Daniel Hope: winter 2010-11
When violinist Daniel Hope returns to New York for two performances of Baroque works with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Dec 10 & 12), the program features material from his latest Deutsche Grammophon album, Air, a baroque journey. Between the two concerts, Hope heads downtown for a duo recital with pianist Wu Han in the Peoples’ Symphony Concerts series (Dec 11). For his final New York appearance this December, Hope joins cellist Paul Watkins for Brahms’s Double Concerto with the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo at Carnegie Hall (Dec 28).
Released earlier this year, Air, a baroque journey has earned glowing reviews from critics around the world; Gramophone magazine declared:
“This is an exciting disc, with a heady, pied-piper power over the listener that comes from realizing that the bright sense of discovery once felt by these composers is being experienced just as much by their modern-day interpreters. You can’t ask for much more than that.”
The Chamber Music Society program features a concerto by Telemann, a sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, and rarely heard pieces by Westhoff, Matteis, and Falconieri – all works captured on Air, a baroque journey. The concerts on December 10 and 12 also include other major works from Hope’s discography: Bach’s Double Concerto in D minor (as on the violinist’s 2006 Warner Classics album devoted to the composer) and Vivaldi’s Trio Sonata “La Follia” (as featured on Hope’s Grammy Award-nominated DG all-Vivaldi release of 2009).
Before the second Chamber Music Society performance, Hope joins pianist Wu Han for a duo recital at the Washington Irving High School on December 11. This concert is part of the Peoples’ Symphony Concerts series, held annually to offer New Yorkers low-cost performances by today’s leading classical music stars. Hope and Wu Han present works by Brahms, Schulhoff, Messiaen, and Franck at this Saturday evening event.
At Carnegie Hall on December 28, Hope performs Brahms’s Double Concerto with cellist Paul Watkins and the New York String Orchestra led by Jaime Laredo. Hope’s U.S. presence will continue into 2011. He and his frequent collaborator, pianist Jeffrey Kahane, will tour North America, starting in San Francisco on February 10 and continuing to Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Orono, ME, before concluding in Purchase, NY on February 20. In 2011, Hope will serve his eighth season as associate artistic director of Georgia’s multi-genre Savannah Music Festival, where he will perform in a series of chamber and orchestral concerts, one of which features the Bruch Violin Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony, from March 24 to April 5.
Hope’s next DG album: A celebration of Joseph Joachim
An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon recording artist, Hope’s next disc is planned for international release in early 2011 (date tba). The album is a celebration of the life and work of Joseph Joachim, the 19th-century virtuoso violinist-composer and Brahms’s key collaborator and friend. The recording features both famous pieces and lesser-known works associated with Joachim, including Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and two of Joachim’s own compositions, the Notturno for violin and orchestra and the Romance for violin and piano. The album will include Joachim’s arrangements of Brahms’s Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 and 5 in a new version for violin and strings, as well as an arrangement for violin and orchestra by Franz Waxman of Dvorák’s Humoresque, Op. 101, No. 7. Finally, Hope will switch from violin to viola for Brahms’s Wiegenlied, joined by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter (one of the violinist’s frequent partners on record and in concert) and pianist Bengt Forsberg. The orchestral items feature the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic conducted by Sakari Oramo.
Performer, writer, broadcaster…
When not making music, Hope is an enthusiastic writer and broadcaster, and he keeps a wide-ranging video blog on his web site: danielhope.com. Hope’s vblog has presented his discussions with the rock icon Sting (on the nexus of popular and classical music), mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter (on music composed in the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt), and veteran conductor-scholar Christopher Hogwood (on Mendelssohn). The violinist’s latest video blog item is on his “Tu Was!” (Do Something!) series of benefit concerts, of which the latest event is an August concert in Germany, supported by Prince Charles, to help raise awareness of climate protection and the need to end rainforest destruction.
