Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Season preview 2022-23
The Tonhalle Orchestra has announced details of its concerts next season. Artists ‘in focus’ will be Emmanuel Pahud and Fazil Say, Creative Chair will be Toshio Hosokawa. Paavo Järvi will continue recording his Bruckner cycle, this season it will the grand Symphony No.8. The Mendelssohn cycle is virtually complete, only the Lobgesang remains to be recorded. Soloists include Rudolph Buchbinder, Gautier Capuçon, Isabelle Faust, Martin Grubinger, Hilary Hahn, Janine Jansen, Antoine Tamestit, Yuja Wang and Frank Peter Zimmermann.
Here are some of the highlights of the next season at the Tonhalle:
14, 15, 16 September 2022: Hokosawa ‘Ceremony’ for flute (Emmanuel Pahud) Bruckner Symphony No.8, cond. Paavo Järvi
21, 22 September 2022: Nielsen ‘Maskarade’ Overture, Sibelius Violin Concerto (Hilary Hahn), Prokofiev Symphony No.5, cond. Paavo Järvi
5, 6 October 2022: Enescu, Bartók, Dvořák Symphony No.8, cond. Cristian Măcelaru
26, 27, 28 October 2022: Pärt, Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto (Rudolph Buchbinder), Bruckner Symphony No.6, cond. Paavo Järvi
5, 6 November 2022: Messaien, Bernstein, Bruckner Symphony No.3, cond. Paavo Järvi
7, 8, 9 December 2022: Berwald Symphony No.2, Schubert Symphony No.4, cond. Herbert Blomstedt
15, 16 December 2022: Bjarnason Concerto for percussion (Martin Grubinger), Sibelius Symphony No.2, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
30, 31 December 2022: Gulda, Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet, Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet, cond. Krzysztof Urbański
12, 13 January 2023: Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky, cond. Omer Meir Wellber
18, 19, 20 January 2023: Tüür Lux Stellarum flute concerto (Emmanuel Pahud), Mendelssohn Lobgesang, cond. Paavo Järvi
26, 27, 28 January 2023: Berlioz Harold in Italy (Antoine Tamestit), cond. Paavo Järvi
8, 9, 10 February 2023: Schubert Symphony No.2, R Strauss Symphonia domestica, cond. Franz Welser-Möst
1, 2, 3 March 2023: Bruckner Symphony No.9, cond. Kent Nagano
8, 9 March 2023: Elgar Cello Concerto (Gautier Capuçon), Brahms Symphony No.1, cond. Christoph Eschenbach
24 March 2023: R Strauss Alpine Symphony, cond. Paavo Järvi
29, 30 March 2023: Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto (Yuja Wang). Symphony No.2, cond. Paavo Järvi
26, 27 April 2023: Bruckner Symphony No.5, cond. David Zinman
10, 11 May 2023: Brahms Violin Concerto (Isabelle Faust), Beethoven Symphony No.7, cond. Philippe Herreweghe
3, 4 June 2023: Mahler Symphony No.6, cond. Michael Tilson Thomas
7, 8 June 2023: Elgar Violin Concerto (Frank Peter Zimmermann), Shostakovich Symphony No.11, cond. Paavo Järvi
29, 30: June: Suk Asrael Symphony, cond. Jakub Hrůša
For more details click here for the orchestra’s website.
Visiting orchestras to Switzerland 2022-23
Here are some of the foreign orchestras visiting Swiss cities next season courtesy of sponsor Migros-Kulturprozent-Classics:
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, cond. Robert Ticciati, Emanuel Ax (piano). Works by Brahms and Rachmaninov. Geneva 23 Oct, Zurich 24 Oct, Berne 25 Oct 2022.
Philharmonia Orchestra (London), cond. Tabita Berglund, Truls Mørk (cello). Works by Prokofiev, Wagner, Sibelius. Lucerne 28 Oct 2022.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, cond. Daniel Harding, Leonidas Kavakos (violin). Works by Brahms, Beethoven. Berne 14 Nov, Zurich 15 Nov, Geneva 16 Nov 2022.
Baltic Sea Philharmonic, cond. Kristjan Järvi, Olga Scheps (piano). Works by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Pärt, Sibelius, Elgar. Zurich 12 Dec, Geneva 13 Dec, Berne 14 Dec 2022.
Budapest Festival Orchestra, cond. Ivan Fischer. Mahler Symphony No. 9. Zurich 23 Jan 2023.
Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, cond. Nicholas Collon, Rudolph Buchbinder (piano – Geneva and Zurich), Piotr Anderszweski (Lucerne only). Works by Beethoven, Brahms. Geneva 28 Jan, Berne 29 Jan, Lucerne 30 Jan 2023.
Les Arts Florissants, cond. William Christie, Haydn ‘The Seasons’. Geneva 24 March, Berne 25 March, Zurich 26 March 2023.
Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, cond. Gustavo Gimenez, Martin Grubinger (percussion). Works by Ligeti, Bjarnason, Rimsky-Korsakov. Geneva 24 April 2023.
Freiburger Barockorchester, cond. Kristian Bezuidenhout. Works by Mozart. Geneva 21 May, Berne 22 May, Zurich 23 May 2023.
SWR Symphonieorchester, cond. Teodor Currentzis. Wagner Das Rheingold (orchestral version). Lucerne 26 May 2023.
For more details visit the website of Migros-Kulturprozent-Classics click here.
John Rhodes