John Brunning

John Brunning is an English radio presenter, musician and composer.[1] He broadcasts on Classic FM.[2]

His shows are:

  • Classic FM Drive - The best music to make your drive-home journey an enjoyable one, weekdays 5pm-7pm. Features include Drive Discovery at 6:15pm.
  • Smooth Classics at 7 – 60 minutes of the world's most relaxing music to de-stress you after a busy day. Weekdays 7pm-8pm.
  • Classic FM Chart - The UK's weekly roundup of the 30 biggest classical music albums. Sundays 5pm-7pm.

Brunning was born in Essex and from 1970 broadcast pirate radio from his home in Colchester. He learned guitar and played for a time with the successful band Mungo Jerry. In 1986 he began broadcasting on local radio.[3] He is the only Classic FM presenter to work with the station since it began broadcasting. He is married with two children.

Brunning's 2006 composition, Pie Jesu, was first recorded by the vocal group All Angels, and has since been recorded by several other artistes including the King's Singers (2010). The Pie Jesu is one of seven movements that together form the oratorio Amazing Day and another piece from this work, his setting of "Ave Maria", was recorded by the Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins (2011). He has also composed several pieces for guitar, and Sahara and Romance No.1 (2010) have been recorded by both XueFei Yang and Craig Ogden. Ogden gave the first performance of 'Concerto Magna Carta' for guitar and small orchestra in 2015, and has since recorded the slow movement from it.[4]

Albums

  • Amazing Day

References

  1. ↑ "John Brunning: Composing For Katherine Jenkins". Classic FM. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Classic FM presenter biographies
  3. ↑ Aircheck Tracker
  4. ↑ John Brunning Press
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