British composer Howard Goodall celebrates Christmas and the Beatles in Houston

hroughout his career, world-renowned British composer Howard Goodall has learned not to be too prescriptive, allowing his collection of sacred and secular music to take on a life of its own.

“It’s not my job to tell people what to think or what to believe,” he said. “It’s my job to put pieces out there that prompt people to think about things and respond in their own way.”

Whether writing choral music, stage musicals, or film and television scores, he is not presumptuous in regards to how his work impacts others - an approach that correlates with his insistence on editorial independence as a distinguished music historian and broadcaster.

Source: Nick Powell and Julian Gill, Staff writer/houstonchronicle.com

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