Switzerland Janáček, Martinů, Beethoven: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Tomas Netopil (conductor), Tonhalle Zurich 22.10.15 (JR)
John Rhodes
Bartoli Brings Norma from Salzburg to Zurich
Switzerland Bellini: Norma: Soloists, Chorus of Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana Lugano, Orchestra La Scintilla, conductor: Giovanni Antonini, Zurich Opera, Zurich 18.10.2015. (JR)
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)