The conductor-less ensemble will perform works by composers Max Richter, Jessie Montgomery and Benjamin Britten
The New Century Chamber Orchestra is billed as “conductor-less,” but that doesn’t mean it’s leader-less. The San Francisco-based group of 19 string players is led by its concertmaster and music director, Daniel Hope.
When Richter approached Hope a decade-plus ago about his idea for the album, the violinist couldn’t fathom why anyone would tinker with Vivaldi’s beloved magnum opus. But Richter felt the original had been overplayed, relegated to elevators and for phones’ on-hold music. “This is my first time in La Jolla. It’s rather nice for my debut there to be a piece that’s very close to my heart.”Friday’s program will begin with Chicago-based composer Jessie Montgomery’s “Banner,” which is her personal take on the national anthem. Montgomery, also a violinist, wrote the piece as a string quartet.“She’s a fantastic composer, deeply personal and singular in the way in which she expresses music and herself,” Hope said.
In June, Hope and the New Century Chamber Orchestra will release their latest album, “Music for a New Century,” on the Deutsche Grammophon label. The four works on the album — three of them world-premiere recordings — were commissioned or co-commissioned by New Century over the last five years. “Silvestrov” was released by Deutsche Grammophon, which has produced most of Hope’s more than 30 albums.He was 3 years old when he and his parents had to leave his birth country of South Africa, because of his father’s anti-apartheid stance.
At 4, Hope announced he wanted to play violin and Menuhin found him a teacher. In Hope’s late teens, Menuhin became his mentor.
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