Christopher Hogwood director Paul Goodwin associate conductor Richard Egarr associate director

The Gonzaga Band was formed by cornettist Jamie Savan in 1997 in order to explore historical approaches to the performance of vocal and instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries. Its line-up is project led: the very best vocalists and period instrumentalists are ‘hand picked’ according to the special requirements of each programme. This means that the Gonzaga Band is able to offer a variety of innovative programmes, for combinations ranging from a quartet to a nonet, that will suit most festival budgets. Performing as ‘Il Vero Modo’, members of the Gonzaga Band appeared in the finals of the International Young Artists’ Competition in York in 2003 with a programme of songs and duets of Monteverdi and his contemporaries. Recent projects such as ‘Carmina Maximiliana’ and ‘Songs for the White King’ have developed exciting new approaches to improvisation and ornamentation in Renaissance music.

Sample Programme:

Mozart Mania: A programme to include mostly Mozart - two original flute quartets, an early 19th century arrangement of one of his piano sonatas, a chamber arrangement of the Andante in C K315 and Mozart’s arrangement of a Bach Prelude and Fugue.

Education:

The ensemble regularly presents workshops for the Cavatina Trust and by private arrangement. All ages and levels catered for, from primary school children to university level.

Recordings:

The Age of Elegance (Haydn, Hoffmeister, JC Bach, Pleyel, Mozart) London Independent Records 2002
Views of Vienna (Mozart, Schubert, Gyrowetz, Dittersdorf) London Independent Records 2005

Performances:

16 Dec 06 Plough Arts Centre, Torrington, Devon
22 Jan 07 Luton Music Club, Luton Library
26 Jan 07 Celebrity Concert Series, Bradford Cathedral

Contact:

Richard Wade, 43 Churchill Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 0AX

Tel/Fax: 020 8907 8944

Email: fiddlechud@aol.com
Website: www.galeazziensemble.co.uk