Author Archives: jonathanclinch

ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Gloucester Cathedral as part of The Cheltenham Music Festival Saturday 9th July 2016 Martin André – conductor VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis IVOR GURNEY – 2 Songs: “By a Bierside” and “In … Continue reading →

Daniel Cook (Westminster Abbey) has just recorded Dyson’s Complete Organ Music for Priory (available here). Here are my notes for the recording… Sir George Dyson (1883 – 1964) was one of the foremost British composers and educators in the first … Continue reading →

Organ Recital at The Queen’s College, Oxford Wednesday 14thOctober 2015 – 1:10pm Dr Jonathan Clinch Birmingham University Programme Canzona (BWV 588) – J. S. Bach (1685-1750) from the third part of the Clavier Übung:                                              Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit … Continue reading →

The Gramophone have reviewed the recent recording of Herbert Howells’ Cello Concerto: Read it here. For full details of the project – select the Cello Concerto tab above.

The Gramophone have just published my blog on completing Herbert Howells’ Cello Concerto.  Available here.  The recording itself is available on Amazon.

I’m very pleased to announce that the first recording of Herbert Howells’ Cello Concerto, a work which I completed from the composer’s sketches as part of my PhD study, is now available for pre-order from Dutton Records. Herbert Howells: Cello Concerto … Continue reading →

SOMM Recordings have just released the latest in a series of excellent recordings from Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir under Paul Spicer. A review from The Guardian may be found here. For those who may be interested in the repertoire, I’ve reproduced … Continue reading →

Review: ’Brilliant’ Organ Recital As Part Of Cathedral Music Festival St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast Tuesday 10th June – 7.30pm as part of the Cathedral Music Festival ________________________________________ Programme J.S. Bach – Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542 Percy Whitlock – Fantasie … Continue reading →

A new book ‘The Music of Herbert Howells’ has recently been published by Boydell and Brewer and is available here. It contains two essays by Jonathan; one on modernism and the piano concertos and the other on the cello concerto.