Probst, Sautereau, Zhao, Schnyder, Hope / ZKO — Zurich, 2024-03-19

Concert review, ★★★★, Orpheum Foundation — Young Soloists on Stage: Tassilo Probst, Jean Sautereau, Yilan Zhao, Oliver Schnyder, Daniel Hope / ZKO @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2024-03-19 — Mozart: String Quartet (Divertimento) in D major, K.136 (125a), “Salzburg Symphony No.1”; Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043; Bruch: Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra in E minor, op.88; Mozart: Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E♭ major, K.365
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Schumann Chamber Music Summit with Isabelle Faust — Zurich, 2023-11-03

Concert review, ★★★★★, Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-11-03 — Works by Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, op.41/1; Piano Quartet in E♭ major, op.47; Piano Quintet in E♭ major, op.44; Johannes Brahms: II. Andante, un poco adagio from the Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34 (encore)
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Alexandra Dovgan, Leia Zhu, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Zurich, 2023-04-01

Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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Alina Nikitina, Johannes Zeinler, Kalena Bovell — Tonhalle Zurich, 2022-10-20

Concert review, ★★★★, Alina Nikitina, Johannes Zeinler, Kalena Bovell, Musikkollegium Winterthur @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-10-20 (Orpheum Foundation) — Samy Moussa (*1984): “A Globe Itself Infolding” for Organ and Orchestra (2014); Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor, FP93;
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor, op.78, “Organ Symphony”
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Helgath, ZSA, Freiburger Barockorchester — Zurich, 2022-09-10

Concert review, ★★★★½, Florian Helgath, Zürcher Sing-Akademie / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-09-10 — Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626 (completed by Michael Ostrzyga); Ligeti: Lux aeterna (1966); Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried (1776 – 1841): Libera me; Mozart: Motet “Ave verum corpus”, K.618
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Renaudin Vary, Kanneh-Mason, Reinhardt — Tonhalle Zurich, 2022-03-02

Concert review, ★★★★, Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Ruth Reinhardt, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-03-02 (Orpheum Foundation) — Clara Wieck (Schumann-Wieck): Piano Concerto in A minor, op.7; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E♭ major (E major), WoO 1, S.49; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Incidental Music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op.61, MWV M13 (excerpts)
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