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Frederick John Thurston (21 September 1901 – 12 December 1953) was an English clarinettist. From the age of 7 he was taught by his father and he won an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music, becoming a pupil of Charles Draper. During the 1920s he played with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the BBC Wireless Orchestra before becoming principal clarinettist of the newly formed BBC Symphony Orchestra. He left the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1946 to concentrate on chamber music.〔Robert Philip/Pamela Weston, 'Thurston, Frederick', ''Grove Music Online'', accessed 30 June 2007 ()〕 He was also principal clarinet of The Philharmonia Orchestra and can be heard on the Toscanini recording of the Brahms Symphonies. Thurston can also be heard on Volume 1 of ''Historical Clarinet Recordings'' on the Victoria Soames Samek's Clarinet Classics CD Label.〔Clarinet Classics.com〕 He gave the first performance of new works, including Arnold Bax's ''Clarinet Sonata'', Arthur Bliss's ''Clarinet Quintet'' and Gerald Finzi's ''Clarinet Concerto''. Works dedicated to him include Malcolm Arnold's ''Clarinet Concerto No 1'', Iain Hamilton's ''Three Nocturnes'', Herbert Howells's ''Clarinet Sonata'', John Ireland's ''Fantasy-Sonata'', Gordon Jacob's ''Clarinet Quintet'', Elizabeth Maconchy's ''Clarinet Concertino #1'' and Alan Rawsthorne's ''Clarinet Concerto''.〔 He taught at the Royal College of Music from 1930 to 1953.〔 In 1953 he married Thea King, one of his pupils, but died later the same year from lung cancer.〔Pamela Weston/Robert Philip, 'King, Thea', ''Grove Music Online'', accessed 30 June 2007 ()〕 ==Writings== * * * *The Passage Studies Volume 1 ( Boosey & Hawkes ) *The Passage Studies Volume 2 ( Boosey & Hawkes ) *The Passage Studies Volume 3 ( Boosey & Hawkes ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Thurston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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