Daniel Hope’s 2012-13 season: new recordings, two films, extensive tours
Violinist Daniel Hope, known for his “inventive programming and probing interpretive style” (New York Times), kicks off a 2012-13 season filled with projects and partnerships reflecting the breadth and depth of his interests, offering an immense and appealing range of experiences to audiences worldwide. Besides solo performances with the Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev and with the Indianapolis Symphony under Krzysztof Urbanski, Hope tours with the European Union Youth Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy and guests with orchestras in Austria, England, Finland, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. His US season is highlighted by collaborations with the Miró Quartet in Austin, TX and a recital at the Library of Congress with pianist Jeffrey Kahane, presenting the premiere performance of a new work by Nico Muhly. In late March, Hope celebrates his tenth anniversary as Associate Artistic Director at the Savannah Music Festival with his annual residency, March 21-April 6. Other recital and chamber music collaborations are planned with such partners as actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, pianist Sebastian Knauer, singer Anne Sofie von Otter, pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and more. The season also boasts the release of two new recordings on the Deutsche Grammophon label: Vivaldi Recomposed (Oct 2012) and Spheres (Jan 2013).
Two New Recordings
Vivaldi Recomposed – the newest release in DG’s “Recomposed” series, due in US stores on October 16 – presents Daniel Hope with the Berlin Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra conducted by André de Ridder, in a world-premiere performance of German-British composer Max Richter’s (Shutter Island and Waltz with Bashir) vivid re-imagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. A preview video can be seen here. Hope expressed his enthusiasm for Richter’s work, saying, “It’s as if Max has Vivaldi’s masterpiece, as heard and seen through 21st-century ears and eyes.” Spheres – which is Hope’s own project, due out in January 2013 – is a curated collection of repertoire celebrating the idea, first brought forward by Pythagoras, that planetary movement creates its own kind of music. This idea has fascinated philosophers, musicians, and mathematicians for centuries. The CD offers music in a variety of styles – from Baroque to minimalist and chill – by Bach and Fauré, contemporary masters like Arvo Pärt and Michael Nyman, and up-and-coming composers who have written new works for Hope, based on the idea of spherical music, or “musica universalis.” These include Gabriel Prokofiev, Ludovico Einaudi, Alex Baranowski, and Aleksey Igudesman. Hope plays it all, collaborating with the Rundfunkchor Berlin, pianist Jacques Ammon, and the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin under the direction of Simon Halsey.
An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist since 2007, Hope has been nominated for five Grammy Awards (both as soloist and as a member of the Beaux Arts Trio), most recently in 2010 for Best Small Ensemble Performance for his DG recording of Vivaldi concertos. He has earned a Classical BRIT Award, the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, and five ECHO Klassik Prizes. Hope’s 2011 Deutsche Grammophon recording, The Romantic Violinist, celebrated 19th-century violinist and composer Joseph Joachim. He previously recorded for Warner Classics and Nimbus, playing Bach, Berg, Britten, Elgar, Finzi, Foulds, Ireland, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Penderecki, Schnittke, Shostakovich, Tippett, Walton, and Weill. His 2004 CD East Meets West, a collaboration with Ravi Shankar, was praised worldwide.
Orchestral Engagements
Following two September appearances with the Oslo Philharmonic led by Jonathan Nott – where he gave the Scandinavian premiere of Lebanese composer Bechara el-Khoury’s War Concerto, specially written for him – Hope travels to Moscow, Liechtenstein, and Germany with conductor Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra for performances of Elgar’s Violin Concerto. In December, he plays the Berg Violin Concerto in Finland with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra under Hannu Lintu, and joins Alexander Shelley and the Berliner Konzerthausorchester for New Years’ performances. In January he presents works by Telemann, Vivaldi, and Britten in concerts in Spain with violist Philip Dukes and the Real Filharmonia de Galicia; then travels to Indianapolis, IN for his only US orchestral appearance of the year, performing the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Indianapolis Symphony led by Krzysztof Urbanski. The month of April is dedicated to two concert tours: one with the European Union Youth Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Ashkenazy, and the other with Camerata Salzburg, directed by Hope from the violin. In May he travels to Wales for a performance of the Korngold Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales led by Thomas Sondergard, followed by two performances in Taiwan of Britten’s Violin Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan directed by Günther Herbig. After giving the Japan premiere of Harrison Birtwistle’s Violin Concerto with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stefan Asbury, Hope journeys to Kuala Lumpur for a performance of the Britten concerto with the Malaysian Philharmonic under Claus Peter Flor.
