Gabriela Montero, Daniel Bard, Kammerorchester Basel — Zurich, 2019-11-12

Concert review, ★★★★, Gabriela Montero, Daniel Bard, Kammerorchester Basel @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2019-11-12 — Mozart: Overture to “Lucio Silla”, K.135; Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466; Montero: Improvisation Session; Fauré: Suite “Masques et bergamasques”, op.122; Milhaud: “Le boeuf sur le toit”, op.58
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Merel Quartet — Zurich, 2019-09-22

Concert review, ★★★★, Merel Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2019-09-22 — Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.1 in E♭ major, op.12; Beethoven: String Quartet No.9 in C major, op.59/3, “Razumovsky III”
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Camerata Vocale Freiburg — Basel, 2018-03-29

Concert review, Winfried Toll, Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Kammerorchester Basel, Christoph Prégardien, Regula Mühlemann, Oscar Verhaar, Michael Feyfar, Peter Schöne @ Martinskirche Basel, 2018-03-29 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): St.John Passion, BWV 245

Giovanni Antonini / Schubert — Zurich, 2017-11-03

Concert review: Giovanni Antonini / Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Florian Helgath), Sibylla Rubens, Olivia Vermeulen, Martin Mitterrutzner, Tobias Berndt @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-11-03 — Schubert: Symphony No.4 in C minor, D.417, “Tragic”; Mass No.5 in A♭ major, D.678, “Missa solemnis”

Frang, Pinnock, Kammerorchester Basel — Zürich, 2017-10-30

Concert review: Vilde Frang, Trevor Pinnock / Kammerorchester Basel @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-10-30 — Max Reger (1873 – 1916): Aria “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross” for string orchestra, after J.S. Bach’s choral prelude, BWV 622; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Violin Concerto in D major, op.61; Matthias Arter (*1964): Aquarell about J.S. Bach’s “Ricercar a 6”; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847): Symphony No.5 in D major/D minor, op.107, “Reformation”

Regula Mühlemann, Joshua Bell — Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-10-22

Concert review, Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-10-22: Regula Mühlemann, Joshua Bell and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra — Mozart: “Exsultate, Jubilate”, K.165; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64; Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92