Daniel Hope and the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at the Bristol Proms

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 02 August 2013

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Reviewed at Bristol Old Vic, Bristol on 31 July 2013

Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto for 2 violins, cello and strings in A minor, Op.3 no. 8, RV 522

von Westhoff, Sonatas for Violin and Basso continuo: Imitazione delle campane

Ridout, Ferdinand the Bull

Richter, Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons

Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

Daniel Hope, Violin

The spirit of music-making: Elgar at The Anvil

Eleanor Knight, 8th February

An afternoon that belongs to the exuberant partnership of the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, the Brighton Festival Chorus and the spirit of music-making everywhere.

***11

An operatic big hitter: Juan Diego Flórez

Olivia Bell, 2nd June

This was less a concert of two halves than one of two tenors: able to dramatise the music of Puccini and Verdi far more effectively than his earlier Mozart, Flórez came alive.

****1

Scottish Ballet's Double Bill: Life in the Fast Lane, Death in the Slow

Margaret Willis, 3rd November

Scottish Ballet’s brief trip south of the border - just two performances - not only brought a company of vital athletic dancers to the capital but also chose the occasion to announce its new artistic director.

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Zoltán Szabó, 17th December

A mixed performance from Bonn, but there was magic from Barenboim's fingers in the Third Piano Concerto.

***11

Zurich Chamber Orchestra opens 75th season

Laura Servidei, 27th October

A varied, interesting programme was offered to the Zurich audience, with Emőke Baráth shining in two Baroque cantatas and Daniel Hope leading the orchestra from the violin.

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Daniel Hope and the Basel Chamber Orchestra

Mark Valencia, 18th April

Hope can spin high-lying musical phrases with a sweetness and suspension that few of his contemporaries can match.

****1

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.