Violins of Hope

Violins of Hope

Violins of Hope

Artist(s):

Sasha Cooke, Daniel Hope, Sean Mori, Dawn Harms, Kay Stern, Emil Miland, Patricia Heller

Composer(s):

Jake Heggie, Franz Peter Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Release Date: 22-01-2021
PTC: 5186879
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Jake Heggie (b. 1961): INTONATIONS: Songs from the Violins of Hope

1) Ashes 5:09
2) Exile 4:20
3) Concert 6:35
4) Motele 5:37
5) Feivel 6:45
6) Lament 5:35
7) Liberation 5:58

Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Quartettsatz in C Minor, D 703

8) Allegro assai 8:15

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80

9) I. Allegro vivace assai 7:37
10) II. Allegro assai 4:59
11) III. Adagio 7:56
12) IV. Finale. Allegro molto 5:51
Total Tracks 12
Total Duration 01hr 14min

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HARBINGERS OF HOPE DURING MANKIND’S DARKEST HOUR

Violins of Hope presents instruments that were owned by Jewish musicians before and during the Holocaust, representing strength and optimism for the future during mankind’s darkest hour. They have been refurbished by luthiers Amnon and Avshalom Weinstein, founders of the Violins of Hope project. On this album, recorded live at Kohl Mansion, the instruments are used to perform two string quartet masterpieces by Schubert and Mendelssohn, alongside a new composition by Jake Heggie, inspired by the violins’ histories. Schubert’s unfinished Quartettsatz is often considered Schubert’s first mature work and displays a typically Schubertian mix of impetuous agitation and sublime lyricism. Mendelssohn wrote his Quartet in F Minor as a “Requiem” for his deceased sister Fanny, not knowing that – tragically enough – he would follow her fate only two months later, at the age of 38. These two captivating works are performed by Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Patricia Heller and Emil Miland, who join forces with mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, violinist Daniel Hope and the young violin talent Sean Mori on Heggie’s INTONATIONS: Songs of the Violins of Hope. The recording took place in the context of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2020, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Liberation.

Jake Heggie has a vast PENTATONE discography, including the opera It’s a Wonderful Life (2017) and song recital albums by Jamie Barton (Unexpected Shadows, 2020), Melody Moore, Lisa Delan and Joyce DiDonato. Sasha Cooke returns to PENTATONE after having featured on Mason Bates’ Grammy Award-winning opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs (2018). Daniel Hope, Sean Mori, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, and Patricia Heller all make their debut on the label.

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