Emma Johnson, MBE, Clarinet

Emma Johnson, internationally acclaimed clarinettist will play a wide range of well-known pieces for the instrument, accompanied by pianist Gregory Drott. Programme: Finzi - Five Bagatelles Schumann - Three Romances Op 94 Verdi/Bassi - Rigoletto Fantasy Beethoven - Variations on La Ci Darem La Mano Emma Johnson - Three Perspectives Bechet - Petite Fleur Morton - Black Bottom Stomp Ellington/Johnson Medley Described by The Times as "Britain's favourite clarinettist", Emma Johnson is one of the few clarinet players to have made a career as a soloist. Since winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year at the age of seventeen she has gone on to become one of the UK's biggest selling classical artists and is known for the diverse range of the repertoire she plays. She was awarded an MBE by the Queen in 1996.