Author Archives: jonathanclinch
Winter Solstice – Out 21st December
Robert Saxton’s Winter Solstice is out on Sunday, the next single from ‘The Reckoning of Time’. The music proportionally reflects the short day in contrast to the long night (light and dark).
New Video: Rare Dyson Song – ‘When I behold’ (from Three Songs to Julia).
Delighted to team up with soprano Katy Thomson to record some very rare songs by Sir George Dyson. Here is the first. Many thanks to the Dyson Trust for supporting these recordings.
Saxton: Two Violin Arrangements
…in my end is my beginning… This solo violin work was written for Peter Sheppard Skaerved – a New Year palindrome based on letters in his name, which references the final line of ‘East Coker’ within the Four Quartets of … Continue reading
Saxton: Pavane & Galliard (2025)
Jonathan’s latest recording explores a new Pavane & Galliard by Robert Saxton. As with the recent Cooke upload, this performance explores the expressive potential of incorporating aspects of Renaissance technique and style into a Tudor-inspired composition, playing with the tension … Continue reading
Awakening – Robert Saxton – Out Today
Awakening: Prelude, symbolically concerned with dawn and new beginnings.
Interview: Philip Moore
For this year’s AGM, Jonathan had the pleasure of interviewing the composer Philip Moore for the Herbert Howells Society. A recording is now available on their website.
Howells’ Paradise – Full Recording of Three Choirs Talk.
A full recording of Jonathan’s talk from this year’s Three Choirs Festival is now available on YouTube.
Journal Article: Reflections on a Collaboration: The Organ Works of Robert Saxton.
I have written on the collaboration with Robert Saxton in the latest edition of The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians. Vol. 34, no. 5. (Sept-Oct 2025).
Out 8th October – Saxton: Echoing Voices
The next release from Robert Saxton’s ‘The Reckoning of Time’. Echoing Voices: imitative/canonic/heterophonic reflection on Time’s echoes across the ages.
Dr Jonathan Clinch 