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John Rhodes

Lucerne Festival [4]: Festival Ends With Superlative Mahler 6 from Harding and the Vienna Phil

18/09/201712/09/2017 by John Rhodes

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lucerne Festival [4[ – Debussy, Mahler: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Harding (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL), 10.9.2017. (JR)

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, Sommer Festival 2017: Sinfoniekonzert 29, Daniel Harding dirigiert die Wiener Philharmoniker Luzern, den 10.09.2017 Foto: Priska Ketterer/ Lucerne Festival

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Lucerne Festival (3): Concertgebouw and Gatti in Bruckner 9 Disappoint

11/09/201706/09/2017 by John Rhodes

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lucerne Festival [3] –  Rihm, Bruckner: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam / Daniele Gatti (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL),  4.9.2017 (JR)

LUCERNE FESTIVAL, Sommer Festival 2017: Sinfoniekonzert 24. Daniele Gatti leitet das Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. Luzern, den 04.09.2017 Foto: Priska Ketterer/ Lucerne Festival

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Lucerne Festival (2): A Fine Debut for the CBSO under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

11/09/201705/09/2017 by John Rhodes

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lucerne Festival [2] – Vasks, Elgar, Rachmaninov: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor), Gautier Capuçon (cello) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum  Lucerne (KKL), 3.9.2017. (JR)

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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (c) Frans Jansen

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Chailly Brings La Scala Philharmonic to Make Impressive Debut at Lucerne Festival

05/09/201726/08/2017 by John Rhodes

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lucerne Festival [1] – Brahms, Respighi: La Scala Philharmonic / Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL), 24.8.2017. (JR)

Leonidas Kavakos Photo: Marco Borggreve
Leonidas Kavakos (c) Marco Borggreve

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Lohengrin with American protagonists in Bavarian Gasthaus

11/07/201707/07/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich. 4.3.2017. (JR)

Lohengrin photo (Copyright Monika Rittershaus)

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Hrůša and Faust Make Fine Impression at the Tonhalle

29/06/201726/06/2017 by Jonathan Spencer Jones

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bartók, Schumann, Janáček: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jakob Hrůša (conductor), Isabelle Faust (violin) Tonhalle, Zurich, 23.6.2017. (JR)

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Zurich Opera’s First Exploration into Operetta Does Not Quite Hit the Mark

26/06/201721/06/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lehár, The Land of Smiles: Soloists, Chorus of the Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Fabio Luisi (conductor), Zurich Opera, Zurich 19.6.2017. (JR)

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Lehár’s The Land of Smiles (c) T+T Fotografie Toni Suter

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Hailstorm Drenches Listeners and Affects Shaham’s Intonation

21/11/201806/06/2017 by John Rhodes

SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dvořák, Prokofiev: Gil Shaham (violin), Chiara Enderle (cello), Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich / Lionel Bringuier (conductor),  Tonhalle, Zurich 2.6.2017. (JR)

Gil Shaham (c) C Micros Kulturprozent Classics
Gil Shaham (c) C Micros Kulturprozent Classics

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