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Alan Hacker

cl, 1938-2012 GB, Dorking
Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Alan Ray Hacker

Alan Ray Hacker OBE FRAM (30 September 1938 – 16 April 2012) was an English clarinetist, conductor, and music professor.He was born in 1938, the son of Kenneth and Sybil Hacker. After attending Dulwich College (from 1950 to 1955), he went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music where he won the Dove Prize and the Boise Travelling Scholarship which he used to study in Paris, Bayreuth and Vienna.Hacker was awarded the OBE for his services to music in 1988. In 1994, he was a guest on Desert Island Discs.

     
Instruments
  • Clarinet
  • Bass Clarinet
  • Soprano sax
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Folk
Popular Tracks   
Su le sponde del Tebro, H.705: Sinfonia on Clarinet Collection on Historic Instruments by Alan Hacker & Richard Burnett
L'hiver, TWV 41:d1 on Clarinet Collection on Historic Instruments by Alan Hacker & Richard Burnett
Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31: I. Allegro vigoroso on Finzi: A Centenary Collection by Gerald Finzi, Martin Jones, Alan Hacker, English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Clarinet Concerto In B Flat on Stamitz, Johann: Clarinet Concerto / 3 Symphonies by Johann Stamitz, Alan Hacker, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood
Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31: II. Adagio on Finzi: A Centenary Collection by Gerald Finzi, Martin Jones, Alan Hacker, English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31: III. Rondo - Allegro giocoso on Finzi: A Centenary Collection by Gerald Finzi, Martin Jones, Alan Hacker, English String Orchestra & William Boughton
Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro on Brahms: Clarinet Trio & Sonatas on Original Instruments by Johannes Brahms, Alan Hacker, Jennifer Ward Clarke & Richard Burnett
Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: II. Adagio on Brahms: Clarinet Trio & Sonatas on Original Instruments by Johannes Brahms, Alan Hacker, Jennifer Ward Clarke & Richard Burnett
She Moves Through the Fair (Arr. Hacker) on Clarinet Collection on Historic Instruments by Alan Hacker & Richard Burnett
Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: IV. Allegro on Brahms: Clarinet Trio & Sonatas on Original Instruments by Johannes Brahms, Alan Hacker, Jennifer Ward Clarke & Richard Burnett

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Free Zone Appleby 2003Tony Coe, John Edwards, Alan Hacker, Sylvia Hallett, Marcio Mattos, Evan Parker, Philipp Wachsmann, Kenny Wheeler2004Album
Sun, Moon And StarsAlan Hacker / Tony Coe1999Album
Clarinet Trio & SonatasJohannes Brahms - Alan Hacker / Jennifer Ward Clarke / Richard Burnett1989Album
Mendelssohn: Works For Clarinet, Basset Horn & PianoFelix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Alan Hacker / Lesley Schatzberger / Richard Burnett1989Album
Suite From "Love's Labours Lost" • Clarinet Concerto • Prelude • RomanceGerald Finzi - William Boughton, English String Orchestra, Alan Hacker1987Album
Gran Partita Sérénade En Si Bémol KV 361 (370a) Vienne (1783-1784)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Alan Hacker & The Music Party1987Album
"Hacker Ilk" 2Alan Hacker1987Album
Hacker IlkAlan Hacker1984Album
Mozart Clarinet QuintetsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Alan Hacker And The Salomon Quartet With Lesley Schatzberger1984Album
Concerto For Orchestra / Clarinet Concerto No.2Edward Cowie - Alan Hacker / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra1984Album
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Wolf: Italian SerenadeJohannes Brahms ; Fitzwilliam String Quartet, Alan Hacker1982Album
The Whispering Wind BandThe Whispering Wind Band Conducted By Alan Hacker1981Album
Clarinet Quintet In Bb Major Op. 34 / Clarinet Quartet In D Major Op. 82Carl Maria von Weber / František Vincenc Kramář - Krommer - Alan Hacker, The Music Party1980Album
Hymn to the SunAlan Hacker1977Album
Music For Clarinets And BassethornsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart And Anton Stadler - Alan Hacker And Members Of The Matrix1976Album
Verses For Ensembles / Nenia - The Death Of Orpheus / The Fields Of SorrowHarrison Birtwistle, London Sinfonietta / David Atherton, The Matrix / Alan Hacker, Jane Manning1974Album
Missa Super L'Homme Armé • From Stone To Thorn • Hymnos • AntechristPeter Maxwell Davies, Vanessa Redgrave, Mary Thomas, Alan Hacker, Stephen Pruslin, Fires Of London1972Album
Clarinet CollectionAlan Hacker / Richard BurnettAlbum
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