"British-American Clarinettist Jean Johnson
is nothing short of phenomenal."
FANFARE MAGAZINE
JEAN JOHNSON
CLARINETTIST
JEAN JOHNSON CLARINETTIST
British-American Clarinettist Jean Johnson is an international collaborator in chamber music programs and as such has played in some of world’s finest venues notably the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Palais des Beaux-Arts. Ms. Johnson is a member of the critically acclaimed trio ensemble, ”Metamorphoses” and forms a duo with pianist Steven Osborne who together just released an album on 13th Feb on Linn Records. Music by Jenner, Schumann, and Weber. Visit “Listen” for more details.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Reform Club, London
Schubert-songs Liebesbotschaft/Am Meer,
Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English Folk Song,
Judith Weir Sketches from a Bagpiper’s Album,
James Macmillan From Galloway,
Johannes Brahms Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120
St. Serf's Parish Church, Edinburgh
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A K. 622 performed with the Meadows Chamber Orchestra
THEATER DILIGENTIA Lange Voorhout 5 2514 EA Den Haag
Jean Johnson, Clarinet. Ilona Timchenko, Piano
with Utrecht String Quartet
Eeva Koskinen: Viool
Katherine Routley: Viool
Mikhail Zemtsov: Altviool
Sebastian Koloski: Cello
Reger: Klarinetkwintet opus 146 (1915)
Martin: Pianokwintet (1919)
Prokofiev: Sextet Ouverture op Hebreeuwse thema’s voor klarinet, strijkkwartet en piano opus 34 (1919
VIDEOS
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Trio (1921) by Julius Röntgen
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Clarinet "Abîme des Oiseaux"
Solo clarinet movement from “Quartet for the End of Time” played by Jean Johnson
RECORDINGS
Clarinet Sonatas | Brahms, Rózsa
Husband-and-wife team clarinettist Jean Johnson and pianist Steven Osborne come together for a recording of Brahms’ popular Clarinet Sonatas, uniquely paired with the rarer sonatas for clarinet by Miklós Rózsa, in which Johnson steps into the spotlight on her own.
Metamorphoses – Trios for Clarinet, Viola & Piano
Robert Schumann: “Four Fairy Tales” opus 132; Leo Smit: Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano; W. A. Mozart: “Kegelstatt” Trio kv498; Jean Françaix: Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano
PRESS REVIEWS
“British-American clarinettist Jean Johnson is nothing short of phenomenal.”
Fanfare Magazine
“Brings out the expressive character of every phrase…exceptional leggiero playing…beautifully paced…style and spirit.”
Gramophone Magazine
“sense of freedom and flair…. Bounding with energy and purposeful intent”
The Scotsman Newspaper, Edinburgh
“…fine recording by the poised clarinetist Jean Johnson. Beautiful renditions of Brahms’s Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 round out this lovely album.”
The New York Times
“Her chastity and implied sensuality comes forth strongly in the ensuing A-flat Major Andante…Johnson’s playing strikes me as particularly seamless as well as piquant.”
Audiophile Audition
“Johnson plays with a personal intensity buttressed by selective use of vibrato. …easily communicates the late-autumn intimate sensibility.”
Concert Review
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