News 2025

October 2025:

Dr Jonathan Clinch has recorded Robert Saxton’s major new organ cycle ’The Reckoning of Time’ and began monthly releases of the ten movements in September 2025 on Youtube and Spotify. December’s movement, ‘Winter Solstice’, will be released on Sunday 21 December. ’The Reckoning of Time’ is a collaborative research project supported by the Royal Academy of Music, London, looking at the new compositional possibilities of digital instruments using Hauptwerk software and sound files from the organ in the Annakirche, Duren, in Westphalia, Germany. The title is taken from the writings of Bede, the eighth century English monk and historian, in which he addressed the matter of the organisation of the church year and its cycles in astronomical/mathematical detail. ’The Reckoning of Time’ is designed for liturgical and concert performance as individual pieces, in groups, and as a complete cycle. Listen here

Students from the Purcell School, where Robert is Composer in Association, premiered Robert’s ‘Le Tombeau de Ravel’ at Wigmore Hall, London in May 2025 and gave the second performance at the Hatfield Chamber Music Festival in October 2025.

The Kreutzer String Quartet’s recording of Robert’s String Quartets No. 3 and 4 and ‘Reflections in Time’ for solo violin was released on Metier in May 2025 and has received outstanding reviews in Fanfare, The Strad and British Music Society. Full details here

Peter Sheppard Skaerved performed a set of Robert’s Miniatures for Solo Violin at St Mary Aldermary in London on 16 October 2025. The Miniatures project currently comprises twelve short pieces and is ongoing.

Autumn 2024:

Students from the Purcell School, where Robert is Composer in Association, premiered Robert’s ‘Le Tombeau de Ravel’ at Wigmore Hall, London in May 2025.

Peter Sheppard-Skaerved has premiered a series of ‘Miniatures’ for solo violin across the US and in Sweden and the UK in autumn 2024.

John Turner (recorder) and ensemble performed ‘Little Prayer for Anthony Gilbert’ for recorder, oboe, harp and solo soprano at a concert to celebrate Tony’s life in St Elizabeth’s Church, Astley, Cheshire on 13 April.

The Kreutzer String Quartet have recorded Robert’s String Quartet No. 4 and ‘Fantazia for String Quartet’ for release on the Metier label in 2025.

Violinist Peter Sheppard-Skærved gave the world premiere performances of two miniatures – ‘Pastorelle’ and ‘A Fledgling Bird Takes Flight’ at Newbattle Abbey in Scotland on 16 April 2024.

Nimbus released the English Symphony Orchestra’s recording of ‘Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh’ and ‘The Resurrection of the Soldiers’ in July 2024.

‘Choir and Organ’ magazine featured an interview with organist Jonathan Clinch and Robert Saxton in their January 2024 edition exploring their collaboration on a new organ cycle.

Organist Jonathan Clinch premiered two movements from Robert Saxton’s new Organ Cycle at Temple Church on 28 February 2024: V. Meditation on the Winter Equinox and VII. Hymn. Full details here.