John Kitchen (musician)

John Kitchen MBE
John Kitchen at St Mary's Music School Edinburgh
Born (1950-10-27) 27 October 1950 (age 73)
United Kingdom
NationalityScottish
Alma materGlasgow University, University of Cambridge
Occupation(s)Edinburgh City Organist, music scholar and educator

John Philip Kitchen MBE (born 27 October 1950) is a Scottish organist, harpsichordist, conductor, early music scholar, and music educator based in Edinburgh. He serves as the Edinburgh City Organist.[1] Kitchen is known for his extensive recording portfolio of organ music, and his research and demonstration of historical keyboard instruments.[2][3] He made major contributions to the discography and scholarship on the organ works of William Russell,[4][5] and Johann Ludwig Krebs.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Our team". Edinburghorganists.org. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ "John Kitchen". Delphian Records. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ Chung, D. (1 February 2015). "Interpreting Historical Keyboard Music: Sources, Contexts and Performance. Ed. by Andrew Woolley and John Kitchen". Music Lett. 96 (1): 121–123. doi:10.1093/ml/gcu113.
  4. ^ "An immaculate introduction to Russell". Classic FM. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. ^ Kitchen, John (June 2015). "The Organ Music of William Russell". Nineteenth-Century Music Review. 12 (1): 9–25. doi:10.1017/S1479409815000026. S2CID 184586936.
  6. ^ "Krebs Complete Organ Works, Vol 3". Gramophone. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Krebs Organ Music Vol 6 [GH]: Classical CD Reviews- July 2003 MusicWeb(UK)". Musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 5 April 2017.