friday 18 October.
  1. 190: Violinist Madeleine Mitchell and the music of Herbert Howells
  2. 187: Jennifer Davis and members of the Royal Opera Jette Parker Artist Programme
  3. 186: Southbank Centre's Head of Classical Toks Dada
  4. 185: Soprano Claire Booth
  5. 184: Composer Adrian Sutton