Christopher Hogwood Emeritus Director

“His name is a byword for excellence of playing and quality of supporting scholarship” BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

Christopher Hogwood founded the Academy of Ancient Music in 1973, rapidly establishing a place at the forefront of the period-instrument movement. Over the next 30 years he conducted the AAM on six continents and made over 200 CDs, including many of the first recordings of baroque and classical masterworks on period instruments. His reputation as a conductor and keyboardist has been complemented by his research and editing work, which includes seminal books on Handel and Mozart and countless editions of baroque, classical and more modern works. He is currently in the process of completing a new edition of Mendelssohn's orchestral works for Bärenreiter.

Since passing the baton of Music Director of the AAM to Richard Egarr in 2006, Christopher has returned to conduct a highly-acclaimed series of Handel operas. In May 2013 he continues the cycle with performances of Handel's little-performed Imeneo at London's Barbican Hall and at venues in France and Spain.

Christopher is equally active in 19th and 20th-century repertoire as a conductor and musicologist, with a particular focus on the Early Romantics and the neo-classical school (Martinů, Stravinsky, Britten, Copland, Tippett and Honegger). He has worked with most of the leading symphony orchestras and opera houses, and continues to tour extensively throughout the world. In 2011 he was awarded 'Artist of the Year' at the Beijing Music Festival for his contribution to baroque music.

Christopher is Honorary Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Music at Gresham College, London. He sits on the Board of the CPE Bach Complete Edition, and is General Editor of the complete works of Francesco Geminiani for Ut Orpheus Edizioni in Bologna.

For further information see www.hogwood.org

Forthcoming concerts featuring Christopher Hogwood

Hogwood conducts Handel - Barbican Hall, London, UK Wednesday 29 May 2013

Recordings featuring Christopher Hogwood

12 Concertos Op.9

Albinoni, Tomaso (1671–1751)

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Academy of Ancient Music

Andrew Manze violin

Frank de Bruine oboe

Alfredo Bernardini oboe

Christopher Hogwood director & organ

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Christopher Hogwood Emeritus Director

Forthcoming concerts featuring Christopher Hogwood

Recordings featuring Christopher Hogwood

12 Concertos Op.9

Brandenburg Concertos

Orchestral Suites

Violin Concertos

Harpsichord Concertos

Double Concertos

Coffee and Peasant Cantatas

Wedding Cantatas

Complete symphonies

Piano Concertos and Sonatas

Three Symphonies

Symphonies Op.2

Concerti Grossi VII-XII (Hogwood director)

Water Music

Alceste and Comus

Alceste and 'Tra la fiamme'

Athalia

Esther

La Resurrezione

Messiah (Hogwood conductor)

Orlando

Rinaldo

Oratorios

Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

Italian Cantatas

Utrecht Te Deum & Jubilate

Symphonies Vol.1

Symphonies Vol.2

Symphonies Vol.3

Symphonies Vol.4

Symphonies Vol.5

Symphonies Vol.6

Symphonies Vol.7

Symphonies Vol.8

Symphonies Vol.9

Symphonies Vol.10

Symphonies Nos.94, 100 & 104

Cello Concertos

Trumpet Concerto

Trumpet Concerto

The Creation

Sacred Works

Complete Symphonies

Symphonies: Salzburg 1766–1772

Symphonies: Salzburg 1772–1773

Keyboard Concertos Nos.1–4

Piano Concertos Nos.11 & 13

Piano Concertos Nos.18 & 19

Piano Concertos Nos.5, 16 & 14

Piano Concertos Nos.9 & 12

Piano Concertos Nos.15 & 26

Piano Concertos Nos.17 & 20

Piano Concertos Nos.23 & 22

Violin Concertos

Wind Concertos

‘Posthorn’ Serenade

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Arias

Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail

Exsultate Jubilate

La Clemenza di Tito

Requiem

Sacred Masterworks

Mozart’s Adagios

The Greatest Mozart Show on Earth

Barbara Bonney sings Mozart

Marian Vespers

Complete Theatre Music

Dido & Aeneas

The Echoing Air

The Indian Queen

The World of Henry Purcell

Double & Triple Concertos

L’Estro Armonico

La Stravaganza Op.4

La Cetra Op.9

Flute Concertos Op.10