Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Faculty Member, Historical Performance

Head of Historical Performance

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

About

JANE BOOTH is a specialist in the early clarinet and chalumeau. In addition to her work as Head of Historical Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London she has pursued a busy international career, playing all over the world with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Avison Ensemble, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, English Baroque Soloists, Tafelmusik, Gabrieli Consort, The Sixteen, Anima Aeterna, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, London Handel Orchestra and The Academy of Ancient Music etc. Jane has worked under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle, the late Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Mark Elder, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Harry Christophers, Christopher Hogwood, Vladimir Jurowski, Bruno Weil and Philippe Herreweghe. Her repertoire is vast and extends from the works of Handel, Telemann and Vivaldi through to Wagner, Mahler and Debussy – all on historically appropriate instruments.
Jane is also much in demand as a chamber musician and concerto soloist in the UK, North America, Japan, Australia and Europe. Early in her career she was invited to perform for the Early Music Network in several national tours with prizewinning ensembles. More recently her performances of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in Ontario with the Eybler Quartet, The Wigmore Hall with EnsembleF2, Tudeley Festival and North York Moors Festival have been widely acclaimed. Solo performances include baroque concertos by Fasch, Telemann, Graupner, and Molter, Mozart’s Concerto for basset clarinet and Weber’s Concertos performed across Europe.
Jane’s most recent CD releases are, Theme and Variations, recorded with the Eybler Quartet (Toronto), includes Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and works by Backofen one of which features the Basset Horn (Analekta, September 2010) and Clarinets by Arrangement a programme of nineteenth century arrangements of popular works employing basset clarinet, basset horn and fortepiano (sfz May 2011). Other recording projects include Mozart Gran Partita (Harmonia Mundi); chamber music by Schumann (sfz - forthcoming); and Schubert (sfz - forthcoming); “Aux Armes Citoyens” - Revolutionary Wind Music from France (ATMA).

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