America – Humility & Models XXII
Chamber Music
Friday, 1st September 2023
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
A globetrotter at heart, Daniel Hope loves nothing more than to take the audience with him on his musical wanderings. Among the latest destinations performed: America. America is a land of opportunity but also a place of welcome for many uprooted people, as was the case with his great-aunt in the thirties, fleeing persecution by Nazi Germany. It is to her that the violinist pays tribute in this new programme, simply called “America”, in which he brings to life the music of exiles such as Hanns Eisler, Erich Zeisl or Miklós Rózsa, of travellers passing through like Dvořák or Ravel, and of “must-haves” like Gershwin or Copland.
Daniel Hope, Violin & Presentation
Sylvia Thereza, Piano
| Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) | |
| Sonatine for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 100 | 20' |
| Aaron Copland (1900-1990) | |
| Nocturne for Violin and Piano | 6' |
| Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) | |
| “Blues” from the Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major | 6' |
| Erich Zeisl (1905-1959) | |
| “Menuchim’s Song” from the unfinished opera “Hiob” | 5' |
| Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) | |
| “An den kleinen Radioapparat” from the “Hollywooder Liederbuch” (No. 3) | 2' |
| Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995) | |
| Love Theme from “Ben Hur” | 3' |
| George Gershwin (1898-1937) | |
| from “Porgy and Bess”: | 10' |
| “Ain't necessarily so” | |
| “Summertime” | |
| “I Got Rhythm” | |
| 80' (presentation included) | |
| CHF 125/105/65/40 |
