Switzerland Ibert, Bartók, Mozart: Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 20.8.2020. (JR)
Lockdown easing in Switzerland with Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
John Rhodes
Lockdown eases in Switzerland: Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich return with reduced forces
Switzerland Dukas, Stravinsky, Richard Strauss: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 25.6.2020. (JR)
Juan Diego Flórez shines in La bohème revival at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Puccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 8.3.2020. (JR)
2020 Lucerne Summer Festival – 14 August to 13 September CANCELLED
2020 Lucerne Summer Festival
CANCELLED
The Festival kicks off on August 14th with performances by the Lucerne Festival Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly; Beethoven’s First Symphony and Mahler’s First Symphony. Concert repeated next day with Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto replacing the Beethoven symphony, Martha Argerich at the keyboard.
Visually and aurally stunning Wozzeck at Zurich Opera
Switzerland Berg, Wozzeck: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Hartmut Haenchen (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich, 18.2.2020. (JR)
Rafael Payare and Vilde Frang give towering performances with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Bartók, Shostakovich, Dvořák: Vilde Frang (violin), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Rafael Payare (conductor). Tonhalle Maag, Zurich. 6.1.2020. (JR)
Melodies abound in Gianandrea Noseda’s fine debut with the Philharmonia Zurich
Switzerland Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn: Narek Haknazaryan (cello), Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 19.1.2010. (JR)
Paavo Järvi continues his impressive Tchaikovsky cycle with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
Switzerland Bartók, Tchaikovsky: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 9.1.2020. (JR)
