Switzerland Bruckner: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 2.6.2022. (JR)
Herbert Blomstedt conducts a powerful Bruckner’s Fifth with the Tonhalle Zurich
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A Very British Evening with Mark Padmore and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Switzerland Vaughan Williams, Britten, Tippett: Mark Padmore (tenor), Thomas Müller (horn), Ryszard Groblewski (viola), Zürcher Kammerorchester / Duncan Ward (conductor). Tonhalle Zurich, 31.5.2022. (JR)
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Switzerland’s visiting orchestras in 2022-23
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Season preview 2022-23 The Tonhalle Orchestra has announced details of its concerts next season. Artists ‘in focus’ will be Emmanuel Pahud and Fazil Say, Creative Chair will be Toshio Hosokawa. Paavo Järvi will continue recording his Bruckner cycle, this season it will the grand Symphony No.8. The Mendelssohn cycle is virtually complete, … Read more
Thielemann and Staatskapelle Dresden was a masterclass which had me struggling for superlatives
Switzerland Bruckner: Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Tonhalle Zürich, 24.5.2022. (JR)
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla shows a distinct affinity with Bruckner in Lucerne with the CBSO
Switzerland Tchaikovsky, Bruckner: Gabriela Montero (piano), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (conductor). Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL), Lucerne, 22.5.2022. (JR)
Kian Soltani outstanding in Dvořák and Jakub Hrůša a bundle of energy at Zurich’s Tonhalle
Switzerland Dvořák, Smirnov, Lutosławski: Kian Soltani (cello), Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich / Jakub Hrůša (conductor). Tonhalle, Zurich, 19.5.2022. (JR)
Bruckner’s Sixth eclipsed by Jansen’s phenomenal Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto performance in Zurich
Switzerland Tchaikovsky, Bruckner: Janine Jansen (violin), Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera House, 15.5.2022. (JR)
Underwhelming Homoki production of Das Rheingold begins a new Zurich Ring cycle
Switzerland Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Chorus of Zurich Opera, Philharmonia Zurich / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Zurich Opera, Zurich. 3.5.2022. (JR)
