Nicholas McGegan
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Biography
[Edit]Nicholas McGegan has done more for the early music movement in America than nearly anyone else, and his tireless explorations of the byways of Baroque opera have put many fascinating works into the concert hall and onto recordings.
He studied piano at London's Trinity College of Music, and learned to play the flute while he was there, but entertained no special desire to study historical performance. When he entered Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, however, one of the courses required for a music degree was professor Nicholas Shackleton's acoustics course. This course often met in the professor's home, which contained both a large collection of 18th century wind instruments and a tenant named Christopher Hogwood. Hogwood, of course, was then one of the leading lions of the period-instrument Baroque movement in England, so McGegan could not have been in a better position to learn about it. Although he had been studying 20th century music, he picked up a Baroque wooden flute one day and never looked back. During the '70s, McGegan became one of the bright lights of England's starry period-instrument scene, playing the flute, harpsichord, and fortepiano with all the major period instrument groups in England, especially Hogwood's Academy of Ancient Music. He became director of early music at the Royal College of Music in London in 1976.
In 1979, McGegan made the fateful decision to accept a three-month artist-in-residence position at Washington University at St. Louis. His teaching and performance caused quite a stir at the university, and numerous renewals of the initial term followed; McGegan has said that during this time he became "more American-based than European-based." In 1985, McGegan became music director of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, which had previously been a players' cooperative without a leader. The ensemble still places a premium on collaboration and creativity under McGegan's direction. It has become the finest period-instrument group in America and one of the finest in the world since McGegan took it over, making numerous recordings under his direction.
One of the international positions this very busy conductor holds is Artistic Director of the Gottingen Handel Festival, the oldest festival for Baroque music in the world. He also has spread the ideas of historically informed practice in his work with groups such as Hungary's Capella Savaria; the Chicago Symphony; the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; St. Louis, Toronto, and Sydney Symphonies; the New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong Philharmonics; the Northern Sinfonia, and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as well as opera companies including Covent Garden, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Washington. McGegan also founded the Arcadian Academy, a chamber offshoot of the PBO, and has served as the Baroque Series Director for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and as an advisory board member for the University of Maryland Handel Festival and London's Handel House. In his pursuit of reviving Baroque works, he's collaborated with dancer Mark Morris to present Rameau's Platée at the Edinburgh Festival and Handel's L’Allegro at Ravinia and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York.
Despite, or perhaps because of, his academic credentials and background in period performance, McGegan's performances exemplify joy and fun, rather than sober scholarship. He has compared the PBO to a "jazz band" in terms of its ability to play together and play with spirit, and the comparison rings true when listening to the PBO live or on record — or, indeed, when listening to any of McGegan's performances. Although he is primarily identified with — and has won awards for his recordings of — Handel, he has played repertoire stretching into the 19th century, and has brought the same sense of fun to all of it.
