Strongly influenced by an eclectic range of musical styles and composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage has developed a highly original, and instantly recognisable style.

Music critic Stephen Pettitt has drawn together a short introduction to Turnage's music, identifying some of the themes and influences on the composer's soundworld.

You can listen to this 12 minute audio file using the media player below, or by downloading the MP3 file (7.2MB) to your computer.

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Stephen Pettitt is a former music critic for The Times, The Financial Times, the Sunday Express and the Evening Standard, and still a regular writer for The Sunday Times, the Spectator and other publications.

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Full details of the sound clips used in this introduction.

NIGHT DANCES: ARGO 452 598-2 (London Sinfonietta/Knussen)
THREE SCREAMING POPES: EMI (CBSO/Rattle)
BLOOD ON THE FLOOR: ARGO (Ensemble Modern/Rundel)
GREEK: ARGO (The Greek Ensemble/Bernas)
THE TORN FIELDS: LPO 0031 (LPO/Alsop/Finley)
SCHERZOID: LPO 0007 (LPO/Nott)

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