Hanover Band
The Hanover Band is a British orchestra specialised in historically informed performance, founded in 1980 by its artistic director, Caroline Brown. The group's website explains the name thus: 'Hanover' signifies the Hanoverian period 1714-1830 and 'Band' is the 18th century term for orchestra. Its principal and guest conductors and directors have included Monica Huggett, Sir Charles Mackerras, Roy Goodman, Anthony Halstead, Nicholas McGegan, Graham Lea-Cox, Richard Egarr, Nicholas Kraemer, Paul Brough, Andrew Arthur and Benjamin Bayl. The Hanover Band has appeared at the Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bridgewater Hall (Manchester), South Bank Centre, Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall, among many other venues. They have toured the UK many times, made ten tours of the United States and performed in Canada, Mexico, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Greece & Turkey. The orchestra made its debut in China, in the Beijing Festival in May 2017. The Hanover Band has made 176 recordings on Nimbus Records, Hyperion Records, Sony, EMI Eminence, RCA and other labels, including a complete cycle of the orchestral works of Johann Christian Bach for cpo.
Genre: chamber-music
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Top Tracks
- Vivaldi: L'estro armonico, Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV. 1048: III. Allegro
- Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte": V. Largo. Il Sonno
- Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major, RV 537: II. Largo
- Keyboard Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 7, No. 5, W. C59: I. Allegro di molto
- Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
- Temistocle, W. G8: Overture: I. Allegro di molto
- Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B Minor, RV. 580: I. Allegro
- Gloria, RV 588: Et in terra pax hominibus
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412/K. 514: I. Allegro, K. 412
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. (No Tempo Marking)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV. 1046: III. Allegro
- Horn Concertino in E Major
- Grande ouverture, J. 54 "Peter Schmoll"
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047: III. Allegro assai
- Symphony No. 3 In D Major, D. 200: IV. Presto vivace
- Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: III. Menuetto (Vivace)
- Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200: II. Allegretto
- Symphony No. 3 in D, D. 200: I. Adagio Maestoso - Allegro Con Brio
- Symphony No. 5 in B Flat, D. 485: IV. Allegro Vivace
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