Highly commendable Bruch and Bruckner at Lucerne
10/09/2019
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [8] – Bruch, Bruckner: Vilde Frang (violin), Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra / Lahav Shani (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 7.9.2019. (JR)
Vilde Frang (c) Peter Fischli/Lucerne Festival
Lucerne sees the final farewell from Bernard Haitink after 65 extraordinary years of conducting
07/09/2019
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [7] – Beethoven, Bruckner: Emanuel Ax (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 5.9.2019. (JR)
Bernard Haitink conducts the VPO (c) Lucerne Festival/Priska Ketterer
Excellent programming from Gergiev, Kavakos and the Mariinsky at Lucerne Festival
01/09/2019
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [6] – Debussy, Sibelius, Chausson, Ravel, Shostakovich: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Mariinsky Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL), Lucerne, 31.8.2019. (JR)
Valery Gergiev (c) Manuel Jans/Lucerne Festival
Great Bruckner’s Eighth in Lucerne with Nelsons and the Leipzigers
26/08/2019
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [3] – Bruckner: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig / Andris Nelsons (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Luzern, Lucerne, 25.8.2019. (JR)
Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
© Manuela Jans/Lucerne Festival
Meticulous Mahler from Chailly and the Remarkable Lucerne Festival Orchestra
25/08/2019
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [2] – Mahler: Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne, 24.8.2019. (JR)
Riccardo Chaillly (c) Marco Borggreve
Lucerne Festival [1]: Nézet-Séguin, Kavakos and the LFO Astound in Two Masterpieces
23/08/2019
Switzerland Lucerne Festival [1] – Beethoven, Shostakovich: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL), 22.9.2019. (JR)
Leonidas Kavakos (c) Marco Borggreve
Zurich’s Admirable Beethoven From Fabio Luisi and Beatrice Rana
16/07/2019
Switzerland Beethoven: Beatrice Rana (piano), Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera House, 14.7.2019. (JR)
Fabio Luisi & Philharmonia Zurich (c) Monika Rittershaus
Electrifying Elektra at Zurich Opera
08/07/2019
Switzerland Richard Strauss, Elektra: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Simone Young (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich, 7.7.2019. (JR)
Elektra (Evelyn Herlitzius), Chrysothemis (Tamara Wilson) (c) Toni Suter
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