Trevor Pinnock

Trevor David Pinnock CBE (born 16 December 1946) is an English conductor and harpsichordist. He is best known for directing the period-performance orchestra The English Concert from the harpsichord for over 30 years in baroque and early classical music.

Biography and career

Early life

Trevor Pinnock was born in Canterbury, where his grandfather had run a Salvation Army band. His father is Kenneth Alfred Thomas Pinnock, a publisher, his mother, Joyce Edith, née Muggleton, was an amateur singer.Citation
date =April 2007
contribution=PINNOCK, Trevor David
title =Debrett's People of Today
publisher =Debrett's Peerage Ltd.
isbn =1870520262
url =http://www.knowuk.co.uk/] cite web
url = http://www.hpschd.nu/pr/pr-17.html
title = Born to the baroque
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Cosic
first = Miriam
date = 2005-07-21
work = The Australian] He is left-handed. He became a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral when he was 7, attending the choir school from 1956 to 1961 and later Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys. [ [http://www.ofchoristers.net/Chapters/Canterbury.htm Of Choristers, ancient and modern: Canterbury] ] After receiving instruction in piano and organ, he served as a church organist; by the time he was 15, he had begun to play the harpsichord. At 19, he entered the Royal College of Music in London, where he held a Foundation Scholarship for organ and later studied harpsichord, winning the major prizes for performance on both instruments.cite web
url = http://www.gramophone.co.uk/Interviews_detail.asp?id=596
title = Trevor Pinnock: direct, blazing simplicity
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Owen Norris
first = David
year = 2001
work = Gramophone] His teachers were Ralph Downes and Millicent Silver.Noted in the biography in the liner notes of his recording "16th Century English Keyboard Music", CRD records.] A strong early influence was Gustav Leonhardt, though he did not study with him.

Directing from the harpsichord

As a harpsichordist, he toured Europe with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.Citation
date =March 2005
contribution=PINNOCK, Trevor
title =Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Britain
publisher =Helicon Publishing
isbn =1859862756
url =http://www.knowuk.co.uk/] While a student at the RCM, he was told by the registrar, John Stainer, that it would be impossible to make a living as a harpsichordist. To maximise his possibilities for work early on in his career, he included in his repertoire not only the regular baroque repertoire, but also modern harpsichord concertos including Roberto Gerhard's concerto for harpsichord, percussion and strings, Manuel de Falla's concerto for harpsichord, Frank Martin's "Petite symphonie concertante" for harp, harpsichord, piano and double string orchestra and Francis Poulenc's "Concert Champêtre".Citation
last = Richmond
first = Jonathan
title = Sparkling performance of wotty Poulenc by Pinnock
newspaper= The Tech
edition =
volume = 111
issue= 55
date = 1991-12-03
url = http://www-tech.mit.edu/V111/N55/bso.55a.html - He performed and recorded the "Concert Champêtre" in 1991.]

He made his London debut at the Royal Festival Hall in 1966 with the Galliard Harpsichord Trio, which he co-founded with Stephen Preston, flute, and Anthony Pleeth, cello. At this stage, they were playing baroque music on modern instruments. His solo harpsichord debut was in 1968 at the Purcell Room in London.Citation
date =January 2007
contribution=PINNOCK, Trevor
title =Who's Who
publisher =A & C Black
isbn =0713675276
url =http://www.knowuk.co.uk/] In November 1972 the Galliard Trio expanded to become The English Concert, an orchestra specialising in performances of baroque and early classical music on period instruments. [The Academy of Ancient Music was founded by fellow English harpsichordist-conductor Christopher Hogwood at around the same time.] They initially started with seven people but soon grew in size. The decision to move to period performance was taken for a number of reasons:Citation
last = Marceau
first = Guy
title = Trevor Pinnock - Autumn Thoughts
newspaper = La Scena Musicale
volume = 10
issue= 1
date = 2004-09-09
url = http://www.scena.org/lsm/sm10-1/Trevor-Pinnock-en.htm "When the members of the English Concert were looking for a new conductor and artistic director, they decided on Andrew Manze, and I think they made a good choice. But it was their decision."] Trevor Pinnock was at the forefront of the period performance movement and the revitalisation of the baroque repertoire; the reaction of Leonard Bernstein to his performances is typical: "In my opinion, the work of the conductor Trevor Pinnock in this area is particularly exciting - his performances of Bach and Handel make me jump out of my seat!" [Citation
last =Cott
first =Jonathan
date =2003-04-01
title =Back to a Shadow in the Night: Music Journalism and Writings: 1968-2001
publisher = Hal Leonard
edition = 1st
isbn = 0634035967 p.207]

