Daniel Hope & Zurich Chamber Orchestra

There's never a dull moment with Daniel Hope: equipped with never-ending curiosity and a compass for all directions of the repertoire, he uses his musical brilliance as a means of taking the audience with him on his journeys of discovery. For the artist, who was born in South Africa and grew up in England with German-Irish roots, the USA was already a land of adventure as a child: here he visited his great-aunt and was impressed by an environment where everything was "big, generous, oversized". The music of America still captivates the star violinist today - his book on Hollywood composers bears witness to this, as do his concert programs. "America is a fascinating place, historically, humanly, politically," Hope said in an interview. "What I find so exciting about American music is that it was largely created by immigrants - just like the country itself, in principle. European composers of classical music have undoubtedly influenced American composers, but true to the pioneering spirit of the country, the genre continues to develop in its own unique way."

At the Albert guest performance, Daniel Hope and his Zurich Chamber Orchestra will present the diversity of American music in the eventful 20th century. Of course, the great "classics" such as Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland, whose music is emblematic of the vastness of his homeland, are not missing. The many Broadway successes of George Gershwin, the apostle of the synthesis of jazz and high culture, are also a cornucopia. Alongside exile Kurt Weill, the program also features two very different African-American voices: the composer Florence Price and the legendary bandleader Duke Ellington.

Program:
"America" - music by Bernstein (West Side Story Suite), Gershwin (Summertime et al.), Copland, Weill, Price, Ellington

Daniel Hope, violin and moderation
Johannes von Ballestrem, piano
Dimitri Monstein, percussion
Zurich Chamber Orchestra

With the kind support of the Friends and Patrons of the Albert Concerts

EUR 93,- / 82,- / 68,- / 46,- / 34,- incl. fees

Daniel Hope | Photo © Erik Almas