NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover (Symphony Orchestra)

Founded: 1950 - Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

The NDR Radiophilharmonie is a German radio orchestra, affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hannover (Germany), the capital of Lower Saxony. The orchestra principally gives concerts in the Großer Sendesaal of the Landesfunkhaus Niedersachsen.

A historical precursor orchestra was the Niedersächsisches Sinfonie-Orchester, a radio orchestra that was affiliated with the Nordische Rundfunk Aktiengesellschaft since the late 1920's. Following World War II, with the founding of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR), the current orchestra was founded in 1950 originally as the Rundfunkorchester Hannover. Willy Steiner was the first Chief Conductor, beginning in 1950, and held the post until 1975. During his tenure, the orchestra later changed its name to the Radiophilharmonie Hannover. In 2003, the orchestra took its current name of the NDR Radiophilharmonie.

After Steiner, Chief Conductors have been Bernhard Klee, Eiji Ōue and Eivind Gullberg Jensen. Since 2009, Ōue has held the title of conductor laureate (Ehrendirigent) with the orchestra. Since 2014, the orchestra's current Chief Conductor has been Andrew Manze. In March 2017, the orchestra announced the extension of Andrew Manze's contract through to 2021. In February 2019, the orchestra announced a further extension of Andrew Manze's contract to 2023.

The orchestra has recorded commercially for such labels as CPO and Pentatone.

Chief Conductors

Willy Steiner (1950-1975)
Bernhard Klee (1976-1979)
Zdenĕk Mácal (1980-1983)
Aldo Ceccato (1985-1989)
Bernhard Klee (1991-1995)
Eiji Ōue (1998-2009)
Eivind Gullberg Jensen (2009-2014)
Andrew Manze (2014-Present)

Sources: 
Wikipedia Website (July 2019)
Photo 01 © NDR / Nikolaj Lund
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2019)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Gianluca Capuano

Orchestra

[CV-1] (2022, Audio): BWV 51

Günter Kehr

Orchestra

[CR-135] (Early 1980's?, Radio recording): BWV 135

Mathieu Lange

Orchestra

[CR-199] (Mid 1970's?, Radio recording): BWV 199

Recordings of Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's Works

Conductor

As

Works

Jamie Phillips

Orchestra

[T-1] (2020): New arrangements of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations for violin & orchestra combined with newly-composed pieces inspired by the Goldberg Variations: Bach-A.N. Tarkmann: Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged & orchestrated for solo violin, string orchestra & harpsichord; Rolf Rudin: Dialogue with Bach: a Goldberg reflection, for solo violin, harpsichord & 14 solo strings; Sidney Corbett: Goldberg Hallucination Remix, for solo violin & & 18 solo string; Andreas N. Tarkmann: Goldberg's Last Summer, Concert pieces for solo violin, piano & string orchestra; Dominik J. Dieterle: Sleepless after J. S. Bach, for solo violin & string orchestra; Wolf Kerschek: Goldberg Reflections Aria, for solo violin, string orchestra & harpsichord; Moritz Eggert: Four Variations from "Goldberg Spielt", for solo violin & string orchestra; Daniel Sundy: New Goldberg Variations, New Variations on a theme of J.S. Bach for solo violin & string orchestra; Tobias Rokahr: Sleepless (Goldberg goes crazy), for solo violin, harpsichord & string orchestra; Friedrich Heinrich Kern: Reflections on a Dream, for violin, verrophone & string orchestra; Stephan Koncz: GoldBergHain (Quodlibet on “Kraut und Rüben haben mich vertrieben"), for solo violin & string orchestra; Konstantia Gourzi: Lullabies for three flowers, for solo violin & string orchestra [w/ violinist Niklas Liepe]

Links to other Sites

NDR Radiophilharmonie (Wikipedia)
NDR Radiophilharmonie (Official Website)