Videos
A collection of videos - some old and some new - of John playing sometimes solo and sometimes with friends and long-time musical partners.
You can also see videos from the Scarlatti series of shows and also videos of Brass Tracks.
Latest Videos
Arrival of Queen of Sheba
at the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens.
A&B Together
Eleven videos produced by Marjory Boyle Crooks:
Red Alba
John and friends play some Russian-inspired tunes
Der Lustgarten by Hans Hassler 1601
with John playing all 6 Recorder parts
John playing his legendary two-recorders-at-once composition -
Schizophrenia
John and Pat O'Connell playing
The Blessing Nigun
John and Robert Pettigrew playing
The Dark Island
Hallelujah
John playing Hallelujah at the Hay Festival during his performance with Carol Ann Duffy
Bruntsfield Baroque
John with Vickie Hobson and Frances Scott as the Bruntsfied Baroque Trio
Galician Carnaval
with Pat O'Connell on piano
John plays selection of
Tielman Susato's music
John and friends playing
Calder's Way
John playing
Crumhorn tunes from his Cullen Skink CD
Gemshorn Gem
Ye Banks and Braes
John at Hay Festival
Musical extracts from his show with Carol Ann Duffy
and the only tune anyone ever knows for the Posthorn
Heart and Stone
Rab Handleigh and John playing Rab's hauntingly beautiful composition Heart and Stone at the climax of the play of the same name
Fairy Dance
John and Pat in concert in Germany with their scintillating version of The Fairy Dance
Pat and John playing on German TV in 1995
Video of Logan Botanical Gardens with music by John
Video of John singing/playing Soldier Blue and Last Post from 1993 show Funny Money
John playing recorder on a piece called St Kilda, Soay with Mrs Weatherby's Concert Party
John with Carol Ann Duffy at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019
Lady Godiva
This was a short animated film that was made in 2009 and shown in UK cinemas as a prelude to the main films. John composed the music for it and played all the instruments as well as singing.
John playing recorder with the Philomusica of Edinburgh in St Mary`s Cathedral in 1999 - Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 4, last movement
Crumhorn Capers
John at St Marks Edinburgh, with Gina Baker on piano, playing Pastime of Good Company & Month of May
18th Century Scottish Tunes
John at St Marks Edinburgh, with Gina Baker on piano, playing music by John Clerk of Penicuik & Robert Bremner
Mrs Liston's Lilt
John at St Marks Edinburgh, with Gina Baker on piano.
Ohnsorg Treff 1995
One from the German archives - John and Pat provide the backing band