Dr Jonathan Clinch

Out now... Robert Saxton, Toccata of Light. Enjoy! YouTube: youtu.be/Uif9zfrBTSE

Remembering, with love and gratitude, #PeterMaxwellDavies, who died ten years ago today - 14th March 2016 ⁦@SylviaJunge3⁩ ⁦@SallyHGroves⁩ ⁦@Boosey⁩ ⁦@WMC_Berlin⁩ ⁦@SchottMusicLDN⁩ ⁦@jonathanclinch⁩ ⁦@WillEaves⁩ ⁦@musicandroots⁩

Utterly captivated for the last couple of weeks by Grażyna #Bacewicz’s Concerto for Large Symphony Orchestra (1962) The connections between this piece and #Lutosławski’s Livre pour orchestre (1968) are very striking … @RenaudMachart @rafalluc @jonathanclinch @PWMedition

Robert Saxton - Two Arrangements jclinch.com/2025/11/15/sax…

Jonathan’s essay on Herbert Howells’ Elegy for Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra has been published in the collection ‘Music, Mortality, Memory‘ from Brill. brill.com/display/book/9… 3/3

...late Romantic concertante form for new commemorative purposes — not mourning the past, but empowering the present through collective remembrance. 2/3

The Elegy is both historical artefact and living ritual. Each performance re-enacts a “performative utterance against death,” accumulating new meaning over time. Rather than rupturing with tradition, it evolves... 1/3

On Tuesday 31 March 19:30, I'm joining @nilvenditti and @royalphilorchestra for a performance of a notable rarity @cadoganhall: Edmund Rubbra's Piano Concerto, kindly supported by the Rubbra estate, The John S. Cohen Foundation and @JIrelandtrust cadoganhall.com/whats-on/royal…

Tonight! BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Howells' Hymnus Paradisi share.google/ufh9jq12crcQVP…

Saxton Suite: jclinch.com/2026/02/19/sui…

Robert Saxton - Suite for Organ. World Premiere Recording. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

This tremendous perf of #Rubbra Symphony 8 reminds me just how brilliant a conductor Norman Del Mar was. Lyrita’s catalogue boasts many anonymous renditions of British rep but every Del Mar account is inhabited @RenaudMachart @jonathanclinch @BMusicSociety @WillEaves

My #Satie book is now out in paperback! Buy through the publisher using the code LOVE40 and get it for the ridiculous price of £11.99 @boydellbrewer boydellandbrewer.com/book/erik-sati…

Sunrise over Ribblehead 🌞

Garden Flowers on a Cottage Table, Eric Ravilious, c.1937/38. The original artwork was sold at @ChristiesInc in 2001 and is believed to be in a private collection.

This was so interesting. A seriously underrated figure. Thanks to Edward Gregson and Joanna Bullivant for joining me.

Four years I met with @jonathanclinch to chat about @VWFndn On Wenlock Edge youtu.be/J2Bi7RPd6yo?si… - part of a series of resources created by @MusicTeachers_

Alan Bush: Teacher And Mentor | Free Event | Royal Academy of Music | Friday @ 6pm share.google/mNvXTk0Wwu0Hxc…

Very excited to get my hands on a score of #AlunHoddinott’s #Landscapes A work that really needs a new recording (the Argo release from the late 70s does the work a disservice, sadly) @jonathanclinch @Mab_Taliesin @BMusicSociety @RenaudMachart @Rhian_Samuel @WillEaves

Preparing for a recording of this extraordinary piece - in some respects the most challenging work that Max wrote. Every note counts - notwithstanding the challenging (absurd) dynamic writing … I love you Max ! m.youtube.com/watch?v=RPBqGF…

Call me sentimental if you like, but I find it really sad that small, historic schools like this, which have trained young musicians for centuries, enduring through wars and all manner of other crises and challenges, should be folding on our watch. telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news…