Paul Crewes Rachel Fine Artistic Director Managing Director The Audacity of PRESENTS Max Richter ZURICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA DANIEL HOPE SOLO VIOLIN & MUSIC DIRECTOR Program ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741) FABIAN MÜLLER (B. 1964) The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 1 - 4 Intermezzo III “Winter” for Violin and Ensemble Spring Op. 8, RV 269 I. Allegro MAX RICHTER (B. 1966) II. Largo e pianissimo sempre III. Danza pastorale. Allegro The Four Seasons Recomposed Spring I Summer Op. 8, RV 315 Spring II I. Allegro non molto Spring III II. Adagio – Presto III. Presto. Tempo impetuoso d’estate Summer I Autumn Op. 8, RV 293 Summer II I. Ballo e canto di Villanelli. Summer III Allegro – Larghetto – Allegro Assai II. Adagio Autumn I III. La caccia. Allegro Autumn II Winter, Op. 8, RV 297 Autumn III I. Allegro non molto II. Largo Winter I III. Allegro – Lento – Allegro Winter II Winter III 15-minute intermission MARCH 22, 2018 AT 7:30PM Bram Goldsmith Theater Running time: 105 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission Tour Management: Opus 3 Artists opus3artists.com About the Artists DANIEL HOPE (Solo Violin and Music to his name. His recordings have won the Deutsche acclaimed CD releases testify to the worldwide Director) has toured the world as a virtuoso Schallplattenpreis, the Diapason d’Or of the Year, renown of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. In 2017 soloist for 25 years and is celebrated for his the Edison Classical Award, the Prix Caecilia, seven two of the orchestra's CD-releases were honored musical versatility as well as his dedication ECHO Klassik Awards and numerous Grammy with an ECHO Klassik Award in the Classics Without to humanitarian causes. Winner of the 2015 nominations. His album of Mendelssohn’s Violin Borders category. The repertoire is broadly based, European Cultural Prize for Music, whose Concerto and Octet with the Chamber Orchestra of extending from the Baroque (in historically informed previous recipients include Daniel Barenboim, Europe was named one of the best of the year by performance on gut strings and with Baroque Plácido Domingo and the Berlin Philharmonic the New York Times. His recording of Alban Berg’s bows) through the Classical and Romantic eras to Orchestra, Daniel Hope appears as soloist with Concerto was voted Gramophone Magazine’s “top the present day. The orchestra is also notable for its the world’s major orchestras and conductors, choice of all available recordings”. His recording of work with musicians from other fi elds such as jazz, also directing many ensembles from the violin. Max Richter's Vivaldi Recomposed, which reached folk music and popular entertainment. The concerts Since the start of the 2016/17 season, Daniel No. 1 in over 22 countries is, with 160,000 copies for children of all ages, outreach work with children Hope is Music Director of the Zurich Chamber sold, one of the most successful classical recordings and young people and encouragement of young Orchestra – an orchestra with whom he is closely of recent times. Daniel Hope has penned four instrumentalists are in every way as important to the associated since his early childhood. In March bestselling books published in Germany by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra as its close and continuing 2017, he released his latest album For Seasons. Rowohlt publishing company. He contributes collaboration with world-renowned soloists. It is Hope’s very personal homage to the seasons regularly to the Wall Street Journal and has written featuring twelve single works – exclusively scripts for collaborative performances with the actors MUSICIANS dedicated to each month of the year – and the Klaus Maria Brandauer, Sebastian Koch and Mia SOLO VIOLIN & MUSIC DIRECTOR: Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, accompanied Farrow. In Germany he also presents a weekly radio Daniel Hope by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. This album show for the WDR3 Channel and curates, since the VIOLIN 1: was awarded the 2017 ECHO Klassik prize. Hope 2016/17 season his own series “Hope@9pm”, a Donat Nussbauer has been an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon music and discussion event with well-known guests Assistant Concertmaster artist since 2007. In early October 2017, the from culture and politics at the Konzerthaus Berlin. Kio Seiler, Jana Karsko, documentary fi lm Daniel Hope – The Sound of Since 2004 Hope has been Associate Artistic Director Tanja Sonc, Asa Konishi Life was screened in European Movie Theatres. of the Savannah Music Festival. From September VIOLIN 2: Daniel Hope was raised in London and studied 2017, he begins a new role as “Artistic Partner” Daria Zappa, Anna Tchinaeva the violin with Zakhar Bron. The youngest ever of the New Century Chamber Orchestra in San Inès Morin, Arlette Meier-Hock, member of the Beaux Arts Trio during its fi nal Francisco, directing the Ensemble from the violin. Jakub Nitsche six seasons, today Daniel Hope performs at all Daniel Hope plays the 1742 Dzex-Lipińskidz VIOLA: the world’s greatest halls and festivals: from Guarneri del Gesù, placed generously at Ryszard Groblewski, Frauke Tometten Carnegie Hall to the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, his disposal by an anonymous family from Pierre Tissonnier, Micha Rothenberger Germany. He lives with his family in Berlin. from Salzburg to Schleswig-Holstein and VIOLONCELLO: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (where he was Artistic Nicola Mosca, Anna Tyka Nyffenegger, Director from 2009-2013) and from Aspen to ZURICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Founded Cecilia Garcia the BBC Proms and Tanglewood. He has worked in 1945 by Edmond de Stoutz, the Zurich Chamber with conductors including Kurt Masur, Kent Orchestra is now one of the leading ensembles of DOUBLE BASS: Nagano and Christian Thielemann, as well as its kind. Under the direction of Edmond de Stoutz Seon-Deok Baik, Hayk Khachatryan with the world’s greatest symphony orchestras and later Howard Griffi ths and Muhai Tang, the HARPSICHORD: including Boston, Chicago, Berlin, Paris, London, orchestra won international recognition. In the Naoki Kitaya Los Angeles and Tokyo. Devoted to contemporary years of the world-acclaimed Principal Conductor LUTHE: music, Hope has commissioned over thirty works, Sir Roger Norrington, from 2011 to 2015, the Emanuele Forni enjoying close contact with composers such Zurich Chamber Orchestra did much to establish HARP: as Alfred Schnittke, Toru Takemitsu, Harrison and enhance its excellent reputation. Since the Jane Berthe Birtwistle, Sofi a Gubaidulina, György Kurtág, 2016/17 season the orchestra is led for the fi rst Peter Maxwell-Davies and Mark-Anthony Turnage. time not by a conductor but, in the person of Music Daniel Hope is one of the world’s most prolifi c Director Daniel Hope, by an instrumentalist. Regular Supported by Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council classical recording artists, with over 25 albums invitations to international festivals, performances in Europe's leading centers of music, concert tours on almost all continents and numerous critically P22 PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE .