John Harle

John Harle ( born September 20, 1956 in Newcastle upon Tyne ) is an English saxophonist and composer.

Life and career

Harle began his musical career as a clarinetist and served as principal clarinetist in the Concert Band of the Coldstream Guards. He studied saxophone, clarinet and composition at the Royal College of Music. From 1977-1982 he was head of Myrha Saxophone Quartet; he wrote with Sir Paul McCartney on projects such as "Shadow Cycle ", " Standing Stone " crafted and has over 40 film and television productions, scores, and 35 concert works.

Recordings

  • Mrs Beeton 's Christmas Plum Pudding
  • Habanera ( 1987), John Lenehan ( Bartók, Wall, Gershwin, Villa -Lobos, Vinci, DeRose, Bennett, Johann Sebastian Bach, Poulenc, Debussy, Ravel, Dave Heath )
  • Silencium - Argo 4583562
  • Terror and Magnificence - Argo 4526052
  • John Harle 's Saxophone Songbook, 1995 - Unicorn label
  • Saxophone Concertos, 1998, EMI Classics Red Line # 72109 ( Debussy, Ibert, Glazunov, Villa-Lobos, Bennett, Dave Heath ), Orchestra of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, dir. Sir Neville Marriner
  • Easy Classical Studies & Classical Album
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