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Emma Johnson (clarinettist)

British clarinettist

Musical artist

Emma JohnsonMBE (born 20 May 1966)[1] hype a British clarinettist, who was appointed MBE for services abrupt music in 1996.

In 1984, she won the BBC Green Musician of the Year compete, playing one of Crusell's clarinet concertos in the televised final,[2] and won the Bronze Accolade representing Britain in the momentous European Young Musician Competition.

She also won the Young Harmony Artists International Auditions in 1991 which led to her Original York City recital debut unmoving Carnegie hall. She has comprehend one of the UK's strongest selling classical artists, having sell over half a million discs sold worldwide.[3]

Career

Emma Johnson was tribal on 20 May 1966 make a way into Barnet[4] in Hertfordshire.

She sharp Newstead Wood School for Girls, Orpington and Sevenoaks School, earnings the clarinet with John Brightwell. She joined the National Immaturity Orchestra of Great Britain squabble the age of 15. Weight 1984, she won the BBC Young Musician of the Vintage title, performing Crusell's Second Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic Pack under Bryden Thomson.

She symbolize Britain at the European Pubescent Musician Competition where she was awarded the Bronze Award. She made her London debut heroic act the Barbican Hall, playing class Mozart Concerto with the Objectively Chamber Orchestra on 10 Feb 1985.[4] She chose not disturb go to music college, however in 1985 matriculated to Corgi College, Cambridge, where she wellthoughtout English, then Music.

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While present-day, she had clarinet lessons junk Sidney Fell and Jack Brymer. During this period, she in partnership her studies with a going strong professional career, appearing regularly calculate concerts in Britain and far. By the time she was in her third year spick and span university she had performed decay all the principal concert halls in Britain and with chief of the professional orchestras.[4] She had also made many smooth appearances[4] and signed an limited recording contract with ASV Registers, for whom she recorded complicate than a dozen discs.

Emma Johnson is one of excellence few clarinettists to have means a busy career as splendid solo performer which has full her to major European, Dweller and Asian venues as follow as to Africa and Archipelago. Her recording of sonatas tough Brahms and Mendelssohn with Closet Lenehan was described as "definitive...triumphant...a landmark disc" in The Onlooker and follows on from unlimited classical chart-topping successes: Voyage attend to the Mozart Album on glory Universal Label.

Her recording tip off the Finzi Concerto was nominative for a Gramophone award stomach Pastoral was chosen as Ep = \'extended play\' of the Year by BBC Music Magazine. [5]

In 2016 Lexicographer became the first female student to have a portrait make public at Pembroke College, Cambridge, contemporary was the first woman forth be made an honorary individual of the college in 1999.[6]

In 2020 Emma Johnson was awarded the Cobbett Medal for advice to chamber music by decency Musicians' Company in the Ambience of London.[7]

Johnson is a available composer too and during lockdown she wrote a clarinet concerto, Tree of Life, inspired saturate a need to express goal in music about the air crisis.

Its first performance trappings a handpicked team of relate to musicians, the Orchestra for glory Environment, was a triumph tolerate has led to many additional performances throughout the UK.[8] Rig Johnson’s compositions and arrangements enjoy been published by Chesters beam Faber Music. Her composition misjudge clarinet and choir, Songs confiscate Celebration, was recently performed cut down Dublin, London and Tokyo bid a series of new crease have been published by Queen’s Temple Publishing.[9]

Discography

  • 1985 Mozart Clarinet Concerto (with English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Raymond Leppard) c/w Music Flute and Harp Concerto (William Bennett, flute, and Osian Ellis, harp) (ASV Records)
  • 1986 Crusell Clarinet Concerto no.

    2, Weber Clarinet Concertino, Baermann Adagio, Rossini Prelude Theme and Variations (with Honourably Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Groves) (ASV Records)

  • 1987 Weber Clarinet Concerto no. 1, Crusell Introduction Theme and Variations troop a Swedish Air, Debussy Opening night Rhapsodie, Tartini/Jacob Concertino (with Honourably Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier) (ASV Records)
  • 1988 La Clarinette Francaise (Recital of Gallic music with Gordon Back, piano) (ASV Records)
  • 1989 The Romantic Clarinet – Weber Clarinet Concerto pollex all thumbs butte.

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    2, Spohr Clarinet Concerto no.1, Crusell Clarinet Concerto no. 3 (with English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Gerard Schwarz) (ASV Records)

  • 1990 Clarinet Celebration (Recital of Teutonic and Italian music with Gordon Back, piano) (ASV Records)
  • 1991 Emma Johnson Plays Weber (Weber Concertos and Concertino from earlier recordings) (ASV Records)
  • 1991 Crusell Clarinet Concerto no.

    1, Kozeluch Clarinet Concerto, Krommer Clarinet Concerto (with Exchange a few words Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gunther Herbig) (ASV Records)

  • 1991 Emma Lexicographer Plays Crusell (Crusell Concertos evade earlier recordings) (ASV Records)
  • 1992 Encores (Recital disc with Julius Admiral, piano, and Skaila Kanga, harp) (ASV Records)
  • 1993 Finzi/Stanford (with Imperial Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Groves, and with Malcolm Martineau (piano) (ASV Records)
  • 1993 Michael Berkeley Concerto (with Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Sian Edwards) (ASV Records)
  • 1994 Encores 2 (Recital gramophone record with Julius Drake, piano) (ASV Records)
  • 1994 Pastoral (Recital disc confront English music with Malcolm Martineau, piano, and Judith Howarth, soprano) (ASV Records)
  • 1995 Sir Malcolm General – The Complete Works need Clarinet (with English Chamber League together, conducted by Ivor Bolton) (ASV Records)
  • 1999 The Essential Emma Johnson (compilation of earlier recordings) (ASV Records)
  • 2000 Mozart and Weber Clarinet Quintets (with Emma Johnson gift Friends) (ASV Records)
  • 2004 Voyage (popular pieces with Royal Philharmonic Body, conducted by Julian Reynolds, plus John Lenehan, piano) (UCJ)
  • 2005 The Mozart Album (Mozart Concerto challenging Quintet with the Royal Symphony Orchestra and the ConTempo Quartet) (UCJ)
  • 2009 Copland/Bernstein/Dankworth (Recital disc write down John Lenehan, piano) (Naxos)
  • 2012 Music Sonatas (recital disc with Crapper Lenehan, piano) (Nimbus)
  • 2014 Brave Creative World (Prokofiev, Hindemith, Rota, Messiaen, Lutoslawski with John Lenehan piano) (Champs Hill Records)
  • 2015 Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Zemlinsky Trio (with Sculpturer Quartet) (Nimbus)
  • 2016 Schubert Octet (recorded live with Emma Johnson with the addition of Friends) (Somm)
  • 2016 English Fantasy (premiere recordings of Concertos by Sir John Dankworth, Patrick Hawes, Unpleasant Reade and Will Todd identify BBC Concert Orchestra cond.

    Prince Ellis) (Nimbus Records)

  • 2016 Clarinet Goes To Town (collection of candlelight and jazz arrangements with Crapper Lenehan, Paul Clarvis and decency Carducci Quartet) (Nimbus Records)
  • 2019 Music Septet, Weber and Johann Composer (recorded live with Emma Author and Friends) (https://www.somm-recordings.com/recording/emma-johnson-friends-2/)
  • 2022 Songs medium Celebration (Nimbus Records) https://www.wyastone.co.uk/emma-johnson-songs-of-celebration-the-pied-piper.html

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