Category Archives: Herbert Howells

Blog: Herbert Howells – Piano Music Volume 2

Volume 2 of Herbert Howells Piano Music is out on Friday 2nd December on the Naxos label. Ahead of the release, here are my notes that accompany the disc. The recording includes the remaining pieces from my edited volume of … Continue reading

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Howells – Three Anthems [now] with orchestra…

Here are some thoughts on the latest Venables/Howells release on Delphian, which includes my orchestration of one of Howells’ greatest anthems… Herbert Howells saw himself in a long tradition of English composers who found their initial love of both music … Continue reading

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Worcester Three Choirs 2020: Zoom Interview with Guy Johnston

The cellist Guy Johnston (Associate Professor of Cello, Eastman School of Music, Rochester) and Jonathan Clinch discuss Herbert Howells’ Cello Concerto, completed by Dr Clinch in 2014 and recorded by Guy Johnston on the label of King’s College, Cambridge. Full … Continue reading

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Worcester Three Choirs 2020

Three Choirs Festival in Worcester was due to feature music by Herbert Howells this week. In this brief vlog I discuss two recent projects and how you can hear these works for the first time. Herbert Howells, Cello Concerto Guy … Continue reading

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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

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Exploring Music: Introduction to British Music and Composers

Public lecture by Jonathan Clinch Tallis to Tippett, Byrd to Britten….. The Sage, Gateshead Tuesday 22nd October at 7pm  details here

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St John’s Grainger Street Newcastle

Organ Recital  Saturday 6th July – 12.30pm Jonathan Clinch Programme: Psalm Prelude set 2 no.3 – ‘Sing unto him a new song’ – Herbert Howells Elegie in C – Hubert Parry Sonata Eroica – Joseph Jongen Esquisses Byzantines: Vitrail, Rosace, Tu … Continue reading

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Organ Recital: Friday 20th April @ 12.30pm

Morpeth Methodist Church Programme: Sonata Eroica – Joseph Jongen Sonata in F – C P E Bach Passacaglia in C minor BWV 582 – J S Bach Psalm Prelude Set 2 no. 2 – Ps.139:v.11 – ‘Yea, the darkness is … Continue reading

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‘Beauty Springeth Out of Naught’: Interpreting the ChurchMusic of Herbert Howells

British Postgraduate MusicologyVolume 11 http://www.bpmonline.org.uk/bpm11/

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Southwark Cathedral

9th January 2012 @ 1pm Organ Recital Music by Herbert Howells, Vierne & Franck

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