Poster Violinist Daniel Hope
Violinist Daniel Hope
Photo: Nicolas Zonvi
Performance Today®

Hope and music in the pandemic

Violinist Daniel Hope is very much at home on stages around the world. When the pandemic closed venues, he brought his concerts, literally, home. On today's show, hear about Daniel Hope's award-winning concert series from his home in Berlin.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

John Williams: Schindler's List: Theme
Camille Thomas, cello; Brussels Philharmonic; Mathieu Herzog, conductor
Voice of Hope
DG 4838564

Carl Nielsen: Overture to Maskarade
National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic; Osmo Vanska, conductor
The Elsie & Marvin Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Adam Schoenberg: Never Shall I Forget
iSing Silicon Valley; Jennah Delp Somers and Shane Troll, conductors
Here I Stand
Innova Records 058

Cesar Franck, arr. Jules Delsart: Violin Sonata in A Major, M. 8 (arranged for cello)
Camille Thomas, cello; Roman Rabinovich, piano
Interlochen Presents, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interloch, MI

Hour 2

Miklos Rozsa: El Cid: Love Theme
Daniel Hope, violin; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Alexander Shelley, conductor
Escape To Paradise: The Hollywood Album
DG 4792954

Johannes Brahms: F.A.E. Sonata, WoO posth. 2: Movement 3 Scherzo
Daniel Hope, violin; Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano
Savannah Music Festival, Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah, GA

Katherine Hoover: My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free, from 'Dances and Variations'
Christina Smith, flute; Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra-Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series, Symphony Hall - Atlanta, GA

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 92 in G, Oxford
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Christian Reif, conductor
Ordway Concert Hall, Saint Paul, MN

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