The English Concert's London debut was at the English Bach Festival in 1973.cite web
url =http://www.grovemusic.com/shared/views/article.html?section=music.43632#music.43632
title = Pinnock, Trevor
accessdaymonth = 1 May
accessyear = 2007
last =Pratt
first =George
work =Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy] In 1975, Pinnock played the harpsichord in the first ever performance of Rameau's last opera, "Les Boréades", under John Eliot Gardiner. [ [http://magnatune.com/artists/pinnock Rameau recording liner notes] ] He toured North America with The English Concert for the first time in 1983; he had earlier spent two periods as "Artist in Residence" at Washington University, St. Louis. His debut at The Proms was in 1980; he later directed Handel's "Solomon" in 1986 and many other large-scale works with his orchestra. They toured worldwide and made numerous recordings, Pinnock directing "with a characteristic energy and enthusiasm which are readily communicated to audiences." The Choir of the English Concert was at first an ad-hoc group of singers assembled as needed, originally in 1983 for the first performance this century of Rameau's "Acante et Céphise"; it became a standing choir in the mid-1990s at the time they were performing Bach's "Mass in B minor". This allowed the ensemble to regularly perform baroque operas, oratorios and other vocal works; a series of Bach's major choral works followed. [ [http://englishconcert.co.uk/biographies/detail.php?ID=1185 englishconcert.co.uk: The Choir of The English Concert] ] cite web
url = http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/magazine/interviews/2005/08/32909.php
title = Interview : The English Concert
accessdaymonth = 28 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Argent
first = Mark
date = 2005-10-25
work = Goldberg Magazine]

He directed The English Concert, usually from the harpsichord or chamber organ, ["Trevor’s preference was always to direct from the keyboard. He regarded the conductor as an essentially 19th century invention." - Felix Warnock, see above] for over 30 years, deciding, with the other orchestra members, to hand it over to violinist Andrew Manze in 2003.cite web
url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,994757,00.html
title = English Concert/Pinnock
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Jeal
first = Erica
date = 2003-07-08
work = The Guardian - Review of his final performance directing The English Concert, at which he was joined by fellow harpsichord-conductor Ton Koopman in some of Bach's harpsichord concertos] He explained the decision as follows:cite web
url = http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=16111
title = Passing the (Authentic 18th-Century) Torch: Andrew Manze Succeeds Trevor Pinnock as Director of The English Concert
accessdaymonth = 15 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Vickers
first = David
year = 2002
month = February
work = andante]

New conducting projects

He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1988 conducting Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare", the same year he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival with Handel's "Messiah". In 1989 he founded The Classical Band in New York, signing an 18-disc recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon before the ensemble's first rehearsal. [cite web
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DD173EF934A25757C0A966958260
title = Review/Music; 2 Nights, 2 Ensembles And Much Mozart
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Kozinn
first = Allan
date = 1990-04-17
work = The New York Times
quote = The Classical Band was born last year with the music world equivalent of a silver spoon.] He led the group in performances of the classical repertoire from Haydn to Mendelssohn on period instruments, including playing as fortepiano soloist. [cite web
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDA163DF931A25756C0A96F948260
title = Review/Concert; Pinnock and New Ensemble Play Mozart as He Heard It
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Henahan
first = Donal
date = 1989-05-12
work = The New York Times - A review of The Classical Band's debut.] After a disappointing series of concerts, he resigned in 1990 and was succeeded by Bruno Weil. [cite web
url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDA1F38F933A2575BC0A967958260
title = Review/Music; Authenticity: No More a Goal in Itself
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Rothstein
first = Edward
date = 1991-08-10
work = The New York Times - A review discussing Pinnock's resignation. Despite this failure, The English Concert went on to record the complete Mozart symphonies and other classical repertoire.]

