TURNER, JOHN John Turner is one of the leading recorder players of today. He was Senior Scholar in Law at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge before pursuing a legal career, acting for many distinguished musicians and musical organizations, alongside his many musical activities. These included numerous appearances with David Munrow’s pioneering Early Music Consort of London. He now devotes his time to playing, writing, reviewing, publishing, and composing.
He has played and broadcast as recorder soloist with the Academy of St Martin-in-the- Fields, the Academy of Ancient Music, the English Chamber Orchestra and the English Baroque Soloists, amongst other leading chamber orchestras. His recordings include no less than five sets of the Brandenburg Concertos, in addition to numerous acclaimed recordings of the recorder’s contemporary repertoire, including four concerto discs.
In the last year or two he has played in Germany, Switzerland, Poland, France, New Zealand, Japan and the United States, and given many broadcast recitals. He has given the first performances of over four hundred works for the recorder, many of which have now entered the standard repertoire, and his own recorder compositions are regularly set for festivals and examinations. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Northern College of Music in 2002 for his services to British music.
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