Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester

Ramirez, A: Misa Criolla
Dowland: Time stands still
Schubert: Die Nacht, D534 ('Ossian', translated by Harold)
Albinoni: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
El-Khoury: Byblos The Old City
Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel
Elgar: Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)
Foster, S: Ah! May the red rose live alway
trad.: Londonderry Air
Andre, F: Dream a Little Dream of Me
trad.: Amazing Grace

In this album called “Hope”, created during lockdown, violinist Daniel Hope presents a highly personal, yet distinctive collection of timeless classics by Schubert, Elgar and Pärt, several beloved traditional songs in stunning new instrumental versions and a brand-new arrangement of the inspiring and spiritual Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramírez. “Music has a tremendous power,” says Daniel Hope. “This album is my attempt to send out a ray of hope and to provide people, myself included, with a sense of support and perhaps even consolation.” Well-known favourites from Hope’s childhood such as Amazing Grace and Danny Boy are as integral to this album as Schubert’s Die Nacht and “Nimrod” from Elgar’s Enigma Variations. Several different periods are illuminated in this way, and the same is true of the most disparate styles and musical contexts. Daniel Hope is joined by the Zürcher Kammerorchester as well as prestigious singers like the vocal ensemble Amarcord, baritone Thomas Hampson and jazz-singer Colin Rich.