From 1991-1996 he was artistic director and principal conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, a group he had first directed in 1985. [http://www.concertartist.info/biog/PIN001.html World Concert Artist Directory: Trevor Pinnock] ] He subsequently served as its artistic advisor during the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 seasons, including a tour of the USA with the performance and recording of Beethoven's 1st and 5th piano concertos with Grigory Sokolov as soloist. [cite web
url = http://www.rogev.com/sokolov/reviews/Sokolov%20records%20Beethoven.htm
title = Russian pianist enjoys harmonious relationship with NAC
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Mazey
first = Steven
date = 1996-07-16
work = Ottawa Citizen - Discussion of the recording of the Beethoven piano concertos, which has not been released.]

He conducted Opera Australia and Michael Chance in Handel's "Rinaldo" at the Sydney Opera House in 2005. [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/mshow/s1458221.htm Trevor Pinnock discusses Handel's Rinaldo with Andrew Ford] ] He also played William Babell's virtuoso harpsichord transcriptions with some of the arias (which Babell claimed were of Handel's actual improvisations). [ [http://www.hpschd.nu/s/rinaldo-s.html A sound clip of part of the aria 'Vò far guerra' in which Pinnock's harpsichord playing can be heard] ]

With the European Brandenburg Ensemble, a baroque orchestra founded by him to mark his 60th birthday, he is touring Europe, Asia and America in 2007. Founded to perform Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, they are playing a wide variety of the core baroque repertoire. [cite web
url = http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2073176.ece
title = Happy Bach day to you, Mr Pinnock
accessdaymonth = 27 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Church
first = Michael
date = 2006-12-14
work = The Independent] [cite web
url = http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/4/22/lifearts/17496152&sec=lifearts
title = Baroque balm
accessdaymonth = 27 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Cheah
first = Jason
date = 2006-04-22
work = The Star (Malaysia)] [ [http://www.askonasholt.com/Green/Green/Home.nsf/Lookup5a/European+Brandenburg+Ensemble+with+Trevor+Pinnock His agent's information page for the EBE project] ] [cite web
url = http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2073176.ece
title = Happy Bach day to you, Mr Pinnock
accessdaymonth = 27 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Church
first = Michael
date = 2006-12-14
work = The Independent]

Guest conducting

He has appeared frequently as a guest conductor with many of the world's leading orchestras, including the Boston, Birmingham, San Francisco and Detroit symphony orchestras, the Saint Paul, Los Angeles and Mito [ [http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/music/pinnockint.html An interview about conducting the Mito Chamber Orchestra] ] chamber orchestras, the Freiburger Barockorchester, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, [ [http://www.sfcv.org/arts_revs/philbaroque_12_7_04.php A review of a programme entitled 'Fathers and Son', in 2004] ] Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, and at the Tanglewood, Mostly Mozart and Salzburg festivals. He is a regular guest conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, and principal guest conductor of the Royal Academy of Music's Baroque Orchestra and Chorus. [ [http://www.spitalfieldsfestival.org.uk/ramboc.htm Bach's Mass in B minor: Friday 22 June 2007] - at the Spitalfields Festival] [http://www.europeanbrandenburg.com/About_Trevor_Pinnock.htm Trevor Pinnock - European Brandenburg Ensemble website] ]

Recent years

In 2004 he commissioned modern harpsichord music by English composer John Webb: "Surge" (2004), "is built up over an implacable rhythmic repeat-figure. Though neither is explicitly tonal, each skilfully avoids the merely percussive effect that the harpsichord's complex overtones can all too easily impart to more densely dissonant music." He has also played the same composer's "Ebb" (2000), which "comprises a spasmodic discourse against a manic background of descending scale patterns like a kind of out-of-kilter change-ringing." [Quotes from: cite web
url = http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article12325.ece
title = Trevor Pinnock, Wigmore Hall, London
accessdaymonth = 14 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Northcott
first = Bayan
date = 2005-02-23
work = The Independent]

