Richard Hickox CBE (5 March 1948 – 23 November 2008) was an English conduct… Read Full Bio ↴Richard Hickox CBE (5 March 1948 – 23 November 2008) was an English conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic music. He was born in Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire into a musical family. After attending the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1959 to 1966, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1966 to 1967, then was an organ scholar at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1967 to 1970.
He founded the City of London Sinfonia in 1971, whose music director he had been since then, and the Richard Hickox Singers & Orchestra in the same year. In 1990 he co-founded baroque orchestra Collegium Musicum 90 with Simon Standage. From 1982-1990, he served as Artistic Director of the Northern Sinfonia. Since 1985, he has been Associate Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He is also chief conductor of the London Symphony Chorus, with whom he premiered The Three Kings by Peter Maxwell Davies in 1995. He also premiered that composer's A Dance on the Hill in 2005.
For five years, Hickox was Music Director of the Spoleto Festival, Italy. From 2000-2006, he was Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and is now its Conductor Emeritus. He became the Music Director of Opera Australia in 2005.
Hickox was awarded a CBE in the Honours List in 2002. His recording repertoire has concentrated on British music, in which he has made a number of recording premieres for Chandos Records. In 1997 he won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for his recording of Britten’s Peter Grimes.
Hickox is married to the contralto Pamela Helen Stephen. They have two children.
He is President of the Elgar Society.
Hickox was married to the contralto Pamela Helen Stephen, with whom he had two children. He died aged 60 from a heart attack whilst recording Holst's Choral Symphony in Swansea
He founded the City of London Sinfonia in 1971, whose music director he had been since then, and the Richard Hickox Singers & Orchestra in the same year. In 1990 he co-founded baroque orchestra Collegium Musicum 90 with Simon Standage. From 1982-1990, he served as Artistic Director of the Northern Sinfonia. Since 1985, he has been Associate Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He is also chief conductor of the London Symphony Chorus, with whom he premiered The Three Kings by Peter Maxwell Davies in 1995. He also premiered that composer's A Dance on the Hill in 2005.
For five years, Hickox was Music Director of the Spoleto Festival, Italy. From 2000-2006, he was Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and is now its Conductor Emeritus. He became the Music Director of Opera Australia in 2005.
Hickox was awarded a CBE in the Honours List in 2002. His recording repertoire has concentrated on British music, in which he has made a number of recording premieres for Chandos Records. In 1997 he won the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for his recording of Britten’s Peter Grimes.
Hickox is married to the contralto Pamela Helen Stephen. They have two children.
He is President of the Elgar Society.
Hickox was married to the contralto Pamela Helen Stephen, with whom he had two children. He died aged 60 from a heart attack whilst recording Holst's Choral Symphony in Swansea
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02Armide, Act 1, Scene 1: Dans un jour de triomphe...2:52Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Sally Burgess/Marie Slorach
03Armide, Act 1, Scene 1: Je ne triomphe pas du plus vaillant de tous!2:19Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Sally Burgess/Felicity Palmer/Marie Slorach
04Armide, Act 1, Scene 1: Les Enfers ont prédit cent fois3:49Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Marie Slorach
05Armide, Act 1, Scene 2: Armide, que le sang qui m'unit avec vous2:08Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Raimund Herincx
06Armide, Act 1, Scene 2: La chaine de l'hymen m'étonne2:05Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
07Armide, Act 1, Scene 2: Pour vous, quand'il vous plait2:25Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Raimund Herincx
08Armide, Act 1, Scene 2: Si je dois m'engager un jour1:18Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
09Armide, Act 1, Scene 3: Armide est encore plus aimable3:48Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Sally Burgess/Marie Slorach/Raimund Herincx/The Richard Hickox Singers
11Armide, Act 1, Scene 3: que la doceur d'une triomphe2:48Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Sally Burgess/Marie Slorach/The Richard Hickox Singers
12Armide, Act 1, Scene 4: O ciel! O disgrace cruelle!3:26Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Sally Burgess/Felicity Palmer/Yaron Windmüller/Marie Slorach/Raimund Herincx/The Richard Hickox Singers
13Armide, Act 2, Scene 1: Invincible héros c'est par votre courage2:51Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Adrian Thompson
14Armide, Act 2, Scene 1: Le repos me fait violence3:32Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Adrian Thompson
