Rob Turner
Rob Turner has performed on
recorder
and baroque flute throughout North America and Europe—the Washington
Post
has called his performances “ecstatic” and “delightful”. His commitment
to historic preservation has led to concerts in sites ranging from
Monticello
(VA) and Mission San Juan Capistrano (CA) to the Pieta (“Vivaldi’s
church”)
and San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Inigo Jones’ Banqueting House in
London,
and Vienna’s Schloss Schönbrunn. He has several times been
featured
as a soloist at the Library of Congress and at the annual convention of
the National Flute Association, and has appeared with orchestras and
chamber
groups including the Alberti Ensemble, La Stravaganza, the Boston
Camerata,
the Violins of Lafayette, the Washington Bach Consort, and the
Indianapolis
Baroque Orchestra. Mr. Turner was principal flutist for the 2004
"Musica
nel Chiostro" opera festival in Tuscany. His broadcast performances
include
appearances on television networks NBC, CBS, ABC, EWTN, PBS, HG-TV and
C-SPAN, as well as NPR, BBC and RAI (Italy) radio. His CDs "Music in
the
Age of Jefferson" and "Mr. Madison's Crystal Flute" on the PDI label
are
classical best-sellers. Mr. Turner has made flutes and recorders for
many
years, based on his measurements of original instruments in museums and
private collections around the world. He has taught recorder and early
flute performance at the University of Virginia, the College of William
and Mary, and Indiana University. Essentially self-taught as a wind
player,
he earned Performer Diplomas in both recorder and baroque flute from
the
Early Music Institute of Indiana University’s School of Music, where
his
teachers were Barbara Kallaur, Eva Legêne, and Stanley Ritchie.
PERFORMANCES
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE
LIVE
AND UNEDITED
SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MUSIC FOR SOLO RECORDER
EIGHTEEN PRELUDES FROM BOISMORTIER op. 22
OCTOBER
1, 2008 PERFORMANCE RECORDED AT THE STUDIOS OF WUOL-FM, LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY
OCTOBER
15, 2008 PERFORMANCE AT WUOL-FM, FEATURING THE RECORDER
NOTES ON RECORDER
TECHNIQUE
COMMENTS ON SLURRING