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Mark-Anthony Turnage

Mark-Anthony Turnage has been played on NTS shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, with Ceres first played on 15 August 2017.

Mark-Anthony Turnage (born June 10, 1960 in Corringham, Essex) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. He has also been strongly influenced by jazz, and by Miles Davis in particular.

Turnage's music has a characteristic personal style, with strong rhythmic thrust, involved jazz harmonies, colourful orchestration with prominent use of percussion, and hints of various orchestrational sounds from Duke Ellington to 1970s TV detective series theme tunes. He enjoys the reputation of being one of the few modern classical composers who can write 'proper…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Ceres
Holst, Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker, Matthews, Saariaho, Pintscher, Turnage, Dean
EMI Classics2006
Ceres
Holst, Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker, Matthews, Saariaho, Pintscher, Turnage, DeanEMI Classics2006
Discogs
Remembering: In Memoriam Evan Scofield
London Symphony Orchestra, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Sir Simon Rattle
LSO Live2017
Remembering: In Memoriam Evan Scofield
London Symphony Orchestra, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Sir Simon RattleLSO Live2017
Discogs