Switzerland Messaien, Beethoven: Arcadi Volodos (piano), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Paavo Järvi (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 11.4.2019. (JR)
The Age of Paavo Järvi Beckons for the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
John Rhodes
Teodor Currentzis’s Verdi Requiem is Less Concert, More Ritual
Switzerland Lucerne Easter Festival [1] – Verdi, Messa di Requiem: Zarina Abaeva (soprano), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (mezzo-soprano), Dmytro Popov (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Chorus of Perm Opera, musicAeterna Orchestra / Teodor Currentzis (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL) Lucerne, 10.4.2019. (JR)
Alan Gilbert’s Clear Affinity with Nielsen at the Tonhalle Zurich
Switzerland Adès, Beethoven, Nielsen: Anon Barnatan (piano), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Benjamin Appl (Baritone), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Alan Gilbert (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 30.3.2019. (JR)
Strong Voices All Round in Zurich Opera’s revival of Tannhäuser
Switzerland Wagner, Tannhäuser: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich, Axel Kober (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 23.3.2019. (JR)
Royal Stockholmers and Clarinettist Martin Fröst Impress in Lucerne
Switzerland Liebermann, Mozart, Mahler: Martin Fröst (clarinet), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor). Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (KKL) Lucerne, 22.3.2019. (JR)
Trevino Returns for Heroic Heldenleben at Tonhalle Zurich
Switzerland Aho, R. Strauss: Martin Grubinger (percussion), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/ Robert Trevino (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 14.3.2019. (JR)
Magic Moments in Mendelssohn’s Elijah from Hengelbrock and the Balthasar-Neumann-Choir in Zurich
Switzerland Mendelssohn: Katharina Konradi (soprano), Marie-Sophie Pollak (soprano), Agnes Kovacs (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Steve Davislim (tenor), Michael Nagy (bass), Balthasar-Neumann-Choir, soloists from the Children’s Chorus of the Choral Academy of Dortmund, Tonhalle Orchestra/Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor), Tonhalle Maag, Zurich 7.3.2019. (JR)
Zurich Opera Revives a Moving Bitter-Sweet Der Rosenkavalier
Switzerland R. Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 23.2.2019. (JR)
