Summer 2023: Daniel Hope Releases Music for a New Century on Deutsche Grammophon (June 2), Tours Germany with New Century Chamber Orchestra (June 10–2

(May 2023)—On June 2, violinist Daniel Hope, lauded by San Francisco Classical Voice as a “master violinist and ‘musical activist’ in perpetual motion,” releases Music for a New Century on Deutsche Grammophon with New Century Chamber Orchestra, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this season. Also featuring Ukrainian pianist Alexey Botvinov, the album comprises four works – three of them world premiere recordings – commissioned by the orchestra, alone or as part of a consortium, from Philip Glass, Tan Dun, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Jake Heggie. Hope and New Century also embark, in June, on their second European tour together since the violinist was appointed Music Director in 2018, performing in ten German cities (June 10–25). Destinations include the summer festivals of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rheingau and Schleswig-Holstein, where Hope is currently in the midst of performing 50 programs as 2023’s featured artist, in celebration of his own 50th birthday.

 

Music for a New Century on DG (June 2)

Music for a New Century demonstrates the enthusiasm with which New Century is committed to new compositions and contemporary classical music. Hope explains:

 

"Spontaneously, you probably wouldn't associate these four composers with each other, but with this combination, we're celebrating the orchestra and its creative engagement with new music."

 

Philip Glass’s Third Piano Concerto, composed in 2017, was commissioned by pianist Simone Dinnerstein in partnership with a large consortium of orchestras, including New Century, which joined her for the West Coast premiere of the work in 2018. Returning to the piece this past January with Alexey Botvinov as soloist, the orchestra recorded it in a studio session at Stanford University’s Bing Concert Hall for release on this recording.

Botvinov also performs alongside Hope on Tan Dun’s Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra with Percussion, commissioned by New Century, Odessa Classics Festival, Istanbul Music Festival and Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra and given its world premiere, again in Bing Concert Hall, by New Century in 2021. Hope has been collaborating for nearly a decade with the pianist, who serves as Artistic Director of the Odessa Classics Festival; they released an album of the music of Alfred Schnittke together in fall of 2021, followed by another last year comprising music of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov.

 

Hope and New Century round out Music for a New Century with Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Lament for Solo Violin and String Orchestra, commissioned by Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, New Century and NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra and given its U.S. premiere by Hope and New Century in 2021; and Jake Heggie’s Overture, commissioned by John and Paula Gambs for New Century’s musicians and Daniel Hope in celebration of the orchestra’s 30th anniversary season. The work’s world premiere was at the orchestra’s gala concert this past February.

 

European tour with New Century (June 10–25)

One of the world’s few conductorless ensembles, New Century embarks this summer on its second European tour since Hope became Music Director. Drawing on music from programs performed throughout the 2022-23 season, nine of the ten performances feature Botvinov and Hope in Tan Dun’s Double Concerto, and the rotating repertoire also includes iconic film music: Bernard Herrmann’s music from Hitchcock’s Vertigo and selected film scores by Ennio Morricone, both arranged by Paul Bateman; Gershwin’s American in Paris arranged by Clarice Assad; and John Williams’s “With Malice Toward None” from the film Lincoln. Max Richter’s Vivaldi: The Four Seasons – Recomposed; Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge; Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady”; and Kurt Weill’s Orchestral Suite from The Threepenny Opera.

 

Featured Artist at Schleswig-Holstein Festival 2023

Last fall, Hope was named the Featured Artist at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the largest classical music festival in Germany, for 2023. In celebration of the violinist’s 50th birthday year, 50 concerts are being programmed, and for the first time in its history the residency is taking place not only during the festival period in July and August but for the entire 2023 calendar year, from January to December. Marking the largest retrospective of Hope’s collaborative work to date, the concerts include a new commission, music and spoken word, chamber music and youth workshops. He performs at the festival this summer with New Century, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra led by Christoph Eschenbach, SIGNUM Saxophone Quartet, amarcord vocal ensemble, Irish folk group Lúnasa and many more, with performances of his own programs including “AIR – A Baroque Journey,” “East meets West,” “IRISH ROOTS” and “America.”

 

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Daniel Hope & New Century Chamber Orchestra: Music for a New Century on Deutsche Grammophon

Release Date: June 2 (CD and streaming)

 

PHILIP GLASS (b. 1937)

Piano Concerto No. 3 for Solo Piano and String Orchestra

1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III – for Arvo Pärt

 

TAN DUN (b. 1957)

Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra with Percussion

1. Misterioso
2. Misterioso
3. Misterioso

 

MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE (b. 1960)

Lament for Solo Violin and String Orchestra

 

JAKE HEGGIE (b. 1961)

Overture

 

Alexey Botvinov, piano

New Century Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Hope, violin & Music Director

World premiere recordings (except Glass)

 

Daniel Hope: Summer 2023 engagements

 

June 2

DG releases Hope and New Century’s Music for a New Century

 

June 9

Leipzig, Germany

Tribute to Bach

Lang Lang, piano

Albrecht Mayer, oboe

Sophie Kauer, cello

Francesca Aspromonte, soprano

Cameron Shahbazi, alto

Andreas Reize, Thomaskantor

 

June 10-25

New Century European Tour 

Repertoire selected from:

HERRMANN: “Vertigo” – Suite (arr. Paul Bateman)

Tan DUN: Double Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Orchestra

Max RICHTER: The Four Seasons Recomposed for String Orchestra, Harp, and Harpsichord

BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10

John WILLIAMS: “With Malice Toward None” from Lincoln

ELLINGTON: “Sophisticated Lady” (arr. Morton Gould)

GERSHWIN: American in Paris Suite (arr. Clarice Assad)

MORRICONE: Medley from Film Scores for violin and orchestra (arr. Paul Bateman)

