Christopher Hogwood
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| Christopher Hogwood CBE | |
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Christopher Hogwood in 2012
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| Born | 10 September 1941 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Conductor, harpsichordist, writer and musicologist |
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[hide]Biography[edit]
Hogwood studied music and classical literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He went on to study performance and conducting under Raymond Leppard and Thurston Dart; and later with Rafael Puyana and Gustav Leonhardt. He also studied in Prague with Zuzana Ruzickova for a year, under a British Council scholarship.[1]In 1967, Hogwood founded the Early Music Consort with David Munrow, and in 1973 he founded the Academy of Ancient Music, specializing in performances of Baroque and early Classical music with period instruments.[1] The Early Music Consort was disbanded following Munrow's death in 1976, but Hogwood continued to perform and record with the Academy of Ancient Music.
Since 1981, Hogwood has conducted regularly in the United States. He was Artistic Director of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society from 1986 to 2001, and since then has held the title of Conductor Laureate. From 1983 to 1985 he was artistic director of the Mostly Mozart Festival in the Barbican Centre in London. From 1988 to 1992, he was musical director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota.[1]
On 1 September 2006, harpsichordist Richard Egarr succeeded Hogwood as Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music and Hogwood assumed the title of Emeritus Director. Hogwood said he expected to conduct 'at least one major project' with the Academy each year. He conducted the Academy in a series of concert performances of Handel operas which began in 2007 with Amadigi. 2008 saw performances of Flavio, and the series concluded in May 2009, the Handel anniversary, with Arianna in Creta. In 2013 he conducted the Academy in Imeneo.[2]
Although Hogwood is best known for the baroque and early classical repertoire, he also performs contemporary music, with a particular affinity for the neo-baroque and neoclassical schools including many works by Stravinsky, Martinů and Hindemith.[1]
He has made many solo recordings of harpsichord works, including (Louis Couperin, J. S. Bach, Thomas Arne, William Byrd's My Lady Nevells Booke) and done much to promote the clavichord in the Secret Bach/Handel/Mozart series of recordings, which puts in historical context the most common domestic instrument of that epoch. He owns a collection of historical keyboard instruments.[3]
Hogwood is Honorary Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge, Consultant Visiting Professor of historical performance in the Royal Academy of Music and visiting professor at King's College London. He is an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge and Pembroke College, Cambridge. In July 2010, he was appointed Professor of Music at Gresham College, London, for a four-year term of office.[4] In 2012, he was appointed Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University: the appointment is effective until 2018. He is a member of Lowell House's Senior Common Room at Harvard University.
In 1989 Hogwood was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He was the recipient of the Halle Handel Prize in 2008.[5]
In 2011, Hogwood was a juror for the Westfield International Fortepiano Competition hosted at Cornell University. This was the first fortepiano competition in the United States and only the second competition of its kind in the world. http://westfield.org/competition/fortepiano2011/announcement/
Editing work[edit]
His editing work includes music by composers as diverse as John Dowland and Felix Mendelssohn, and he is currently the chairman of the new edition Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works, which aims to publish a complete edition of C.P.E. Bach's music in 2014.[6]He has been involved with The Wranitzky Project, dedicated to the study and publishing of the music of Paul Wranitzky (1756–1808).[7]
Brahms "discovery"[edit]
In 2012 Hogwood's musicological activities came to the attention of a wider public when he announced his discovery of a "previously unknown" piano piece by Brahms.[8][9] However, it emerged that the work in question, Albumblatt, was already known. The manuscript had been sold at public auction in April 2011, where it was described as "unpublished" and "of great importance," and the manuscript was reproduced in full in the catalog.[10] The work had been given its premiere by Craig Sheppard on 28 April 2011.[11] Sheppard reportedly described Hogwood's claim as 'fatuous'.[12] The first edition of the piece was published in January 2012 on the Pianostreet website.[13] Hogwood's edition of the piece was published by Bärenreiter in February 2012 along with the Horn Trio in E-flat major op. 40.[14]Books written by Christopher Hogwood[edit]
- Hogwood, Christopher (2005). Handel: Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks (Cambridge Music Handbooks). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-54486-3.
- Hogwood, Christopher (1988). Handel. Thames & Hudson Ltd. ISBN 978-0-500-27498-9.
- Hogwood, Christopher (1979). The Trio Sonata (Music Guides). BBC Books. ISBN 978-0-563-17095-2.
- Hogwood, Christopher (1980). Music at Court. Gollancz. ISBN 978-0-575-02877-7.
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Christopher Hogwood". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- Jump up ^ http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/imeneo-academy-ancient-music-hogwood-barbican-hall
- Jump up ^ Christopher Hogwood Instrument Collection
- Jump up ^ Mention of the appointment in the Times Higher Education supplement and More detailed announcement on Christopher Hogwood's website
- Jump up ^ "HÄNDEL-Festspiele Halle (Saale)". Haendelhaus.de. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- Jump up ^ Reviews of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works
- Jump up ^ The Wranitzky Project
- Jump up ^ Alex Needham (2012), Brahms piano piece to get its premiere 159 years after its creation The Guardian
- Jump up ^ Tom Service, A world premiere... by Brahms!, The Guardian
- Jump up ^ Doyle New York, Auctioneers and Appraisers, Auction of April 20, 2011, Lot 228
- Jump up ^ "Craig Sheppard plays the World Premiere of the Brahms Albumblatt in A minor, 28 April, 2011, Seattle". YouTube. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- Jump up ^ Damian Thompson, A first? Now wait a second
- Jump up ^ "New Piano Piece by Brahms Discovered: Albumblatt in A minor – Free Piano Score | Piano Street's Classical Piano Blog". Pianostreet.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- Jump up ^ "Bärenreiter Verlag – Singleview-News". Baerenreiter.com. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
External links[edit]
- Christopher Hogwood's website
- Edition HH Limited
- Christopher Hogwood interview recorded by Doug Ordunio for usage aboard United Airlines (ca.2000)
- [1] Juror for 2011 Westfield Center Fortepiano Competition
| Cultural offices | ||
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| Preceded by no predecessor | Music Director, Academy of Ancient Music 1973–2006 | Succeeded by Richard Egarr |
| Preceded by Thomas Dunn | Music Director, Handel and Haydn Society 1986–2001 | Succeeded by Grant Llewellyn |
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Categories:
- 1941 births
- Performers of early music
- British performers of early music
- British harpsichordists
- Clavichordists
- English conductors (music)
- English choral conductors
- Academics of King's College London
- Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
- Living people
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge
- English musicologists
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- People from Nottingham
- Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music
- Professors of Gresham College
- People educated at Nottingham High School
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