Trevor Pinnock and Maxim Vengerov toured together in 2000, with Vengerov taking up the baroque violin for the first time and Pinnock taking up the modern grand piano. These concerts consisted of a first half of harpsichord and baroque violin, followed by a 2nd half of piano and modern violin. [cite web
url = http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/concert/rheveng.html
title = Maxim Vengerov: Baroque Violinist
accessdaymonth = 26 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Sidgwick
first = John
date = 2000-03-29
work = Culturekiosque Klassiknet] [cite web
url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,700216,00.html
title = Baroque adventure
accessdaymonth = 26 April
accessyear = 2007
last = Service
first = Tom
date = 2000-02-16
work = The Guardian]

Today he divides his time between performing as a harpsichordist and conducting both modern- and period-instrument orchestras. [ [http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/green/green/home.nsf/ArtistDetails/Trevor%20Pinnock Askonas Holt: Trevor Pinnock. His agent's webpage] ]

His next recording project will be the Bach flute sonatas together with Emmanuel Pahud.

Degrees and honours

From the Royal College of Music: ARCM Hons (organ) 1965, FRCM 1996. From the Royal Academy of Music: Hon. FRAM 1988.

He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Ottawa (D. University) in 1993, [ [http://www.president.uottawa.ca/doctorates-search-results.html?search=alpha_name#P University of Ottawa honorary doctorates] ] The University of Kent (DMus) in 1995, [ [http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/hongrads/honorary-grad90.html University of Kent honorary graduates 1990-99] ] and the University of Sheffield (DMus) in 2005. [ [http://www.shef.ac.uk/ceremonies/Higherdegreesplit.html Degree ceremony at Sheffield University] ] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1992 and an "Officier" of the French "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in 1998.

Recordings

Each original release is listed. Years are those of recording. [Sources for this list are the notes to each recording]

olo harpsichord

*J. S. Bach: toccatas 910 & 912, prelude and fugue in A minor BWV 894, fantasia in C minor BWV 906, chromatic fantasia and fugue BWV 903 (1978)
*J. S. Bach: toccatas 911, 913-916 (1977)
*J. S. Bach: "Partitas" for harpsichord BWV 825-830 (1985)
*J. S. Bach: "Partitas" for harpsichord BWV 825-830, Hänssler Classics (1998-1999)
*J. S. Bach: "Goldberg Variations" BWV 988 (1980)
*J. S. Bach: "Italian Concerto" BWV 971, concerto after Vivaldi (op.3 no.9) BWV 972 and "French Overture" BWV 831 (1979)
*J. S. Bach: "French suite" no.5 BWV 816, "English suite" no.3 BWV 808, chromatic fantasia and fugue BWV 903 and preludes and fugues BWV 846, 876, 881 from "The Well-Tempered Clavier" (1992)
*Handel: harpsichord suites and chaconne HWV 434, 441, 436, 438, 435
*Rameau: Complete harpsichord works, CRD records
*Rameau: "Les Cyclopes" (Suites in A minor and E minor), Avie records (2005)
*Scarlatti: Sonatas Kk. 46, 87, 95, 99, 124, 201, 204a, 490, 491, 492, 513, 520, 521; CRD
*Scarlatti: Sonatas Kk. 460, 461, 478, 479, 502, 516, 517, 518, 519, 529, 544, 545, 546, 547 (1986)
*Gibbons: The Woods so Wild (Vanguard 72021)

