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1 History  



1.1  Membership  





1.2  Recordings  





1.3  Performances  





1.4  New music  





1.5  Miscellaneous  





1.6  Disbanding  







2 Selected discography  



2.1  Harmonia Mundi  





2.2  EMI Reflexe  





2.3  Coro  





2.4  ECM  





2.5  Other labels  







3 References  





4 External links  














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Hilliard Ensemble
OriginLondon, England
Genres
  • Choral
  • Years active1973-2014
    Labels
    Past members

    Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974,[1] the group disbanded in 2014.[2]

    Although most of its work focused on music of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, the Hilliard Ensemble also performed contemporary music, working frequently with the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt and included in its concerts works by John Cage, Gavin Bryars, Giya Kancheli, and Heinz Holliger.

    History

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    A self-portrait by Nicholas Hilliard (1577)

    Membership

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    The group was founded by Paul Hillier, Errol Girdlestone, Paul Elliott, and David James, although the membership was flexible until Hillier left in 1990. After that, the core members were David James (counter-tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor/high tenor), John Potter (tenor), and Gordon Jones (bass), except that in 1998 John Potter was replaced by Steven Harrold.

    Recordings

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    The Hilliard Ensemble, under Paul Hillier, had an extensive discography with EMI's Reflexe early music series during the 1980s. The ensemble then recorded mainly for the ECM label. In 1994, when popular interest in Gregorian chant was at its height, the ensemble released the CD Officium, an unprecedented collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek. The disc became one of ECM's biggest-selling releases, reaching the pop charts in several European countries and receiving five gold discs in sales. Officium's sequel, the 2-CD set Mnemosyne, followed in 1999. The third album, Officium Novum, was released in 2010.[3][4] Their recordings have also been included in Craig Wright's Listening to Music textbook for music students and music appreciation.

    Performances

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    In 2005 the ensemble took part in the Rheingau Musik Festival's composer's portrait of Arvo Pärt, together with the Rostock Motet Choir.[5] In 2008 the Hilliard Ensemble premiered Heiner Goebbels' avant-garde staged concert I went to the house but did not enter at the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival, repeated at the Berliner Festspiele.[6]

    New music

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    In 2009 the ensemble premiered five new works: Guido Morini's Una Iliade, Fabio Vacchi's Memoria Italiana, Steffen Schleiermacher's Die Beschwörung der Trunkenen Oase, Simon Bainbridge's Tenebrae and Wolfgang Rihm's Et Lux. In September 2010 the Hilliard Ensemble joined the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra for the world premiere of Matteo D'Amico's Flight from Byzantium at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

    Miscellaneous

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    They also performed three pieces by Guillaume Dufay: Moribus et genere, Vergene bella and Lamentatio sanctae matris ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae.[7]

    On 15 November 2010, the group appeared at Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York to perform Kjartan Sveinsson's Cage a Swallow Can’t You but You Can’t Swallow a Cage.[8]

    Disbanding

    [edit]

    The Hilliard Ensemble decided to disband after 41 years and gave their final concert on 20 December 2014 at the Wigmore Hall, London.[2][9]

    Selected discography

    [edit]

    Harmonia Mundi

    [edit]

    EMI Reflexe

    [edit]

    Coro

    [edit]

    ECM

    [edit]

    Other labels

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
  • ^ a b Church, Michael (2014). "Hilliard Ensemble, Wigmore Hall". The Independent. Retrieved 13 May 2015.[dead link]
  • ^ Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble / Officium Novum Archived 21 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine ECM
  • ^ John Eyles: Will please both jazz aficionados and followers of choral music BBC 28 September 2010
  • ^ Rostocker Motettenchor (in German)
  • ^ Heiner Goebbels mit dem Hilliard Ensemble Die Welt 19 November 2008 (in German)
  • ^ London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jurowski / Haydn, D'Amico and Bartok wmnr.com
  • ^ Steve Smith: To Boldly Go Beyond the Limits of Sacred Music New York Times 16 November 2010
  • ^ Smith, Charlotte (19 September 2013). "The Hilliard Ensemble celebrate 40th anniversary year with reunion concert". Gramophone.
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