Paul McCreesh

Paul McCreesh

Paul McCreesh (born May 24 1960) is an English conductor. Paul McCreesh is founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort & Players, with whom he has established himself at the highest level in the period instrument field; he is recognised for his authoritative and innovative performances on the concert platform and the opera house. He is director of the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Wrocław, Poland. With the Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world. In 2005 Loughborough University conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, on Paul McCreesh.

Repertoire and performance

Paul McCreesh specialises in the music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. He also works with modern instrument orchestras including the DSO Berlin, RSO Berlin, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Sinfónica de Euskadi, Stockholm Philharmonic and Beethovenhalle Bonn, the Netherlands Philharmonic and the Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia di Roma.

Musical education

McCreesh began his career as a cellist and took his MusB from the University of Manchester in 1981.

Debut

McCreesh’s directing début was at St John's, Smith Square in London, and a sensational Proms début led to an early signing with Deutsche Grammophon's Archiv label.

Recordings

Paul McCreesh has built a large discography for Deutsche Grammophon.

Opera

McCreesh has conducted Handel’s "Jephtha" for Welsh National Opera and Gluck's "Orphée & Eurydice", as well as Mozart’s "The Magic Flute" for Royal Danish Opera and, for Komische Oper Berlin, a new David Alden staging of Handel’s "Alcina". He has also conducted Handel’s "Rodelinda" at the Beaune Festival and at the Brinkburn Festival which he founded and directs.

External links

* [http://www.gabrieli.com The Gabrieli Consort & Players]
* [http://www.brinkburnfestival.co.uk Brinkburn Festival]
* [http://www.themonteverdiviolins.org/ The Monteverdi violins] Info about the Gabrielis' replica Baroque violins


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Paul McCreesh — Paul McCreech est un chef d orchestre anglais né le 24 mai 1960 à Londres. Biographie Violoncelliste de formation, il a effectué des études de musicologie à l université de Manchester. En 1982, il crée son ensemble, le Gabrieli Consort and… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Paul McCreesh — (* 24. Mai 1960 in London) ist ein britischer Dirigent. Leben McCreesh wurde 1960 in London geboren. Zunächst Cellist, beschäftigte er sich bald mit Musikwissenschaft und graduierte als MusB 1981 an der Universität Manchester. 1982 gründete er… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Paul Agnew — was born in Glasgow in 1964, and read music as a Choral Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the Consort of Musicke, the Tallis Scholars, the Sixteen and the Gothic Voices, before embarking on a solo career in the early… …   Wikipedia

  • Georg Friedrich Händel — Retrato de Händel, por Balthassar Denner, 1727, Museo de la ciudad de Londres Nacim …   Wikipedia Español

  • Messiah (Handel) — George Frideric Handel …   Wikipedia

  • Bartolomeo Barbarino — (known as Il Pesarino ) (c. 1568 ndash; c. 1617 or later) was an Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque era. He was a virtuoso falsettist, and one of the most enthusiastic composers of the new style of monody.LifeNothing is known about… …   Wikipedia

  • Grupos de música antigua — Anexo:Grupos de música antigua Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Se conocen con el nombre de grupos o ensembles de música antigua a las formaciones musicales que interpretan música clásica europea hasta finales del Barroco, es decir, música anterior… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Anexo:Grupos de música antigua — Se conocen con el nombre de grupos o ensembles de música antigua a las formaciones musicales que interpretan música clásica europea hasta finales del Barroco, es decir, música anterior a 1750. La música interpretada por estas formaciones… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Cristóbal de Morales — (c. 1500 – between September 4 and October 7, 1553) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He is generally considered to be the most influential Spanish composer before Victoria. Contents …   Wikipedia

  • Alonso Lobo — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para el religioso, véase Alonso Lobo de Medina Sidonia. Alonso Lobo (Osuna, hacia 1555 – Sevilla, 5 de abril de 1617) fue un compositor español de música renacentista, hijo de Alonso Lobo y de Jerónima de Borja.… …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”