*"16th Century English Keyboard Music", CRD (1976) [Byrd: Watkins Ale, Lavolta, Lady Morley, Rowland, Carman's Whis; Anon: My Lady Carey's Dompe; Tallis: O Ye Tender Babes; Gibbons: The Woods So Wild, Mask: The Fairest Nymph, Lord Salisbury his pavan and galliard; Bull: The King's Hunt, My Grief, My Self; Dowland: Lachrymae and Galliard; Randall: 'Can She Excuse'; Farnaby: Muscadin, Loath to Depart; Tomkins: Barafostus' Dream] (1977)
*"A Choice Collection of Lessons and Ayres (17th and 18th Century English Keyboard Music)", CRD [Anon: The Grange; Gibbs: Lord Monck's March; Anon: Gerard's Mistress; Locke: Suite No.4 in D major; Purcell: A New Irish Tune (Lillibullero); Draghi: Ground (Socca Pur); Purcell - Suite No.2 in G minor; Blow: [Mortlack's Ground] ; Greene: Overture in D major; Arne - Sonata No.6 in G; Nares - Lesson No.2 in D major; Paradies - Sonata No.6 in A major]
*"at the Victoria and Albert Museum", CRD [Anon: My Lady Wynkfylds Rownde; Byrd: The Queenes Alman, The Bells; Handel: Suite no.5 in E major HWV 430; Croft: Suite no.3 in C minor; Arne: Sonata no.3 in G major; J. C. Bach: Sonata in C minor op.5 no.6] (1974)
*"The Harmonious Blacksmith: Favourite Harpsichord Works" [Handel: Air and Variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith'; Fischer: Passacaglia in D minor; Couperin: Les Baricades Mysterieuses; Bach: Italian Concerto in F major; Rameau: Gavotte avec 6 Doubles; Scarlatti: Sonatas in E major K. 380 and 381; Fiocco: Adagio in G major; Daquin: Le Coucou; Balbastre: La Suzanne] (1983)

Harpsichord concertos

*J. S. Bach: harpsichord concertos BWV 1052-1058, concertos for 2, 3 and 4 harpsichords 1060-1065 (Kenneth Gilbert, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Nicholas Kraemer, harpsichords 2-4) (1979-1981)
*J. S. Bach: concerto for harpsichord, violin and flute BWV 1044 (on the recording "3 concerti") (1984)
*J. S. Bach: Brandenburg concerto no.5 BWV 1050 (on his two recordings of the Brandenburg concertos) (1982 and 2006)
*"Sons of Bach harpsichord concertos": C. P. E. Bach: Wq.14, Wq.43; J. C. Bach/Mozart: concerto in D major; CRD (1974)
*Arne: Harpsichord concerto no.5 in G minor (on "A Grand Concert of Musick") (1979)
*Haydn: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra Hob. XVIII:11 (on "Haydn: concertos" and "Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue") (1985)
*Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra with Nicholas Braithwaite conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra; he also plays in Leigh's "Midsummer Night's Dream" suite; Lyrita records (1980) [ [http://www.lyrita.co.uk/cgi-bin/lyrita_build.pl?filename=SRCD0289.txt Walter Leigh recording] - at lyrita.co.uk]
*.]

Chamber music

*J. C. Bach: "3 Quintets, Sextet" [Quintets: op.22 no.1, op.11 no.1, op.11 no.6] (also playing fortepiano and square piano) with members of The English Concert (1988)
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for flute and harpsichord BWV 1030-1032 with Stephen Preston (baroque flute) and sonatas for flute and continuo BWV 1033-1035 with the addition of Jordi Savall (viola da gamba), CRD
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for flute and harpsichord BWV 1020, 1030-1032 with Jean-Pierre Rampal (modern flute) and sonatas for flute and continuo BWV 1033-1035 with the addition of Roland Pidoux (cello), CBS Records (1985)
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for violin and harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 with Rachel Podger (violin) and BWV 1019a and the sonatas for violin and continuo BWV 1021, 1023 with the addition of Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba), Channel Classics (2000)
*J. S. Bach: sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord BWV 1027-1029, 1030b (an early version of the flute sonata) with Jonathan Manson, Avie (2006)
*Corelli: Trio Sonatas [Op.1 nos.1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 12; op.2 nos.4, 6, 9, 12.] with members of The English Concert (1987)
*Handel: Trio Sonatas [For 2 violins: op.5 no.2, op.5 no.4, HWV 393, op.2 no.3; for violin and flute: op.2 no.1; for violin: op.1 no.3.] with members of The English Concert (1985)
*Rameau: "Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts" with Rachel Podger and Jonathan Manson, Channel Classics (2002)
*Soler: "Six Concertos for Two Keyboard Instruments" (playing harpsichord and fortepiano) with Kenneth Gilbert (1979)
*Wesley: Duet for Organ in C major with Simon Preston on his recording "Early English Keyboard Music" (1986)
*"The Punckes Delight" and other seventeenth century English music for viol and keyboard (virginal and chamber organ) [Anon.: Divisions on the 'Barafostus Dream'; Alfonso Ferrabosco: Pieces for the lyra-viol; Orlando Gibbons: Fantasia for organ; Christopher Simpson: Prelude and Divisions in E minor; William Corkine: The Punckes Delight, Coranto I, Coranto II, Walsingham; John Bull: Coranto; Anon.: The King's Morisk; John Bull: The Duchess of Brunswick's Toy; Tobias Hume: Musical Humors: Touch me lightly, Harke, harke, A Souldiers Resolution; John Bull: My Jewel; Christopher Simpson: Divisions in B flat] with Jordi Savall, Argo Records (1978) [ [http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/cds/arg37.htm The Punckes Delight ] ] Only released on vinyl LP]