15Armide, Act 2, Scene 2: Arretons-nous ici, c'est dans ce lieu fatal0:58Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Raimund Herincx
16Armide, Act 2, Scene 2: Espirits de haine et de rage3:03Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Raimund Herincx
17Armide, Act 2, Scene 3: Plus j'observe ces lieux...6:45Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Anthony Rolfe Johnson
18Armide, Act 2, Scene 4: Au temps heureux où l'on sait plaire1:16Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Lynda Russell/Dinah Harris
19Armide, Act 2, Scene 4: Ah! Quelle erreur! Quelle folie1:04Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/The Richard Hickox Singers
21Armide, Act 2, Scene 4: On s'étonnerait moins que la saison nouvelle3:49Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Lynda Russell/Dinah Harris
22Armide, Act 2, Scene 5: Enfin, il est en ma puissance2:49Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
23Armide, Act 2, Scene 5: Ah! Quelle cruauté de lui ravir le jour4:22Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
24Armide, Act 3, Scene 1: Ah! Si la liberté me doit etre ravie3:58Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
25Armide, Act 3, Scene 2: Que ne peut point votre art?2:04Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
26Armide, Act 3, Scene 2: De mes plus doux regards Renard sut ce défendre3:45Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
27Armide, Act 3, Scene 2: Il m'aime? Quel amour!2:42Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
28Armide, Act 3, Scene 3: Venez, venez, Haine implacable!3:18Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
29Armide, Act 3, Scene 4: Plus on conneit l'Amour, et plus l'on deteste3:07Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/The Richard Hickox Singers/Linda Finnie
30Armide, Act 3, Scene 4: Amour, sors pour j'amais5:45Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/The Richard Hickox Singers/Linda Finnie
31Armide, Act 3, Scene 4: Sors, sors du sain d'Armide33:01Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/The Richard Hickox Singers/Linda Finnie
32Armide, Act 3, Scene 5: O ciel! Quelle horrible menace1:50Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer
33Armide, Act 4, Scene 1: Nous ne trouvons partout que des gouffres ouverte3:21Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
34Armide, Act 4, Scene 1: Redoublons nos soins, gardons-noùs2:28Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
35Armide, Act 4, Scene 2: Voici la charmante retraite2:49Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Sally Burgess
37Armide, Act 4, Scene 2: Allons, qui vous retient encore?0:29Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
38Armide, Act 4, Scene 2: Jamais dans ces beaux lieux...2:29Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Sally Burgess
39Armide, Act 4, Scene 2: Enfin, je vois l'amant pour qui mon coeur soupire3:39Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis/Sally Burgess
40Armide, Act 4, Scene 3: Je tourne en vain les yeux de toutes parte1:59Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
41Armide, Act 4, Scene 4: D'où vient que vous vous détournez4:53Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Marie Slorach/Keith Lewis
42Armide, Act 4, Scene 4: Qui devient l'object qui m'enflamme?1:02Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
43Armide, Act 4, Scene 4: Fuyons les douceurs dangereuses2:06Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
44Armide, Act 5, Scene 1: Armide, vous m'allez quitter4:31Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Anthony Rolfe Johnson
45Armide, Act 5, Scene 1: Aimons-nous, tout nous y coinvie!3:12Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Anthony Rolfe Johnson
47Armide, Act 5, Scene 2: Les plaisir ont choisi pour asile3:07Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Lynda Russell/The Richard Hickox Singers
48Armide, Act 5, Scene 2: C'est l'Amour qui retient dans ses chaines2:23Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Lynda Russell
51Armide, Act 5, Scene 2: Jeunes coeurs, tout vous est favorable1:51Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Lynda Russell/The Richard Hickox Singers
52Armide, Act 5, Scene 2: Allez, éloignez-vous de moi3:28Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Anthony Rolfe Johnson
53Armide, Act 5, Scene 3: Il est seul; pofitons d'un temps si precieux0:38Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Stephen Roberts
54Armide, Act 5, Scene 3: Notre général vous rappelle1:44Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
55Armide, Act 5, Scene 4: Renaud! Ciel! O mortelle peine!3:02Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Anthony Rolfe Johnson
56Armide, Act 5, Scene 4: Non, jamais de l'Amour tu n'est senti le charme3:27Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Felicity Palmer/Anthony Rolfe Johnson
57Armide, Act 5, Scene 4: Il faut partir0:59Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia/Anthony Rolfe Johnson/Stephen Roberts/Keith Lewis
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