[2] His interest in early music was shepherded by Thurston Dart and Denis Stevens; Turner began conducting Renaissance ensembles in the 1950s.
[1] Turner worked as secretary to the Renaissance Singers, and this inspired him to establish the Pro Musica Sacra choir, which gave numerous radio broadcasts in the late 1950s.
[5] From the late 1960s into the 1990s, Turner was a frequent conductor of Pro Cantione Antiqua of London, and directed many of their recordings for Archiv Produktion.
[8] Turner was honoured with a festschrift in 2011, entitled Pure Gold: Golden Age Sacred Music in the Iberian World.
[9] Reviewing in Fontes Artis Musicae, Joseph Sargent remarked, "Anyone who enjoys Spanish Renaissance music owes a debt to Bruno Turner, whose pioneering Mapa Mundi scores, groundbreaking recordings, and enlightening scholarship have vastly increased this repertory's visibility.