Orchestral works with The English Concert

Trevor Pinnock generally directs while playing harpsichord continuo. Recordings on Archiv Produktion unless otherwise indicated. [Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert recorded with CRD from 1974 to 1978, Archiv from 1978 to 1995, and Avie in 2001]

*C. P. E. Bach: 6 symphonies for strings, Wq.182 (1979)
*C. P. E. Bach: flute concertos Wq.166 and Wq.167 (Stephen Preston, flute) (1980)
*J. S. Bach: "Brandenburg concertos" (1982)
*J. S. Bach: "Brandenburg concertos" with the European Brandenburg Ensemble, Avie (2006-2007)
*J. S. Bach: "Orchestral Suites nos. 1 & 3" (1978)
*J. S. Bach: "Orchestral Suite no. 2 and concerto for harpsichord, violin and flute BWV 1044" (Simon Standage, violin; Stephen Preston, flute) (1978)
*J. S. Bach: "Orchestral Suite no. 4 and Brandenburg concerto no. 5" (1979)
*J. S. Bach: "Orchestral Suites" (Lisa Beznosiuk, flute) and cantata sinfonias BWV 110, 174, 249, 42, 52 (1993)
*J. S. Bach: single and double violin concertos (Simon Standage, Elizabeth Wilcock, violins) (1983)
*J. S. Bach: "3 concerti": concerto for oboe d'amore BWV 1055, concerto for oboe and violin BWV 1060 and concerto for harpsichord, violin and flute BWV 1044 (1984)
*Boyce: "8 Symphonies, op.2" (1986)
*Corelli: "12 concerti grossi op.6" (1988)
*Fasch: "Concertos and Orchestral Suite" [Concerto à 8 for trumpet, 2 oboes, strings and continuo FWV L:D1, concerto for bassoon, 2 oboes, strings and continuo FWV L:c2, orchestral suite for violin, oboe, 2 flutes, bassoon, strings and continuo FWV K:g2, concerto for chalumeau, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo FWV L:B1, concerto for 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo FWV L:D14] (1995)
*Handel: "6 concerti grossi op.3" (1984) [Pinnock plays the organ concerto movement of Handel's concerto grosso op.3 no.6]
*Handel: "12 concerti grossi op.6" (1985)
*Handel: "Water Music" (1983)
*Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks" and "concerti a due cori" nos.2 and 3 (no.1 is on "Christmas Concertos") (1985)
*Handel: "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (original version of 1749), concertos, occasional suite (1995)
*Handel: Concerto grosso "Alexander's Feast" HWV 318, sonata à cinque HWV 288, concertos for oboe HWV 287, 301, 302a (Simon Standage, violin; David Reichenberg, oboe) (1984)
*Handel: "Overtures" from "Samson", "il pastor fido", "Agrippina", "Alceste", "Saul" [Pinnock plays the organ concerto movements of "Saul's" act I sinfonia and act II sinfonia: "Wedding Symphony"] and "Teseo" (1986)
*Handel: Organ concertos op.4, op.7 and HWV 295, 296, 304 (Simon Preston, organ) [ [http://www.gfhandel.org/interviews/2002Dec.htm Why Pinnock wasn't the organ soloist in the Handel organ concertos recordings] ] (1984)
*Handel: Coronation Anthems (with Simon Preston conducting the choir of Westminster Abbey) (1982)
*Handel: "Dettingen Te Deum", "Dettingen Anthem" (with Simon Preston conducting the choir of Westminster Abbey) (1984)
*Handel: "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day" (Felicity Lott, soprano; Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor) (1985)
*Handel: "Italian cantatas": "Silete venti" HWV 242; "Cecilia, vogli un sguardo" HWV 89 (Jennifer Smith, soprano; John Elwes, tenor)
*Handel: "Messiah" (Arleen Auger, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, contralto; Michael Chance, countertenor; Howard Crook, tenor; John Tomlinson, bass) (1988) [Trevor Pinnock also wrote the preface to this book on the oratorio: cite book |last= Barber|first= David W.|others= illustrated by Dave Donald|title= Getting a Handel on Messiah|year= 1994|publisher= Sound And Vision Publishing Ltd, Canada|isbn= 0920151175]
*Handel: "Belshazzar" (1990)
*Handel: "Acis and Galatea" in Mozart's arrangement K.566 (1991)
