Author Archives: jonathanclinch
Shaping the living and the dead.
The Annual Herbert Howells Lecture, given at Westminster Abbey on 8th October 2016 by Dr Jonathan Clinch. Download PDF
Trust sponsors Choral Symphony recording — Sir George Dyson Trust: Music Blog
The Trust has just sponsored the first recording of the Choral Symphony (alongside Dyson’s St. Paul’s Voyage to Melita) with The Bach Choir and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, under David Hill. In this blog, Dr Jonathan Clinch introduces the symphony. Although … Continue reading
Recital: St Michael’s Cornhill
St Michael’s Cornhill Monday 27 March at 1pm Programme King’s Herald (4:30) Herbert Howells arr. Clinch Allegretto grazioso (3) Frank Bridge Fantasia (8:30) Sir George Dyson Passacaglia on the name joHn mcCABE (6) Robert Saxton … Continue reading
Music, Britain and the First World War
A Great Divide or a Longer Nineteenth Century? Music, Britain and the First World War. Durham University, Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies One-Day Conference 21 January 2017 Panel: ‘the communication of the dead’: music, mourning, memory and the modern Dr Jonathan … Continue reading
Westminster Lecture
Shaping the living and the dead. The Annual Herbert Howells Lecture, given at Westminster Abbey on 8th October 2016 by Dr Jonathan Clinch is now available in the December volume of the Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians (USA).
Organ Recital: Merton College Oxford
Thursday 3rd November – 1:15pm King’s Herald Herbert Howells arr. Clinch Passacaglia on the name joHn mcCABE Robert Saxton Pari intervallo Arvo Pärt Sonata on the 94th Psalm Julius Reubke See Merton Website
Howells Cello Concerto Review
The Telegraph – 10th July 2016 Herbert Howells, Cheltenham Festival – Four starsAll premieres are exciting, but to hear the long-delayed premiere of a piece by one of Britain’s best-loved composers is a particular thrill. Here was the Cello Concerto … Continue reading
A moment of Howells history
How the English composer’s Cello Concerto is set to be performed for the first time ever in concert An interview with Jonathan for BBC Music Magazine has been published at http://www.classical-music.com/article/moment-howells-history Tickets for the premiere at The Cheltenham Festival are available … Continue reading
Herbert Howells Premiere in Gloucester
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
The Organ Works of Sir George Dyson – Some thoughts
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