Recitals and Chamber Music
Hope begins the fall in Austin, TX on October 9, with a symposium on music dedicated to composers interned at the Terezín concentration camp. Hope curated this series, which is hosted by the University of Texas in Austin. The program contains works by Erwin Schulhoff, Pavel Haas, Hans Krása, and Gideon Klein; for these concerts, he is joined by the Miró String Quartet as well as pianist Jeffrey Kahane, violinist Benny Kim, cellist Eric Kim, and baritone David Small. Kahane and Hope then travel to Washington, DC for a recital at the Library of Congress (Oct 12), presenting works by Ravel and Brahms as well as the premiere of Nico Muhly’s Compare Notes. Following a November recital tour in Germany with pianist Sebastian Knauer, with repertoire celebrating the legacy of the 19th-century violinist Joseph Joachim, Hope plays with and directs the Lucerne Festival Strings and appears in recital in Spain and Sweden.
Two New Films
Hope is at work producing two documentary films this season. The first is about the Theresienstadt concentration camp and the role that music played there, and features Anne Sofie von Otter, Christian Gerhaher and two musician survivors: the 108-year-old classical pianist Alice Herz-Sommer and the 88-year-old jazz guitarist Coco Schumann. The second documentary concerns the magical and mystical world of the violin, looking at the finest instruments in the world and tracing their history and their journey in today’s world.
A Decade in Savannah
“Savannah’s hallmark is its cultural diversity, and on any given day our programs range from, say, the Baroque to Brahms to Edgar Meyer, from Fauré to Portuguese Fado, from Béla Fleck to Chris Thile,” Hope told the Wall Street Journal in 2012, describing the range and scope of the distinctive, cross-genre Savannah Music Festival. “It’s a celebration of music in all its many forms.” The 2013 Festival marks Hope’s tenth anniversary as Associate Artistic Director of the Festival, which commissions and stages original, one-time only productions and premieres over a three-week period every spring. The 2013 Savannah Festival program will be announced later this year. “I look forward to my time in Savannah each year,” says Hope, adding, “It is a unique and exciting opportunity to explore music and art with good friends, onstage and off.”
What the critics are saying about Daniel Hope:
“A force to be reckoned with.” – Gramophone
“An adventurous and brilliant violinist” – New York Times
“The most exciting British string player since Jacqueline du Pré.” — The Observer (UK)
“Hope has maintained a thriving solo career built on inventive programming and a probing interpretive style.” – New York Times
“Frighteningly gifted.” – Washington Post
“He plays with vivacity and virtuosity, and with sparkling, lustrous brilliance” – Fanfare
Daniel Hope: 2012-13 Engagements
September 20, 21: Oslo, Norway
Oslo Concert Hall
El-Khoury: War Concerto
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Jonathan Nott
Oct 9: Austin, TX
McCullough Theatre
“Forbidden Music — Music from Terezín”
Schulhoff: Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano
Haas: Suite for solo piano Op.13
Dauber: Serenade for violin and piano
Klein: Duo for violin and cello
Berman: Selection from the Suite for solo piano 1938-1945, “Reminiscences”
Schulhoff: Duo for violin and cello
Bodorová: Terezín Ghetto Requiem for string quartet and baritone
Ravel: Kaddish for violin and piano
Jeffrey Kahane, Benny Kim, Eric Kim, David Small, Miró Quartet
Oct 9: Austin, TX
McCullough Theatre
“Forbidden Music — Music from Terezín”
Weber: “Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt”
Anon.: “Das Terezin-lied”
Schul: Two Chassidic Dances for violin and cello
Krása: Passacaglia and Fugue and Tanec for string trio
Klein: Piano Sonata
Weber: “Und der Regen rinnt”
Strauss: “Ich weiss bestimmt”
Klein: String Trio
Schulhoff: Sextet
Jeffrey Kahane, Benny Kim, Eric Kim, David Small, Miró Quartet
Oct 12: Washington, DC
Library of Congress
Ravel: Sonata
Brahms: Sonata in G major
Muhly: Compare Notes (premiere)
Mendelssohn: Sonata in F major
Jeffrey Kahane
Oct 16 (US)
Release date – Vivaldi Recomposed (DG)
Oct 26: Erlangen, Germany
Redoutensaal
Westhoff, Schulhoff, Biber, Penderecki, Paganini,
Schnittke, Rochberg, J.S. Bach
Nov 7: Moscow, Russia
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev
Nov 9: Vaduz, Lichtenstein
Vaduzer Saal
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev
Nov 11: Essen, Germany
Philharmonie
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev
Nov 12: Reutlingen, Germany
Friedrich-List Halle
“A Celebration of Joseph Joachim”
Brahms: Scherzo for violin and piano in C minor
Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in G major
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
C. Schumann: Romance for violin and piano in D-flat major
Mendelssohn: Two Songs
Joachim: Romance for violin and piano in B-flat major
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor
Sebastian Knauer