As adept with old media as with new, Hope has written two German-language books, including the acclaimed family memoir-investigation Familienstücke (Family Album), a bestseller in Germany. Last year, he published his second book in German, Wann darf ich klatschen? (When Do I Applaud?), for which foreign language rights have been sold to Korea, Japan, Croatia, and Russia. He is currently at work on his third book, to be published in March 2011.
Not only a performer, Hope is an impresario, helping to curate two major music festivals. This year, he served his first summer as artistic partner at Germany’s Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, which saw 123 concerts in over 90 venues, for an audience of 72,000. For the past seven seasons, Hope has been associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival in Georgia, and his web site features a video blog about his experience there this past spring.
Daniel Hope’s upcoming 2010-11 engagements
Nov 3
Vitoria, Spain
Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi / Andrey Boreyko
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Teatro Principal Antzokia
Nov 4
Pamplona, Spain
Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi / Andrey Boreyko
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Baluarte, Palacio de Congresos y Auditorio de Navarra
Nov 5
Bilbao, Spain
Orquesta Sinfónica de Euskadi / Andrey Boreyko
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Palacio de Congresos y de la Música Euskalduna
Nov 13
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Opening Night Tromp Percussion Eindhoven
Eindhoven Airport Zaal
Nov 17 & 18
Winterthur, Switzerland
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Handel: Sarabande in D minor, HWV 437
Biber: Battalia
Telemann: Violin Concerto in A minor, TWV51:a2
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
Falconiero: Chaconne for two violins and continuo
Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 5, No. 5
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Stadthaus Winterthur Konzertsaal
Nov 21
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Recital
Sebastian Knauer, piano
Concertgebouw De Doelen
Nov 23
Coesfeld, Germany
L’Arte del Mondo
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, KV 138
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K 136
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Konzert Theater Coesfeld
Nov 24
Lörrach, Germany
L’Arte del Mondo
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, KV 138
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K 136
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Burghof Lörrach
Nov 25
Kempen, Germany
L’Arte del Mondo
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, KV 138
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K 136
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Paterkirche
Nov 26
Leverkusen, Germany
L’Arte del Mondo
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, KV 138
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K 136
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Erholungshaus
Nov 27
Baden-Baden, Germany
L’Arte del Mondo
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, KV 138
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K 136
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Nov 28
Leer, Germany
L’Arte del Mondo
Mozart: Divertimento in F major, KV 138
Vivaldi: Concerto for two violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K 136
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Konzertsaal Leer
Dec 1
Berlin, Germany
Benefizkonzert der Klassik Stars
Philharmonie, Kammermusiksaal
Dec 5
Vienna, Austria
“Wann darf ich klatschen?”
Schubert Saal – Wiener Konzerthaus
Dec 10
New York, NY
Telemann: Concerto in A minor for recorder, two violins, and continuo
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 90
Matteis: Diverse bizzarie sopra la Veccia, Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo: Imitazione delle campane
von Westhoff: Sonata “La Guerra” in A major: La guerra così niminata du sua maestà
von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo, No. 3: Imitazione del liuto
Vivaldi: Sonata in D minor for two violins and continuo “La Folia,” RV 63
Falconieri: Ciaccona
Alice Tully Hall
Dec 11
New York, NY
Recital
Wu Han, piano
Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2
Messiaen: Thème et variations
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Washington Irving High School
Dec 12
New York, NY
Telemann: Concerto in A minor for recorder, two violins, and continuo
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K 90
Matteis: Diverse bizzarie sopra la Veccia, Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo: Imitazione delle campane
von Westhoff: Sonata “La Guerra” in A major: La guerra così niminata du sua maestà
von Westhoff: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo, No. 3: Imitazione del liuto
Vivaldi: Sonata in D minor for two violins and continuo “La Folia,” RV 63
Falconieri: Ciaccona
Alice Tully Hall
Dec 28
New York, NY
New York String Orchestra / Jaime Laredo
Brahms: Double Concerto
Carnegie Hall
Jan 23
Lucerne, Switzerland
Concert: Program TBA
Festival Strings Lucerne
