A PRAYER FOR PEACE
APRIL 4–6, 2025
Contemplate the music of three composers from the 20th and 21st centuries in their contrasting searches for peace. Adolphus Hailstork’s joyful Sonata da Chiesa for strings invites religious meditation as it builds an opulent cathedral of sound in the style of a grand choral mass. In contrast, Jungyoon Wie’s masterful A Prayer for Peace (a New Century co-commission with A Far Cry) makes poignant use of repetition and variation to represent the composer’s own evolution in her journey as a Korean immigrant to the United States. Finally, the remarkable and intimate Metamorphosen—Richard Strauss’s late-in-life string masterpiece—stands undimmed as a memorial for the victims of war and as inspiration to rebuild after tragedy.
DANIEL HOPE
Music Director and Concertmaster
DATES & VENUES
Friday, April 4, 2025: 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
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Saturday, April 5, 2025: 2:00pm
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco
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Sunday, April 6, 2025: 3:00pm
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 3 Bayview Avenue, Belvedere Tiburon
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FEATURED ARTIST
DANIEL HOPE
Music Director and Concertmaster
PROGRAM
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK
Sonata da Chiesa for String Orchestra
JUNGYOON WIE
A Prayer for Peace, concerto grosso for string orchestra
Co-commission with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra
West Coast Premiere
RICHARD STRAUSS
Metamorphosen for 23 Solo Strings
This program is generously sponsored by Fred Levin, The Shenson Foundation, in honor of Paula and John Gambs.
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Jungyoon Wie Composer