Northern Chamber Orchestra

The Northern Chamber Orchestra (or NCO) is a chamber orchestra based in Manchester, England. Established in 1967, the orchestra gives concerts at Heritage Centre, Macclesfield, St Ann's Church, Manchester, as well as Blackburn, Skipton, Lancaster and Tatton Park, Knutsford. They are also currently the resident orchestra for the Buxton Festival.

As of the 2010-2011 season, the orchestra contains 19 musicians. Diana Cummings was leader and soloist of the NCO for 10 years from 1975 to 1985. Since 1984, the orchestra's musical director and leader is the violinist Nicholas Ward.

The orchestra has recorded commercially for the Naxos label, including works by composers such as Joseph Haydn^[1], Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart^[2] and Georg Philipp Telemann.

References

1. ^ "Haydn Symphonies - No. 22 in E flat, "Philosopher"; No. 29 in E; No. 60 in C, "II distratto". Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward. Naxos © 8 550724". Gramophone: 46. June 1995. http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/June%201995/46/735682/Haydn+Symphonies++No.+22+in+E+flat,+Philosopher+No.+29+in+E+No.+60+in+C,+II+distratto.+Northern+Chamber+Orchestra++Nicholas+Ward.+Naxos+%C2%A9+8+550724+%2860+minutes%3A+DDD%29.. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 
2. ^ "Mozart Symphonies. Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward". Gramophone: 88. December 1995. http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/December%201995/88/807529/lJ+Mozart+Symphonies.+Northern+Chamber+Orchestra++Nicholas+Ward.. Retrieved 2010-12-04. 

External links

• Official Northern Chamber Orchestra website
• Naxos Records profile of the NCO
• East Riding of Yorkshire Council, 16 September 2008, information on £3,750 grant from Orchestras Live
• Royal Academy of Music biography of Diana Cummings
• Musicweb International website review of Naxos 8.554019, Telemann, Don Quixote Suite

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