Switzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists, Chorus of Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Orchestra La Scintilla, conductor: Giovanni Antonini, Zurich Opera, Zurich 18.10.2015. (JR)
Bartoli Brings Norma from Salzburg to Zurich
John Rhodes
A Fine Bruckner 8 – But Not As You Might Know It
Switzerland Bruckner: Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi (conductor) , Zurich Opera, Zurich. 27.9.15 (JR)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 (Original version, 1887)
In Zürich Macao Orchestra is a Revelation in Bruckner’s Sixth
Switzerland Yuan/Tieshan, Saint-Saëns, Bruckner: Macao Orchestra, Lü Jia (conductor), Lionel Cottet (cello) Tonhalle Zürich 18.9.15 (JR)
Auspicious Start in Zurich to Tonhalle’s New Season
Switzerland Widmann, Brahms, Scriabin: Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jörg Widmann (clarinet and Creative Chair) Tonhalle Orchester, Tonhalle, Zurich 17.9.15 (JR)
(c) Priska Ketterer
Lucerne Festival (7) – Swiss Mightily Impressed by Rattle’s Gerontius
Switzerland Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Proms Youth Choir, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern, Lucerne 13.9.2014 (JR)
Lucerne Festival (6): Thielemann and the Dresdners Made for Each Other
Switzerland Lucerne Festival, Beethoven, Bruckner: Dresdner Staatskapelle, Yefim Bronfman (piano), Christian Thielemann (conductor), Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL) 8.9.2015 (JR)
Orpheum Foundation Promotes Young Soloists; Neville Marriner Still Going Strong
Switzerland Prokofiev, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Aaron Pilsan (piano), Kian Soltani (cello), Sir Neville Marriner (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 6.9.15 (JR)
Lucerne Festival (5) Berliners and Rattle in Challenging Programme
Switzerland Lucerne Festival Britten, Shostakovich: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne (KKL) 1.9.2015 (JR)