*Handel: "Tamerlano" (2001); CD: Avie records (live recording, London), DVD: Arthaus Musik (live recording, Halle) [ [http://www.arthaus-musik.com/templates/tyCatalogueDetail.php?id=180&topic=homepage Details of the Tamerlano DVD] ]
*Haydn: concertos for oboe, trumpet and harpsichord (Hob.XVIII:11) (Paul Goodwin, oboe; Mark Bennett, trumpet; Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord) (1985)
*Haydn: violin concertos; Salomon: Romance for violin (Simon Standage, violin) (1989)
*Haydn: Stabat mater (1990)
*Haydn: "missa in angustiis" ("Nelson mass"), "te deum" (1987)
*Haydn: "missa sancti Nicolai", "Theresienmesse" (1993)
*Haydn: symphonies "le matin, le midi, le soir", (nos. 6, 7, 8) (1987)
*Haydn: "Sturm und Drang" symphonies (nos. 26, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 58, 59, 65) (1989-1991)
*Mozart: complete symphonies (1992-1995)
*Mozart: "Krönungsmesse "Coronation Mass"", "Exsultate jubilate" and "Vesperae solennes de confessore" (1994)
*Purcell: "Dido and Aeneas" (1991)
*Purcell: "Timon of Athens" and "Dioclesian" (1995)
*Purcell: "King Arthur" (1991)
*Purcell: "Odes": "Come, ye sons of art, away"; "Ode for St. Cecilia's Day"; "Of old, when heroes thought it base" (the Yorkshire feast song) (1989)
*Purcell: choral works with the choir of Christ Church, Oxford, conducted by Simon Preston [Service in B-flat, Z.230; Te Deum & Jubilate in D, Z.232; Evening Service in G minor, Z.231; O God, thou has cast us out, Z.36; O Lord God of Hosts, Z.37; Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z.50; Lord, how long wilt thou be angry, Z.25; O God, thou art my God, Z.35; Man that is born of a woman, Z.27; Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z.58c; Jehovah, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z.135; My heart is inditing, Z.30; O sing unto the Lord, Z.44; My beloved spake, Z.28; They that go down to the sea in ships, Z.57; Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z.46.]
*Telemann: "3 Orchestral Suites" for 3 oboes and bassoon TWV 55: C6 and B10, for 2 hunting horns TWV 55: D19 (1993)
*Telemann: "Suites, Concerto in D Major" for 3 oboes & bassoon TWV 55: g4 and D1, for 3 trumpets TWV 54: D4 (1994)
*Vivaldi: 12 concertos "il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione" op.8 (Simon Standage, violin); flute concerto RV 429, cello concerto RV 424; CRD records (1978)
*Vivaldi: "le quattro stagioni" (Simon Standage, violin) (1982)
*Vivaldi: 12 concertos for 1,2 and 4 violins "l'estro Armonico" op.3 (Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Elizabeth Wilcock, Miles Golding, violins) (1987)
*Vivaldi: 12 concertos for violin "la stravaganza" op.4 (Simon Standage, violin) (1990)
*Vivaldi: "7 concerti for woodwind and strings" [Concerto for strings RV 156; concerto for oboe RV 449 (op.8 no.12); concerto for bassoon RV 485; concerto for strings RV 166; concerto for violin, 2 recorders and 2 oboes 'per l'orchestra di Dresda' RV 577; concerto for recorder RV 444; concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos RV 575.] (1995)
*Vivaldi: "concerti alla rustica" [Concerto alla rustica RV 151; concerto for oboe and violin RV 548; concerto con molti stromenti RV 558; concerto for oboe RV 461; concerto for 2 violins RV 516; concerto for 2 mandolins RV 532.] (1986)
*Vivaldi: "concerti l'amoroso" [Concerto for strings RV 159; concerto for violin 'l'amoroso' RV 271; concerto for bassoon RV 484; concerto for flute RV 436; concerto for viola d'amore and lute RV 540; concerto for oboe and bassoon RV 545.] (1987)
*Vivaldi: "6 concerti for flute op.10" (Lisa Beznosiuk, flute) (1988)
*Vivaldi: "Gloria"; A. Scarlatti: "dixit dominus" (1988)
*Vivaldi: "stabat mater", "salve regina", "nisi dominus" (Michael Chance, countertenor); sinfonia for strings RV 169 (1995)

