NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra




For the symphony orchestra of the broadcaster in Hannover, see NDR Radiophilharmonie.
































NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

Radio orchestra
Native name
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Former name
NWDR Sinfonieorchester
Founded
1945 (1945)
Location
Rothenbaumchaussee 132
20149 Hamburg, Germany
Concert hall
Elbphilharmonie
Principal conductor
Alan Gilbert (designate)
Website
ndr.de

The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester (NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) is a German radio orchestra based in Hamburg. Affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; North German Broadcasting), the orchestra is based at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany. Earlier the ensemble was called the NDR Symphony Orchestra (German: Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks), and was also known in English as the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra.


British occupation authorities founded the orchestra after World War II as part of Radio Hamburg (NWDR), which was the only radio station in what would become West Germany not destroyed during the war. The first musicians came mostly from the ranks of the old Nazi-controlled Großes Rundfunkorchester des Reichssenders Hamburg. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, who was living near Hamburg, was given the task of assembling the members, something he accomplished over a period of six months. Schmidt-Isserstedt conducted the orchestra's first concert in November 1945, with Yehudi Menuhin as soloist. Schmidt-Isserstedt served as the first chief conductor of the orchestra, through 1971.


The orchestra first visited the UK in 1951, as part of the concerts celebrating the re-opening in Manchester of the Free Trade Hall.[1] In addition to its performances of the core classical and romantic repertoire by composers such as Beethoven and Bruckner, the orchestra also has a focus on contemporary works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Wolfgang Rihm and Hans Werner Henze. It rose to particular significance during the chief conductorship of Günter Wand, from 1982 to 1990. Wand conducted several commercial recordings with the orchestra for the RCA Victor Red Seal and EMI labels. The orchestra has also recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon and CPO labels.


Thomas Hengelbrock became chief conductor of the orchestra with the 2011-2012 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.[2] In January 2017, the orchestra took up its new residence at the newly opened Elbphilharmonie, and formally changed its name to the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. In June 2017, the orchestra announced that Hengelbrock is to conclude his tenure with the ensemble at the close of the 2018-2019 season.[3]


Past principal guest conductors have included Alan Gilbert, who held the post from 2004 to 2015. The orchestra's current principal guest conductor is Krzysztof Urbanski, since the 2015-2016 season. In June 2017, the orchestra announced the appointment of Gilbert as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2019-2020 season, with an initial contract of 5 seasons.[4][5] He is scheduled to take the title of chief conductor-designate in the autumn of 2017.[6]


In December 2017, Hengelbrock expressed his displeasure with the timing of the announcement of Alan Gilbert as his designated successor, within the same month as the original announcement of the previously scheduled conclusion of his tenure. Hengelbrock thus announced his intention to stand down as chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra at the end of the 2017-2018 season, one season earlier than originally planned.[7]




Contents






  • 1 Principal conductors


  • 2 Awards


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Principal conductors




  • Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1945–1971)


  • Moshe Atzmon (1972–1976)


  • Klaus Tennstedt (1979–1981)


  • Günter Wand (1982–1990)


  • John Eliot Gardiner (1991–1994)


  • Herbert Blomstedt (1996–1998)


  • Christoph Eschenbach (1998–2004)


  • Christoph von Dohnányi (2004–2011)


  • Thomas Hengelbrock (2011–2018)


  • Alan Gilbert (2019-)



Awards



  • 1998: Johannes-Brahms-Medaille of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

  • 2000: Award for best live performance in Japan

  • 2014: Grammy for the category „Best Classical Compendium“ (Hindemith: Violinkonzert - Symphonic Metamorphosis - Konzertmusik op. 50)



See also


  • Elbphilharmonie


References





  1. ^ Potts, Joseph E., "European Radio Orchestras: Western Germany" (September 1955). The Musical Times, 96 (1351): 473–475.


  2. ^ "Thomas Hengelbrock wird neuer Chefdirigent" (Press release). NDR Symphony Orchestra. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Hengelbrock nur noch bis 2019 Chefdirigent". NDR. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-22.


  4. ^ "Alan Gilbert ab 2019/20 neuer Chefdirigent des NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchesters" (Press release). NDR. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-23.


  5. ^ Michael Cooper (2017-06-23). "Alan Gilbert to Lead NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-06-23.


  6. ^ "Alan Gilbert named Chief Conductor of Hamburg's NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra". Gramophone. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2017-06-23.


  7. ^ "Nach Streit: Hengelbrock verlässt Elbphilharmonie schon 2018". Hamburger Abendblatt. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2018-01-27.




External links




  • NDR Symphony Orchestra (website) (in German)

  • Artsbird.com article on the NDR Symphony Orchestra

  • Musicweb International Review of CPO 7771632, Bruno Walter, Symphony in d, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Leon Botstein; 20 May 2010










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