Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Octet, Songs; Daniel Hope, violin

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Matthew Gurewitsch wrote in the New York Times: "As a musician and a citizen of the world, the violinist Daniel Hope is hard to pin down. Born in South Africa to a father of Irish stock and a mother with roots in Germany, he grew up in England, travels on an Irish passport and lives in Amsterdam with his German wife. His résumé includes the premiere recordings of new editions of the violin concertos of Berg and Mendelssohn (the Mendelssohn, with Thomas Hengelbrock and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, to be released next week by Deutsche Grammophon); membership in the venerable Beaux Arts Trio; experiments with jazz and Indian ragas; and collaborations with actors including Klaus Maria Brandauer and Mia Farrow. He is known too as a champion of composers silenced by the Nazis. Now Mr. Hope, 33, has written a book, 'Familienstücke: Eine Spurensuche' ('Family Album: Following the Trail'), which folds his personal history into an epic of families displaced to South Africa by famine in Ireland and the Nazis in Germany" ("Music: How's the Family? Fascinating," 1/13/08).