*"Christmas Concertos" [Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls sur les instruments H.531, 534; Johann Melchior Molter: concerto pastorale in G major; Vivaldi: concerto for 2 trumpets RV 537; Giuseppe Sammartini: Pastorale in G major from op.5 no.6; Telemann: concerto polonois in G major; Handel: concerto a due cori no.3 HWV 332; Corelli: Christmas concerto, op.6 no.8.] (1988)
*"Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue" [Johann Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue; Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Vivaldi: sinfonia for strings RV 149; Purcell: Chacony Z.730; Tomaso Albinoni: concerto a cinque op.9 no.2; Charles Avison: concerto grosso no.9 after Domenico Scarlatti.] (1990)
*"A Grand Concert of Musick: English Baroque Concertos" [John Stanley: Concerto for strings, op.2 no.3; Thomas Arne: Harpsichord concerto no.5; William Boyce: Symphony op.2 no.1; Francesco Geminiani: concerto grosso after Corelli's op.5 no.12 (variations on 'la folia'); Pieter Hellendaal: concerto op.3 no.4; Charles Avison: concerto grosso no.9 after Domenico Scarlatti.] (1979)
*"Christmas in Rome": Vivaldi: "Gloria"; Corelli: "Christmas Concerto"; A. Scarlatti: "O di Betlemme altera povertà" (on video and CD) (1992)
*"Opera Arias" by Mozart, Haydn and Gluck (Anne-Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano) (1995)
*"Oboe Concertos": C. P. E. Bach, Wq.165; Lebrun, no.1; Mozart, K.314. (Paul Goodwin, oboe) (1990)

Conducting

*"Exquisite Fires: Music of Linda Bouchard" with the National Arts Centre Orchestra; Marquis Classics [ [http://www.marquisclassics.com/219_exqu.asp Details of the Linda Bouchard recording] ] (1998)
*"Renée Fleming: Sacred Songs in Concert from Mainz Cathedral" with Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Mainzer Domchor; Decca records (2005) (on DVD only) [ [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/sacredsongs/songlist.html Song list for "Sacred Songs", PBS "Great Performances" website] ]

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.jackpeters.com/pinnock1.htm Buying a harpsichord] - by Trevor Pinnock

*http://www.europeanbrandenburg.com/ - The European Brandenburg Ensemble

* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Pinnock-Trevor.htm Bach-cantatas.com: Trevor Pinnock] - good selection of photos

Persondata
NAME=Pinnock, Trevor
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Harpsichordist and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH=1946-12-16
PLACE OF BIRTH=Canterbury, England
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