Nov 17: Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Pulverhaus
“A Celebration of Joseph Joachim”
Brahms: Scherzo for violin and piano in C minor
Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in G major
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
C. Schumann: Romance for violin and piano in D-flat major
Mendelssohn: Two Songs
Joachim: Romance for violin and piano in B-flat major
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor
Sebastian Knauer
Nov 18: Neuwied, Germany
Dianasaal, Schloss Engers
“A Celebration of Joseph Joachim”
Brahms: Scherzo for violin and piano in C minor
Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in G major
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
C. Schumann: Romance for violin and piano in D-flat major
Mendelssohn: Two Songs
Joachim: Romance for violin and piano in B-flat major
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor
Sebastian Knauer
Dec 7: Tampere, Finland
Tampere Hall
Berg: Violin Concerto
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra / Hannu Lintu
Dec 31: Berlin, Germany
Konzerthaus
New Year’s Eve à la Carte concert
Berliner Konzerthausorchester / Alexander Shelley
Jan 1: Berlin, Germany
Konzerthaus
Shostakovich: Romance from “Die Stechmücke” for violin and orchestra
Berliner Konzerthausorchester / Alexander Shelley
Jan 9: Stockholm, Sweden
Concert
Alexander Shelley
Jan 18: Olten, Switzerland
Stadttheater Olten
Suk: Meditation on “St. Wenzel”
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E major
Vital Julian Frey, Christina Fassbender, Daniel Dodds
Jan 19: Lucerne, Switzerland
Suk: Meditation on “St. Wenzel”
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E major
Vital Julian Frey, Christina Fassbender, Daniel Dodds
Jan 26: Frankfurt, Germany
Proarte Frankfurt
Suk: Meditation on “St. Wenzel”
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E major
Vital Julian Frey, Christina Fassbender, Daniel Dodds
Jan 29: Madrid, Spain
“Forbidden Music – Music Banned by the Nazis”
Mendelssohn: Sonata for violin and piano in F major
Schulhoff: Sonata No 2 for violin and piano
Stravinsky: Chanson Russe, Danse Russe
Messiaen: Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus (from Quartet for the End of Time)
Ravel: Kaddish for violin and piano
Dauber: Serenade for violin and piano
Weill: 7 pieces from The Threepenny Opera for violin and piano
Gershwin: 3 Songs arranged for violin and piano
Sebastian Knauer
Jan 31, Feb 1: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Telemann: Viola Concerto
Wiren: Serenade for Strings
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Vivaldi: “Summer” from The Four Seasons
Britten: Double Concerto
Philip Dukes, Real Filharmonia de Galicia
Feb 15-16: Indianapolis, IN
Hilbert Circle Theatre
Bruch: Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra
Indianapolis Symphony / Krzysztof Urbanski
Feb 19: Zurich, Switzerland
Grosser Saal
“Don Juan”
Klaus Maria Brandauer, narrator
Feb 23: Maribor, Slovenia
Recital
Sebastian Knauer
Feb 27-28: Gothenburg, Sweden
Britten: Violin Concerto
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner
March 6-7: Bremen, Germany
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
March 15: Freiberg, Germany
NDR Sinfonieorchester / Thomas Hengelbrock
March 17: Heidelberg, Germany
Recital
March 18: Munich, Germany
Orchester Jakobsplatz
March 21-April 6: Savannah, Georgia
Savannah Music Festival
April 12: Barcelona, Spain
Britten: Violin Concerto
European Union Youth Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
April 14: Oviedo, Spain
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
European Union Youth Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
April 15: San Sebastian, Spain
Britten: Violin Concerto
European Union Youth Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
April 17: Valencia, Spain
Britten: Violin Concerto
European Union Youth Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy
April 20: Dresden, Germany
Frauenkirche
Camerata Salzburg
April 21: Braunschweig, Germany
Stadthalle
Camerata Salzburg
April 22: Cologne, Germany
Philharmonie
Camerata Salzburg
April 24: Hamburg, Germany
Laeiszhalle
Camerata Salzburg
April 25: Kiel, Germany
Kieler Schloss
Camerata Salzburg
April 27: Viersen, Germany
Festhalle
Camerata Salzburg
May 3: Swansea, UK
Brangwyn Hall
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Wagner: Träume (from Wesendonck lieder)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Thomas Sondergard
May 17: Taipei, Taiwan
National Concert Hall
Britten: Violin Concerto
NSO Taiwan / Günther Herbig
May 18: Tainan, Taiwan
Britten: Violin Concerto
NSO Taiwan / Günther Herbig
May 23: Tokyo, Japan
Opera City Concert Hall
Birtwistle: Violin Concerto (Japan premiere)
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra / Stefan Asbury
May 25-26: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dewan Filharmonik Petronas
Britten: Violin Concerto
Malaysian Philharmonic / Claus Peter Flor
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