Jennifer Ward Clarke
Jennifer Ward Clarke (20 June 1935 – 1 March 2015) was a British
Early life and career
Jennifer Ward Clarke was born in
In London she played for a period in the Philharmonia Orchestra under Otto Klemperer, and in the English Chamber Orchestra.[1][2]
She was a founder member in 1965 of the Pierrot Players, later renamed the Fires of London, and with them took part in the first performances of Eight Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies, and Medusa by Harrison Birtwistle. She was a founder member of the London Sinfonietta in 1968, and played with them for several years.[1][2]
Baroque music
In 1968 Jennifer Ward Clarke played with Paul Steinitz in the Steinitz Bach Players, and became interested in continuo playing in baroque music.[1][2]
She later played with the
She was a member of the Music Party, a chamber group playing 18th century music, set up in 1972 by the clarinettist Alan Hacker, and the Academy of Ancient Music, founded in 1973.[1][2]
In 1982 she became a member of the Salomon Quartet, set up to perform classical music on period instruments; she toured and made recordings with the quartet until her retirement in 2009. From the 1980s she was professor of baroque cello at the Royal Academy of Music.[1][3]
She was married to the writer Michael Foss, and they had a daughter Kate.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Jennifer Ward Clarke obituary Duncan Druce in The Guardian 11 March 2015, accessed 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Jennifer Ward Clarke, cellist – obituary The Daily Telegraph 15 March 2015, accessed 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b Obituary: British cellist Jennifer Ward Clarke The Strad 16 April 2015, accessed 19 January 2017.
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