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Daniel Hope & the Zurich Chamber Orchestra celebrate with a season ending concert
Daniel Hope with the musicians of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra ended the season with a beautiful and uplifting concert at the Tonhalle Maag in Zurich last night.
The director of the orchestra, Daniel Hope, said he was very happy to be back and playing.
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The program started with the Serenade for string orchestra in e-Moll op. 20 of British composer Edward Elgar (1957-1934). It was followed by the Brandenburg concerto Nr. 5 D-Dur BWV 1050 of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) with Stéphane Réty (transverse flute), Naoki Kitaya (Cembolo), Daniel Hope (violin) and the ZKO.
Then the orchestra played the grandiose piece of Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)The Four Season The Sommer opus 8 RV 315. It ended with the beautiful waltz of Russian composer Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), the Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo — Allegro moderato) from the stringserenade in C-Dur op.48.
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The Zurich Chamber Orchestra played under special circumstances due to the regulations of Covid-19. There were two concerts of 1 hour each at 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm. Each event could only have a maximum of 300 guests.
The next season starting in the Fall is a special anniversary for ZKO as it is celebrating its 75th anniversary. The program will be published on July 2. For more information and abonnement click here.
