Daniel Hope’s summer includes his Ravinia Festival debut
British violinist Daniel Hope will have a characteristically exciting summer on both sides of the Atlantic, with stateside activities including his Ravinia Festival debut on June 23. He will perform Max Richter’s Vivaldi Recomposed with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra. Hope’s Deutsche Grammophon recording of Vivaldi Recomposed was declared nothing less than “bewitchingly brilliant” by the Wall Street Journal; it was also named iTunes’ Best Contemporary Classical Album in the U.S. for 2012. (For a preview of Hope in Vivaldi Recomposed, see the NPR Music video of a concert from New York’s Poisson Rouge.) The violinist’s summer includes performances at the Aspen Music Festival, with Vivaldi Recomposed (July 11) and, to mark the centenary of the composer’s birth, Britten’s Violin Concerto (July 14). He will also perform at the Sante Fe Chamber Music Festival, in works ranging from Brahms to Schulhoff (July 17-22). Hope’s activities across the pond include his final run as artistic director of Germany’s Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele from June to September, featuring concerts in league with his friends from the Savannah Music Festival (July 5-6) and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Aug 28–Sept 1.) This past season, Hope celebrated his 10th anniversary as associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival.
In the UK this summer, Hope will take a star turn at the BBC Proms in London on July 29, performing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 (to be broadcast on radio and TV by the BBC). As part of his concluding season as artistic director of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele, Hope will not only perform with musicians from Savannah on Tour and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; he will also perform Vivaldi Recomposed (July 26), as well as concerts with the Big Band der Volksoper Wien (June 28-29) and works of Britten, Schulhoff and more.
Hope’s schedule in Europe includes recitals with pianist Sebastian Knauer in Germany and Prague, and an August concert of Vivaldi Recomposed and more with the Lucerne Festival Strings at Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival, where Hope is principal guest artist. Finally, in September, Hope plays a series of concerts at the Merano Festival in Italy, including not only Vivaldi Recomposed, a recital with Knauer and a Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center event, but also music from the violinist’s latest DG album Spheres – the lauded, astronomy-inspired release that takes in repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the 21st century. Reviewing the album, Germany’s Kaltblut magazine said that Hope is “a virtuoso who has the power to move the coldest of hearts, stir the deepest and most hidden emotions.” You can see Hope talk about Spheres with the BBC here.
Daniel Hope: upcoming engagements
June 2
Düsseldorf, Germany: Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in A minor, RV 522
Arvo Pärt: Fratres for Violin and String Orchestra
Vivaldi: “La Folia” Sonata da camera in D minor, RV 063
Matteis: La vecchia sarabanda
Westhoff: Imitatione delle Campane
Westhoff: Sonata “La Guerra”
Falconieri: Passacaglia and Ciaconna
Einaudi: I Giorni
Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Winter
Westhoff: Imitatione del Liuto
June 9
Paris, France: Cité de la musique, Concert Hall
With Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg and Bebe Risenfors
June 13
Fürth, Germany: Stadttheater Fürth
Recital with Sebastian Knauer, piano
Brahms: “F-A-E” Scherzo
C. Schumann: Romanze, Op. 22 No. 1
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 1
Mendelssohn: “Auf Flügeln des Gesanges,” “Hexenlied”
Joachim: Romanze, Op. 2 No. 1
Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 3
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
June 18
Strasbourg, France: Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Salle Erasme
With L’Arte del Mondo
Vivaldi/Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
June 20
Schwerin, Germany: Schelfkirche
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello
Nico Muhly: Suite from the film The Reader
Britten: Phantasy for oboe, violin, viola and cello, Op 2
Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio in C major, Op 10
June 21
Parchim, Germany: St. Georgen-Kirche
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello
Nico Muhly: Suite from the film The Reader
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor
June 23
Highland Park, IL: Ravina Festival
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Tito Muñoz, conductor
Vivaldi/Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
June 28
Bleckede, Germany
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
With Big Band der Volksoper Wien and Matthias Schorn, clarinet
June 29
Dargun, Germany
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
With Big Band der Volksoper Wien and Matthias Schorn, clarinet
July 5
Kotelow, Germany: Jagdschloss Kotelow
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
Savannah on Tour
July 6
Putbus, Germany
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
Savannah on Tour
July 7
Stolpe, Germany: Haferscheune des Gutshauses
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
Brussels Philharmonic; Michel Tabachnik, conductor
Britten: Violin Concerto
July 11
Aspen, CO: Harris Concert Hall
Aspen Music Festival
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
Vivaldi/Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
July 14
Aspen, CO: Benedict Music Tent
Aspen Festival Orchestra; Michael Stern, conductor
Britten: Violin Concerto
July 17, 18
Santa Fe, NM: Simms Auditorium/Albuquerque Academy
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Brahms: “F-A-E” Scherzo, with Inon Barnatan, piano
Mozart: Quintet in C Major, K. 515
July 20
Santa Fe, NM: St. Francis Auditorium
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Handel, Suk, Stravinsky
July 21, 22
Santa Fe, NM: St. Francis Auditorium
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello
July 26
Rostock, Germany
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
L’Arte del Mondo; Werner Ehrhardt, conductor
Vivaldi/Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
July 29
London, UK: Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Thomas Søndergård, conductor
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
(broadcast on BBC 4TV)
July 31
Bristol, UK: Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Proms
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vivaldi/Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
August 21
Lucerne, Switzerland
Lucerne Festival
Festival Strings Lucerne
Vivaldi/Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
August 22
Koblenz, Germany
Recital
August 27
Rheingau, Germany: Kloster Eberbach
Rheingau Musik Festival
With L’Arte del Mondo
August 28
Fürstenhagen, Germany: Fürstenhagen Kirche
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
With Benjamin Beilman, David Finckel, Wu Han, Juho Pohjonen
Schubert: Fantasy in F minor
Schubert: Fantasy in C Major for violin and piano
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor
August 30
Kotelow, Germany
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
September 1
Schwerin, Germany
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele
Mozart, Brahms, Schubert
September 3
Merano, Italy
Merano Music Festival
With Friends of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
September 4
Merano, Italy
Merano Music Festival
Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin
Vivaldi/Richter: Vivaldi Recomposed
September 5
Merano, Italy
Merano Music Festival
Deutsches Kammerorchester; Simon Halsey, conductor
September 5
Merano, Italy
Merano Music Festival
Spheres solo
September 6
Merano, Italy
Merano Music Festival
With Ars Nova Copenhagen
Spheres
September 7
Merano, Italy
Merano Music Festival
With Sebastian Knauer, piano; Klaus Maria Brandauer, actor
September 9
Prague, Czech Republic
Prague Crossroads
Recital with Sebastian Knauer, piano
September 11
Augsburg, Germany
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Grieg, Mendelssohn, Mozart
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