Hanover Band
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The Hanover Band is a British period-instrument orchestra, widely acclaimed as one of the leading period-instrument orchestras in the world. Formed by the famous Dr. H A Fitzpatrick, the world renowned expert in period instruments and horn player.
The band's performances and recording center on 18th and 19th century music. Its principal and guest conductors and directors include Monica Huggett, Sir Charles Mackerras, Roy Goodman, Anthony Halstead, Nicholas McGegan, Richard Egarr, Nicholas Kraemer, Graham Lea-Cox, Jeffrey Skidmore and Adrian Butterfield.
Hanover Band has appeared at the Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, South Bank Centre, Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall, among many other venues. They have toured the UK many times, made ten tours of the United States and performed in Canada, Mexico, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Greece & Turkey.
Their current residency is at The Old Market, Hove, England.
Hanover Band has made over 160 recordings on Nimbus Records, Hyperion Records, Sony, EMI Eminence and other labels, including a complete cycle of the orchestral works of Johann Christian Bach.
