Switzerland Wagner, Tristan and Isolde: Soloists, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich. 26.6.2022 (JR)
Strongly sung Tristan and Isolde at Zurich Opera
John Rhodes
Cressida Sharp saves the day in Carmina Burana, closing Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich’s season
Switzerland Orff, Carmina Burana: Cressida Sharp (soprano), Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor), Russell Braun (baritone), Zürcher Sing-Akademie (chorus master: Florian Helgath), Zürcher Sängerknaben (chorus masters: Konrad von Aarburg and Alphons von Aarburg), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich, 23.6.2022. (JR)
Herbert Blomstedt conducts a powerful Bruckner’s Fifth with the Tonhalle Zurich
Switzerland Bruckner: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 2.6.2022. (JR)
A Very British Evening with Mark Padmore and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Switzerland Vaughan Williams, Britten, Tippett: Mark Padmore (tenor), Thomas Müller (horn), Ryszard Groblewski (viola), Zürcher Kammerorchester / Duncan Ward (conductor). Tonhalle Zurich, 31.5.2022. (JR)
Intriguing, yet puzzling, Bach Mass in B minor at the International Bachfest in Schaffhausen
Switzerland Bach: Sunhae Im (soprano), Marie-Claude Chappuis (mezzo-soprano), Benno Schachtner (countertenor), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Andreas Wolf (bass), RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / René Jacobs (conductor). Stadtkirche St Johann, Schaffhausen, 29.5.2022. (JR)
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Switzerland’s visiting orchestras in 2022-23
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, … Read more
Thielemann and Staatskapelle Dresden was a masterclass which had me struggling for superlatives
Switzerland Bruckner: Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Tonhalle Zürich, 24.5.2022. (JR)
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla shows a distinct affinity with Bruckner in Lucerne with the CBSO
Switzerland Tchaikovsky, Bruckner: Gabriela Montero (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor). Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL), Lucerne, 22.5.2022. (JR)
