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The Holly and the Ivy (Robert Saxton, 2023)
A second Christmas present from Robert Saxton! Premiered at King’s Sutton Parish Church on Christmas Day 2023 by Jonathan Clinch. This recording was made on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas!
New piece by Robert Saxton – Chorale Prelude on Holst’s ‘In the bleak midwinter’. This beautiful miniature takes Holst’s famous tune as a tenor in the left hand. It was premiered at the 9 Lessons and Carols service at King’s … Continue reading
Radio 4 broadcast – Music of the Gloucestershire Landscape. Howells, Gurney, RVW and Finzi…
Earlier in the year I climbed Chosen Hill outside Gloucester to talk to Rose Ferraby about the composers that found inspiration from that place – Herbert Howells, Ivor Gurney, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gerald Finzi. The finished programme will be … Continue reading
New Premiere Recording – Robert Saxton: Chorale Prelude on ‘Strength and Stay’
As part of Jonathan’s ongoing collaboration with Professor Robert Saxton, here is the latest recording. It’s a new chorale prelude on the tune ‘Strength and Stay’ by J B Dykes, written to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of … Continue reading
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Partsongs
Delphian release their latest disc from The Choir of King’s College London today: Partsongs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Listen now on Spotify. I was delighted to write a short essay for the CD… It may seem unlikely today, but towards the … Continue reading
Lord Berners Trust
Jonathan has recently accepted an invitation to become Chairman of the Lord Berners Trust. Berners’ (1883-1950) is one of the most interesting stories in twentieth-century British music. An artist, writer and composer, his extravagant lifestyle and wider circle of artist … Continue reading
Gloucester Three Choirs 2023 – TALK
Jonathan will be appearing at this year’s Three Choirs Festival in Gloucester Cathedral on Wednesday 26th July. His talk will on be on Ralph Vaughan Williams’ iconic Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (written for the 1910 Gloucester festival), … Continue reading
Publication: King’s Herald (HH) arranged for organ by Jonathan Clinch
Herbert Howells wrote the orchestral fanfare and march ‘King’s Herald’ for the 1937 Coronation. To celebrate the 2023 Coronation, Novello are publishing my organ arrangement, originally transcribed for Daniel Cook to play at Westminster Abbey in 2016. To mark the … Continue reading
Rubbra Songs
I’ve recently written an essay for this excellent new recording of Edmund Rubbra’s songs. Details on the Chandos website.
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
Dr Jonathan Clinch 