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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
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
Saxton, Howells & Bach – at Queen’s College Oxford
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
Howells Concerto Reviewed
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.
Guest Blog: The Gramophone
The Gramophone have just published my blog on completing Herbert Howells’ Cello Concerto. Available here. The recording itself is available on Amazon.
Herbert Howells Cello Concerto – Fantasia, Threnody & Finale
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
The Past is clear, the Present confused: Rare Howells Choral Music
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
Organ Recital in Belfast
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
The Music of Herbert Howells
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.