John Joubert RIP

[PJPJ]

I am sorry to let you know that John Joubert died yesterday evening.

RIP

[Beef Oven!]

RIP. I like his works. Sad loss

[Dave2002]

The Christmas season is passing (has passed - depends where you are), but I like Torches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpYeM2iRDeY

Not sure that I know much else by him.

JJ RIP

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

[edashtav]

John Joubert was Reader in Music when I was reading Chemistry at Brum University. I enjoyed encountering some of his Choral pieces such The Holy Mountain and the Carol containing multiple sweet thirds: There is No Rose. He was an honest craftsmen in the tonal tradition but unafraid of employing strong dissonance when necessary. He could wield an effective rhythmic hammer, too. I sang Bach's B Minor from Scratch under JJ in a never to be forgotten day. I shall think of John when I attend the B Minor at the Barbican in a few weeks- when the conductor will be another John: Herr Hipp Butt, who will be applying his happy skills to the BBC Chorus which has not essayed the work in aeons. R.I.P.

[PJPJ]

John Joubert was Reader in Music when I was reading Chemistry at Brum University. I enjoyed encountering some of his Choral pieces such The Holy Mountain and the Carol containing multiple sweet thirds: There is No Rose. He was an honest craftsmen in the tonal tradition but unafraid of employing strong dissonance when necessary. He could wield an effective rhythmic hammer, too. I sang Bach's B Minor from Scratch under JJ in a never to be forgotten day. I shall think of John when I attend the B Minor at the Barbican in a few weeks- when the conductor will be another John: Herr Hipp Butt, who will be applying his happy skills to the BBC Chorus which has not essayed the work in aeons. R.I.P.

A nice tribute here, too:

https://www.overgrownpath.com/2019/01/john-jouberts-homage-to-victims-of.html

[ahinton]

Yes. RIP.

[ardcarp]

I am very late in realising John Joubert has died, and I am so sorry not to have noticed his parting until I opened the latest copy of Choir and Organ. He lived to a good age and was composing when I last met him two years ago. I knew him not only as a gifted composer (he taught me composition for a time) but as a very capable practical musician and conductor. I admired him enormously, and thank him for all he gave to me and to Mrs A.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/16/john-joubert-obituary

Most people probably know only his small works (Christmas Carols, anthems and so on) but he contributed to all the major genres, including symphonies. I would like to think, indeed I hope fervently, that there will be a re-awakening of interest in his work in the near future..

[edashtav]

Ardcarp wrote:
Most people probably know only his small works (Christmas Carols, anthems and so on) but he contributed to all the major genres, including symphonies. I would like to think, indeed I hope fervently, that there will be a re-awakening of interest in his work in the near future..

Probably, we must wait for a decade to pass before folk start to think,"I've not heard much Joubert for a while, I must check his work and see if it has stood the test of time". Meanwhile, we shouldn't forget that he wrote between 8 and 9 operas: with Jane Eyre being his Leonora, available in two operatic formats and a symphony.