Title: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 57, 67, 68
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Bach, C.P.E.: 3 Quartets; Fantasy in C
Artist: Anthony Pleeth, Christopher Hogwood, Catherine Mackintosh, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 79, 80 & 81
Artist: Capella Savaria, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Joseph Haydn: Symphonies
Artist: Capella Savaria, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: J. M. Kraus: Symphonies & Violin Concerto
Artist: Capella Savaria, Nicholas McGegan, Zsolt Kalló / Zsolt Kallo
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Title: Handel - Il Pastor Fido (CD1)
Artist: Capella Savaria, Nicholas McGegan, Mcgegan
Title: Teprsicore, Alcina, Ariodante
Artist: Katalin Farkas, Capella Savaria, Derek Lee Ragin, Chamber Choir, Nicholas McGegan, Pal Nemeth
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Title: Haydn: Violin Concertos
Artist: Capella Savaria, Nicholas McGegan, Zsolt Kalló / Zsolt Kallo
Genre: Classical
Title: Handel: Rodelinda (CD3)
Artist: Concerto Köln / Concerto Koln, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Bach: Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook (highlights)
Artist: Lorraine Hunt - Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Handel: Arias
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Avery Amereau
Genre: Classical
Title: Handel: Water Music (complete)
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Handel: Arias for Montagnana
Artist: David Thomas, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Opera
Title: Handel: Opera Arias, Vol. 1 - Arias for Senesino
Artist: Drew Minter, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Opera
Title: Handel: Rodelinda (CD1)
Artist: Concerto Köln / Concerto Koln, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Scarlatti: Cantatas, Volume I
Artist: Christine Brandes, Arcadian Academy, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Nicola Matteis: Ayres for the Violin - Suites and Sonatas, Vol. II
Artist: Arcadian Academy, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Hommage à Trois / Hommage a Trois
Artist: Carolyn Sampson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, William Berger, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Vivaldi - Recorder Concertos
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Marion Verbruggen, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Scarlatti: The Cecilian Vespers
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Handel: Water Musick
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Caroline Shaw: Is A Rose & The Listeners (Live)
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Corelli: Concerti grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7-12
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 104, 88, 101
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Vivaldi for Diverse Instruments
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Handel: Arias for Durastanti
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Lorraine Hunt - Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Opera
Title: Handel: Saul, HWV 53 (Live) (CD1)
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Nicholas McGega
Genre: Classical
Title: Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 57, 67 & 68
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Handel: Arias for Cuzzoni
Artist: Lisa Saffer, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Opera
Title: Brahms: Serenades, Opp. 16 & 11 (Live)
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Corelli: Concerti grossi, Opus 6, Nos. 1-6
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Handel: Saul, HWV 53 (Live) (CD2)
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan, Nicholas McGega
Genre: Classical
Title: Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 18 & 19
Artist: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Melvyn Tan, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Frauenkirche Dresden, 2005-2010
Artist: The Members, Kay Johannsen, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Virtuosi Saxoniae, Staatskapelle Dresden, Dresden Philharmonic, Jos Van Immerseel, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Ensemble Amarcord, Genia Kühmeier / Genia Kuhmeier, Michael Alexander Willens, Dresden Baroque Orchestra, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Ludwig Güttler / Ludwig Guttler, Friedrich Kircheis, Nicholas McGegan, Sir Charles Mackerras, Dresden Chamber Choir, Festspiel Orchester Gottingen, Andreas Lorenz, Samuel Kummer, Blechbläserensemble / Blechblaserensemble, Saxon Vocal Ensemble, Matthias Grunert, Roderich Kreile, Anima Eterna Orchestra, Cologne Academy Choir, Frauenkirche Chamber Choir, Anima Eterna Choir, Winchester Cathedral Choristers
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Title: Handel: Ariodante
Artist: Jennifer Lane, Lorraine Hunt - Lieberson, Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical
Title: Bach, C.P.E.: 3 Quartets, Fantasy In C
Artist: Anthony Pleeth, Christopher Hogwood, Catherine Mackintosh, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas, Vol. II
Artist: David Daniels, Arcadian Academy, Nicholas McGegan
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Title: Handel: La Resurrezione
Artist: Lisa Saffer, Patricia Spence, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Judith Nelson, Nicholas McGegan
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Collections
Title: Vivaldi: Adagios
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Title: Vivaldi: Essential Works
Genre: Classical
Title: Baroque Greatest Masterworks
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Title: G.F. Handel: Atalanta (Opera in 3 acts)
Genre: Opera
Title: Super Audio Collection, Vol. 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: 101 Essential Classical Masterpieces: Vivaldi
Genre:
Title: Essential Handel
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Title: Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Conductors
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Title: Baroque Opera
Genre: Opera
Title: 100 Best Handel
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Title: Vivaldi: Adagios
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Title: For Queen & Country
Genre: Classical
Featuring albums
Title: The Back-To-School Study Mix: Orchestral Music Edition
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Orchestral, Classical, Orchestral
Title: Mozart for Tenor
Artist: Rockwell Blake, London Symphony Orchestra, Conducted By Nicholas McGegan
Genre: Classical