The Early Music Legend

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- commissioned by David Munrow, Oliver Brookes & Christopher Hogwood Publisher Novello & Co Ltd Category Works for 2-6 Players Year Composed 1971 Duration 15 Minutes Orchestration rec.vadg.hpd Availability Hire  Explain this... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Note This work, in a single movement, was commissioned by David Munrow, Oliver Brookes and Christopher Hogwood for first performance at a concert at the Purcell Room on 20th February 1971. Its starting point was a series of chords playable on the treble recorder with an extra one played on a stopped descant. The expressive range of the instrument is thus extended and modern techniques of sul pont, col legno and others are applied to the gamba. I collaborated with the players in investigating these possibilities and found this most rewarding. Like Transformations, an orchestral work h...

JAMES BOWMAN Countertenor Bowman at the 1985 recording session for Athalia between Joan Sutherland and Hogwood I first met Christopher Hogwood in 1967, when David Munrow formed his Early Music Consort. He always remained a strong influence on my development as a singer, and I can sincerely say that I learnt all I know about Baroque performance from him. I shall always be grateful to Chris for his help and support when I went through a series of vocal problems in the late 70’s, shortly after Munrow's death. He was always positive about the eventual outcome, and indeed welcomed me back to record with him in several memorable Handel projects, the most notable being the recording of Orlando Chris remained constant in his views on interpretation and actual performance, and I always admired and respected him for it. Source Ref  http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/remembering-christopher-hogwood-1941-2014

When Hogwood was interviewed by  Gramophone  in 2002 he looked back to the roots of Historically Informed Performance: 'I'm a Handel and Haydn man. But that's not where it all began. I'd come from playing medieval music with David Munrow. It was completely speculative, a sort of inspired circus, putting on a host of colourful works to entertain, very well run on the concert platform. But there were a number of worrying things about it; one was the impression it gave the world that most medieval music consisted of instrumental, secular music when 98 per cent was religious, sacred vocal music. And the other one was that there is so little surviving evidence of what really went on, what it actually sounded like.' So began an unforgettable musical journey.......................Ref Gramophone Obit of CH September 2014

Cut and paste version of the Cambridge Music Circle with reference to DM. http://www.diafade.co.uk/cmc/history.html    (original link) D In August 1946, a series of advertisements appeared in the local paper ? the Cambridge Daily News ? asking people interested in classical music to contact one Michael Smith, then serving in the RAF. There was sufficient response for a meeting to be arranged at Overstream House, Victoria Avenue (now Winter Comfort). About 20 people attended and a committee was formed. The name Cambridge Music Circle was chosen and an annual subscription of 15/- (75p) was suggested. This was soon reduced to 10/- (50p), although of course there have been increases since! The first recital was held at Overstream House using a wind-up gramophone playing 78rpm records, and the evening began with Rossini?s overture The Thieving Magpie. In its first 16 years the Circle moved a number of times, often to cheaper accommodation. Meetings were held at the YMCA in Hills Ro...

The following is a testimony from Robert King who played an important part in the promotion of early music before his tragic "downfall" which will not be discussed here. ............I did indeed (as a gawky teenager) appear on "Nationwide" with Sue Lawley (with whom I immediately fell passionately in love as I thought her to be utterly gorgeous!) in either 1977 or 78 (I forget exactly when, I'm afraid). I did a few other TV and radio appearances as well........... Yes, I was (and am still) a huge Munrow fan, and attended as many of his concerts as I could from about 1974 to 1976 (I even went to the Monteverdi and his Contemporaries concert at the QEH a few days before Munrow's death). I was only a schoolboy then, but I loved his radio shows, loved his recordings (I think I have all of them!), thought his book was a magnificent work (though I have a signed copy it was autographed, since I was at Boarding School, in my absence) - in short he was my total hero....

CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD Conductor, Musicologist, Keyboard player Home News Calendar Recordings Photographs Instruments Publications Biography Archive Links Feedback Recordings This online discography contains information on all of Christopher Hogwood's recordings that have been issued on LP, CD, VHS and DVD formats. It is ordered alphabetically by composer and can be navigated by using the A-Z links below. Select composers with many recordings have their own link at the top of the page and works may also be subdivided by category (e.g. Instrumental, Secular Vocal, Sacred Vocal, etc.). Records can be searched by composer, work, soloist, orchestra, instrument, or year of recording. J S Bach Beethoven Handel Haydn Martinů Mozart Purcell Vivaldi   a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 36 results for ‘david munrow’ Anon. El cervel   The Early Music Consort...