Jan 27
Glasgow, Scotland
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov
Bach: Concerto for violin in A minor, BWV 1041
City Halls
Jan 28
Aberdeen, Scotland
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov
Bach: Concerto for violin in A minor, BWV 1041
The Music Hall
Feb 5 & 7
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkestra / Marc Albrecht
Berg Violin Concerto
Het Concertgebouw
Feb 10
San Francisco, CA
Recital
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2
Messiaen: Thème et variations
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Herbst Theatre
Feb 11
Los Angeles, CA
Recital
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2
Messiaen: Thème et variations
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Royce Hall
Feb 14
Napa, CA
Recital
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2
Messiaen: Thème et variations
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
First United Methodist Church Napa
Feb 15
Vancouver, BC
Recital
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2
Messiaen: Thème et variations
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC
Feb 18
Orono, ME
Recital
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2
Messiaen: Thème et variations
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
Collins Center for the Arts
Feb 20
Purchase, NY
Recital
Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Schulhoff: Sonata for violin and piano, No. 2
Messiaen: Thème et variations
Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
SUNY Recital Hall
Feb 25
Bremen, Germany
Recital: “Hommage à Joseph Joachim”
Brahms: Scherzo from the “FAE” Sonata
Clara Schumann: Romanze Op. 22, No. 1
Beethoven: Sonate for violin and piano in A major, Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Mendelssohn: Two lieder (“Auf Flügeln des Gesanges” & “Hexenlied”)
Joachim: Romanze Op. 2, No. 1
Brahms: Violin Sonata No 1 in G major, Op. 78
Brahms: Hungarian Dances (selection)
Die Glocke
Feb 27
Vienna, Austria
“Wann darf ich klatschen?”
Schubert Saal – Wiener Konzerthaus
March 3
London, UK
Recital
Sebastian Knauer, piano
LSO St. Luke’s
March 4
Léon, Spain
Recital
Sebastian Knauer, piano
March 18
Brussels, Belgium
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Le Palais des Beaux-Arts
March 19
Ostende, Belgium
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Kursaal Oostende
March 20
Brussels, Belgium
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Le Palais des Beaux-Arts
March 24 – April 5
Savannah, GA
Savannah Music Festival
April 9
Dresden, Germany
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Stiftung Frauenkirche Dresden
April 10
Erlangen, Germany
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Heinrich-Lades-Halle
April 11
Stuttgart, Germany
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle
April 12
Düsseldorf, Germany
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Tonhalle Düsseldorf
April 13
Hamburg, Germany
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Laeiszhalle Hamburg
April 26
Zürich, Switzerland
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
April 27
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Tonhalle
April 28
Basel, Switzerland
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Casino Basel
April 29
Geneva, Switzerland
Orchestre National de Belgique / Walter Weller
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
Victoria Hall
May 3
Berlin, Germany
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Ravi Shankar: Improvisation
Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings)
Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie
May 5
Hildesheim, Germany
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Ravi Shankar: Improvisation
Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings)
Stadttheater Hildesheim
May 6
Hamm, Germany
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Ravi Shankar: Improvisation
Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings)
Kurhaus Bad Hamm
May 8
Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Ravi Shankar: Improvisation
Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings)
Liederhalle, Hegelsaal
May 9
Tübingen, Germany
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “L’estate” (Summer) from The Four Seasons
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Ravi Shankar: Improvisation
Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings)
Festaal der Neuen Aula der Universität
May 12
Paris, France
Orchestre National de France / James Conlon
Britten: Violin Concerto
El Khoury: Unfinished Journey
Théatre des Champs-Elysées
May 13
Vienna, Austria
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F, Op. 50
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Mozart: Adagio for violin and orchestra
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
Brahms: Two Hungarian Dances (arr. violin and strings)
Musikverein
May 15
Vienna, Austria
“Wann darf ich klatschen?”
Schubert Saal – Wiener Konzerthaus
May 22
Hohenems, Austria
Recital
Sebastian Knauer, piano
May 31
London, UK
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 64 (original version)
Royal Festival Hall
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