Musicians of the New Century Chamber Orchestra, based in California’s Bay Area. Photo by Scott Chernis.
In Monday’s (6/10) San Francisco Classical Voice, Janos Gereben writes, “New Century Chamber Orchestra, where [violinist Daniel] Hope has been music director since 2018, has just announced the details of its 2024–2025 season, which cuts a wide swath through periods, genres, instruments, and moods in 16 performances of five programs…. Says Hope, ‘In the same program, you can hear one of the greatest pieces for strings ever written, [Richard] Strauss’s Metamorphosen, together with the new commission by Jungyoon Wie—the two talking across time to tell stories about peace.’… The season opens Nov. 14–17 with encore performances of … Vivaldi: Recomposed, Max Richter’s reimagining of Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons … Those first NCCO concerts also include the Allegro Moderato from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Four Novelletten for String Orchestra and … the U.S. premiere of British composer David Bruce’s Lully Loops for violin and string orchestra, [which] uses brief sequences from works by Jean-Baptiste Lully … 2025’s opening concerts, Jan. 17–19, feature … C.P.E. Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 3, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, and Béla Bartók’s Divertimento for String Orchestra. Inon Barnatan is the pianist in both concertos, the latter also featuring San Francisco Symphony associate principal trumpet Aaron Schuman.” The article includes programming details throughout the coming season.
