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John Constable studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Harold Craxton. His career began at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, where he worked on the music staff. Since 1984, he has served as the principal harpsichordist for the
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the principal pianist for the
London Sinfonietta, Britain's leading contemporary music ensemble, since its founding. He has performed as a soloist under the batons of such conductors as
Simon Rattle,
Hans Werner Henze,
David Atherton, and
Oliver Knussen. He has performed as continuo harpsichordist for recordings of
Mozart operas with
Colin Davis,
Neville Marriner,
Simon Rattle, and
Georg Solti. With soprano
Lucy Shelton, he gave the world premiere of
Elliott Carter's Of Challenge and of Love at the Aldeburgh Festival.
Constable has performed recitals at the BBC's New British Music and
Lutoslawski weekends at the Barbican and the American Independents Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. In 2000, he was a soloist in the
Boulez at 75 Festival and in 2001 at the BBC's Schnittke Festival at the Barbican. In 1998, he performed the
Elliott Carter Double Concerto with the
London Sinfonietta at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and with the
ASKO Ensemble at the Concertgebouw.
Constable has made numerous recordings of chamber music and song repertoire for Argo, Decca,
EMI, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Hänssler, and Capriccio. These include a disc of music for viola and piano with
Paul Silverthorne, a selection of
Liszt songs with
Philip Langridge, a collection of
Warlock songs with
Adrian Thompson and
Christopher Maltman,
Fauré and
Ravel songs with
Felicity Palmer,
Haydn Lieder with
Dame Janet Baker, and A Spanish Songbook with
Jill Gomez. He is a frequent collaborator with
Lucy Shelton, with whom he has recorded
Messiaen's Harawi and the complete songs of
Elliott Carter and
Stravinsky.
Constable is a professor at the Royal College of Music, London, and a Fellow at the Royal Academy of Music.