The brief history introduction helped the musical experience to follow, as listeners could hear the vernacular approach in Dvorak’s passionately emotional and almost syncopated style of classical but not so classical music.
Daniel Hope
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Savannah Music Festival: Passionate Piano Quartets @Savannah Theatre
Wu Han advises that the evening is a great introduction to chamber music, and one that seasoned fans will embrace, as well.
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SMF Review: Celebrating Vivaldi, with Daniel Hope
Hope explained what Max Richter was thinking in daring to repurpose one of classic music’s most well-known (and oft-played) works: “The Four Seasons.”
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Savannah Music Festival: Daniel Hope & Friends
Ten years into his run as the festival’s associate artistic director and classical music tour guide, the acclaimed British violinist closes out a remarkable 2013 run with one of his […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Daniel Hope
It was Savannah Music Festival executive director Rob Gibson who gave us Hope. British violin virtuoso Daniel Hope was brought in, at Gibson’s invite, to be the festival’s associate artistic […]
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Review: ‘Death Cell Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial’
If you didn’t catch Death Cell Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial Tuesday night at the Lucas Theatre, “what was it all about?” would be a valid question. Well, I saw it. […]
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SMF: Daniel Hope
As associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival, Daniel Hope is busy enough. But considering he’s also one of the most active performers in the festival, that means he’s […]
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SMF: ‘Death Cell Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial’
Marc Neikrug’s Death Cell Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial (written for violin, piano, clarinet and actor) will receive its world premiere April 5 at a Savannah Music Festival concert at the […]
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More Music Festival picks
Ballake Sissoko/Vincent Segal Lionel Louke Ensemble At 8 p.m. March 25, Lucas Theatre French cellist Segal, who plays in the trip hop group Bumcello, has found an experimental musical equal […]
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What’s Next: The Hold Steady
It’s turning into a banner year for rock ‘n’ roll in Savannah – the fresh stuff, I mean. That REO Speedwagon concert last month doesn’t count. As if it weren’t […]
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Review: Sensations 1 @ Telfair Academy
Thank you, Bugs Bunny. That wascally wabbit almost spoiled the classical music experience for me. Actually, it was Carl Stalling, who composed and conducted the symphonic soundtracks to all those […]
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Musical chairs
One day, perhaps Savannah will consider erecting a statue of Daniel Hope in Ellis Square, right next to the one of Johnny Mercer. For eight years, the British violinist has […]