In the newly renovated Tonhalle am See: Daniel Hope and the ZKO open the new season with Tchaikovsky

The Zurich Chamber Orchestra starts the new season on October 12th under the motto “Metamorphosis”. At the center of the opening concert is Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” in a rarely performed version for string orchestra.

In the 2021/22 season, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is dedicated to the theme of change and metamorphosis. Editing will play a central role in this. This can already be seen at the start of the season on October 12th. In the newly renovated Tonhalle am See music director and master violinist Daniel Hope presents Tchaikovsky’s “Souvenir de Florence” in a rarely performed version for string orchestra. Piotr Tchaikovsky’s “Florentine Memories” was written in 1890 during one of the composer’s most productive years. He sketched his only string sextet during an inspiring Italian summer in Florence, where his opera “Pique Dame” was also composed. After returning to his Russian country estate, he put the work on paper in just 17 days. A passionate, dramatic homage to the Tuscan metropolis.

The program is rounded off with works of baroque masters. Willi Zimmermann, Daria Zappa Matesic, Tanja Sonc, Inès Morin and Philipp Wollheim are co-soloists of Daniel Hope.

Music Director Daniel Hope is very much looking forward to reuniting with the ZKO: “We have had a challenging time behind us, but during which we have managed to stay extremely active, at least in the studio and online. We are now looking forward to personally welcoming people in Zurich and around the world to the concert halls, picking them up and being able to celebrate music live and together again. ”

Program:
-Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto for two violins in G major TWV 52: G1
-Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in B minor op.3 No. 10 RV 580 for four violins, strings and b.c.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
-Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
-Concerto in D minor for two violins, strings and B.c. BWV 1043
-String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”, version for string orchestra
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Tickets
• ZKO Consulting & Sales (Mon – Fri, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.), Seefeldstrasse 305, 8008 Zurich, Tel. 044 552 59 00, tickets@zko.ch,
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• Tonhalle am See ticket office, Claridenstrasse 7, 8002 Zurich