WEILL: Orchestral Suite from The Threepenny Opera (arr. Max Schönherr)

  June 10: Bremen, Germany

  June 11: Braunschweig, Germany

  June 14: Cologne, Germany

  June 17: Dresden, Germany (Frauenkirche)

  June 18: Essen, Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival:

  June 20: Elmshorn, Germany

Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern:

  June 22: Wismar, Germany

  June 23: Stolpe an der Peene, Germany

  June 24: Fleesensee, Germany

Rheingau Musik Festival:

  June 25: Wiesbaden, Germany

 

June 29

Munich, Germany

“AIR – A Baroque Journey”

Simos Papanas, violin

Nicola Mosca, cello

Emanuele Forni, lute

Michael Metzler, percussion

Markellos Chryssicos, harpsichord

 

July 4–6

Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Nils Landgren, trombone

Johannes von Ballestrem, piano
BERNSTEIN: Music for String Quartet, version for string orchestra

SONDHEIM: “Send in the Clowns” (arr. Nils Landgren, orch. Paul Bateman)
GERSHWIN: Lullaby for string orchestra

Johannes von BALLESTREM & Nils LANDGREN: Improvisation

STING: “Shadows in the Rain” (arr. Paul Bateman), “Fragile” (arr. Paul Bateman)

  July 4: Zurich, Switzerland

  July 5: Husum, Germany

  July 6: Stade, Germany

 

July 7

Neumünster, Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

With NDR Radiophilharmonie

Paul Daniel, conductor

 

July 8–9

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“Paddington Bear’s First Concert” and “Ferdinand the Bull”

With Ron Maxim Huang, piano

  July 8: Bad Schwartau, Germany

  July 9: Ahrensburg, Germany

 

July 9

Kiel, Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“Daniel Hope and the wild 80s!”

Aleksey Igudesman, violin

Angelika Bachmann, violin

Kristiina Rokashevich, piano

Participants in the violin workshop

 

July 10–11

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“East meets West”

Sebastian Knauer, piano

Gaurav Mazumdar, sitar

Shahbaz Hussain, tabla

  July 10: Strande, Germany 

  July 11: Heide, Germany

 

July 12–14

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“IRISH ROOTS”

Simos Papanas, violin

Nicola Mosca, cello and harp

Emanuele Forni, lute

Markellos Chryssicos, harpsichord

Michael Metzler, percussion and bagpipes

  July 12: Nieblum, Germany

  July 13: Rellingen, Germany

  July 14: Marne, Germany

 

July 15

Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany

“AIR – A Baroque Journey”

Simos Papanas, violin

Nicola Mosca, cello and harp

Emanuele Forni, lute

Markellos Chryssicos, harpsichord

Michael Metzler, percussion

 

July 17

Verbier, Switzerland

Verbier Festival

Lawrence Power, viola

Nicolas Altstaedt, cello

Julien Quentin, piano

SCHMIDT: First piece from Drei kleine Fantasiestücks nach ungarischen Nationalmelodien for cello and piano

DVORÁK: Silent Woods, Op. 68/5

DVORÁK: Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G, Op. 100

KREISLER: Slavonic Fantasy (on themes by Dvorák)

BRUCH: Selection from Eight Pieces, Op. 83 for violin, viola, and piano

GERNSHEIM: Piano Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 20

 

July 18–19

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

With amarcord vocal ensemble

Works by DOWLAND, BACH, ELGAR and others

  July 18: Grosshansdorf, Germany

  July 19: Kappeln, Germany

 

July 21

Wiesbaden, Germany

Rheingau Musik Festival

“IRISH ROOTS”

Simos Papanas, violin

Nicola Mosca, cello and harp

Emanuele Forni, lute

Markellos Chryssicos, harpsichord

Michael Metzler, percussion and bagpipes

 

July 22

Wiesbaden, Germany

Rheingau Musik Festival

“America” program

 

July 24

Verbier, Switzerland

Verbier Festival

30th Anniversary Gala

 

July 25–26

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Irish folk music with Lúnasa

  July 25: Emkendorf, Germany

  July 26: Norderstedt, Germany

 

July 28

Lübeck, Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“Berlin 1938 – The Fateful Year”

Thomas Hampson, speaker and vocals

Horst Maria Merz, speaker and vocals

Jacques Ammon, piano

With chamber ensemble

 

July 29

Lüneburg, Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“Los Angeles 1943 – Escape to Paradise”

Thomas Hampson, speaker and vocals

Jacques Ammon, piano

With chamber ensemble

 

July 30

Kaltenkirchen, Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“Ode to Life”

With SIGNUM saxophone quartet

 

July 31–Aug 1

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

“Paradise”

With Sebastian Koch

  July 31: Niebuell, Germany

  Aug 1: Kiel, Germany

 

Aug 2–4

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Ava Bahari, violin

Adrien La Marca, viola

Camille Thomas, cello

Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano

Works by HANDEL, DVORÁK, BRIDGE and others

  Aug 2: Pronstorf, Germany

  Aug 3: Wotersen, Germany

  Aug 4: Altenhof, Germany

 

Aug 5–11

“America”

With Sylvia Thereza, piano

Works by DVORÁK, GERSHWIN, COPLAND and others 

Rheingau Musik Festival:

  Aug 5: Klagenfurt, Austria

  Aug 8: Geisenheim-Johannisberg, Germany

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival:

  Aug 9: Haseldorf, Germany

  Aug 10: Plön, Germany

  Aug 11: Büsum, Germany

 

Aug 18–20

Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

BRITTEN: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 15

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival:

  Aug 18: Hamburg, Germany (Elbphilharmonie)

  Aug 19: Lübeck, Germany

Rheingau Musik Festival:

  Aug 20: Eltville, Germany

 

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