Switzerland Dessner, Tchaikovsky: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 24.6.2021. (JR)
Bychkov returns to Zurich with five-star Tchaikovsky and a Dessner world première
John Rhodes
Fabio Luisi bids a fond farewell after nine successful years at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Bruckner: Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 19.6.2021. (JR)
Bruckner – Symphony No.7 in Emajor
Herbert Blomstedt continues his championing of Stenhammar in Zurich
Switzerland Stenhammar: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich 18.6.2021. (JR)
Paavo Järvi’s ‘Great’ performance of Schubert’s Ninth with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Schubert: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich 28.5.2021. (JR)
Czech works by Dvořák and Suk championed at Zurich’s Tonhalle Maag
Switzerland Dvořák, Suk: Josef Špaček (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 30.4.2021. (JR)
Bringuier returns to Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich with exuberant Rachmaninov under Covid restrictions
Switzerland Rachmaninov: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Lionel Bringuier (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 23.4.2021. (JR)
For Holy Week there is a fine Zurich St. Matthew Passion to be seen online soon
Switzerland Bach: Jan Petryka (Evangelist), Milan Siljanov (Jesus), Hannah Morrison (soprano), Anke Vondung (alto), Konstantin Wolff (bass), Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Orchestra La Scintilla / Florian Helgath (conductor). Kirche Oberstrass, Zurich 27.3.2021. (JR)
Brahms’s Deutsches Requiem at Zurich Opera: extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures
Switzerland Brahms: Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Konstantin Shushakov (baritone), Chorus of Zurich Opera, Members of the Zürcher Singakademie, (chorus master: Ernst Raffelsberger), Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 7.2.2021 livestream from Zurich Opera, live on ARTE TV, available on ARTE Mediathek as video on demand (until 6.8.2021). (JR)
