Jonathan Cross
@jonathancross.bsky.social
Musicologist | Director, Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities @uniofoxford
Dark, desolate, terrifying, humorous. Outstanding production and performance of Beckett's Endgame this evening at Ustinov Studio @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Dark, desolate, terrifying, humorous. Outstanding production and performance of Beckett's Endgame this evening at Ustinov Studio @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social
Joyful Nikki de Saint-Phalle sculptures dancing in the sunshine at Hauser & Wirth
August 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Joyful Nikki de Saint-Phalle sculptures dancing in the sunshine at Hauser & Wirth
What are the chances of that? 🤣
August 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What are the chances of that? 🤣
Stefan Zweig, 1937, Austrian-Jewish refugee who found sanctuary in London
August 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Stefan Zweig, 1937, Austrian-Jewish refugee who found sanctuary in London
Stefan Zweig occupied a relatively modest house in Lyncombe during his brief exile in Bath. But I love the idea that the city was for him a Salzburg substitute
August 17, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Stefan Zweig occupied a relatively modest house in Lyncombe during his brief exile in Bath. But I love the idea that the city was for him a Salzburg substitute
RIP the great Alfred Brendel. Your late Schubert is still unsurpassed. I had the great pleasure of being in conversation with you in 2013. I read out one of your poems about a sheep; you contributed the final words: "Baaaah, I said"
June 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
RIP the great Alfred Brendel. Your late Schubert is still unsurpassed. I had the great pleasure of being in conversation with you in 2013. I read out one of your poems about a sheep; you contributed the final words: "Baaaah, I said"
Sketches by Natalia Goncharova for Bronislava Nijinska choreography of Stravinsky Les Noces (1923). All up for discussion this Sat at 15.00 on BBC Radio 3 Building a Library
May 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sketches by Natalia Goncharova for Bronislava Nijinska choreography of Stravinsky Les Noces (1923). All up for discussion this Sat at 15.00 on BBC Radio 3 Building a Library
A great pleasure to be invited to share my work today with students in Geneva: séminaire "actualité de la recherche sur la musique". Also blue sky over mountains and lake!
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A great pleasure to be invited to share my work today with students in Geneva: séminaire "actualité de la recherche sur la musique". Also blue sky over mountains and lake!
Hockney in Paris. The Normandy room is breathtaking - the joy tinged with melancholy of lockdown spring
April 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Hockney in Paris. The Normandy room is breathtaking - the joy tinged with melancholy of lockdown spring
A privilege to have known Bojan Bujić. A gentle man and a scholar of penetrating intelligence
February 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A privilege to have known Bojan Bujić. A gentle man and a scholar of penetrating intelligence
Sad news of the death of Elgar Howarth, a great champion of new music. I was privileged to meet him decades ago at Glyndebourne when Sussex Uni gave Birtwistle an HonDMus (he was conducting The Second Mrs Kong)
January 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Sad news of the death of Elgar Howarth, a great champion of new music. I was privileged to meet him decades ago at Glyndebourne when Sussex Uni gave Birtwistle an HonDMus (he was conducting The Second Mrs Kong)
For the latest Opera with Opera News I spoke to composer Mark-Anthony Turnage about his new work 'Festen' to be premiered at Covent Garden on 11 February
December 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
For the latest Opera with Opera News I spoke to composer Mark-Anthony Turnage about his new work 'Festen' to be premiered at Covent Garden on 11 February
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony op. 9 in rehearsal with London Sinfonietta. Those rising 4ths on the horns seem to have triggered an eruption of blue smoke
October 20, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony op. 9 in rehearsal with London Sinfonietta. Those rising 4ths on the horns seem to have triggered an eruption of blue smoke
RIP Sandy Goehr. The last of the Manchester generation, and a hugely influential voice in British music. I had the great pleasure of being in conversation with him in 2019. Full of tales of encounters with Messiaen, Boulez and many others!
August 26, 2024 at 3:01 PM
RIP Sandy Goehr. The last of the Manchester generation, and a hugely influential voice in British music. I had the great pleasure of being in conversation with him in 2019. Full of tales of encounters with Messiaen, Boulez and many others!
That's it. TwiX is no more for me. Strangely liberating. Let's all be kind to each other over here. To celebrate, here's a pic of Blue Sky over Oxford
August 13, 2024 at 7:45 AM
That's it. TwiX is no more for me. Strangely liberating. Let's all be kind to each other over here. To celebrate, here's a pic of Blue Sky over Oxford
A lost past. Eric Ravilious, The Oyster Bar, from 'High Street'
December 18, 2023 at 8:44 AM
A lost past. Eric Ravilious, The Oyster Bar, from 'High Street'