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Iván Fischer works his Mendelssohn magic in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet, 31 March 2023

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra excels in a concert of works by youthful composers, with Rafał Blechacz playing Chopin.

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Lucerne

02 Apr 2023

Iván Fischer works his Mendelssohn magic in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet

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Hrůša steps in and strikes gold with an all-Mahler concert in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 August 2022

The Czech conductor makes the short hop from Salzburg to replace Riccardo Chailly in an all-Mahler programme at the Lucerne Festival.

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Lucerne

19 Aug 2022

Hrůša steps in and strikes gold with an all-Mahler concert in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet

Lucerne

Lucerne Festival Orchestra launches its season with Riccardo Chailly on the podium

By Sarah Batschelet, 13 August 2021

After months of alerts, isolation and uncertainty, it was good to have the Lucerne Festival back, with effervescent performances of Mozart and Schubert.

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Lucerne

14 Aug 2021

Lucerne Festival Orchestra launches its season with Riccardo Chailly

By Sarah Batschelet

Lucerne

Nézet-Séguin and Kavakos: the stars come out in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet, 22 August 2019

Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s recent debut with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra was a dazzling Beethoven-Shostakovich programme that epitomised the “power of music”.

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Lucerne

24 Aug 2019

Nézet-Séguin and Kavakos: the stars come out in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet

Lucerne

A rich and powerful spectrum: Chailly conducts Rachmaninov in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet, 16 August 2019

In an all-Rachmaninov evening, Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra open the 2019 festival with a brilliant exploration of the relation of music to power.

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Lucerne

18 Aug 2019

A rich and powerful spectrum: Chailly conducts Rachmaninov in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet

Milan

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra debuts at La Scala

By James Imam, 14 October 2018

Fail to inject the composer's cathedral-sized symphonic structures with a sense of rapt wonder and they can sound dull.

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Milan

17 Oct 2018

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra debuts at La Scala

By James Imam

Lucerne

Marvel and fantasy as the Lucerne Festival begins

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 August 2018

Works by Stravinsky and Mozart launched this year’s Lucerne Festival, whose theme is “Childhood”.

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Lucerne

19 Aug 2018

Marvel and fantasy as the Lucerne Festival begins

By Sarah Batschelet

Lucerne

Beyond usual points of reference: an all-Strauss evening in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet, 12 August 2017

Conductor Riccardo Chailly launched this year's Lucerne Festival with a riveting programme of three late 19th century works by the great orchestral explorer, Richard Strauss.

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Lucerne

14 Aug 2017

An all-Strauss evening in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet

Lucerne

Bruckner Supreme: Haitink and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra

By Sarah Batschelet, 20 August 2016

Many think that Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony points to a kind of cosmic grandeur, and little else can match the power and excellence of its finest performance. The Lucerne concert proved them right.

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Lucerne

22 Aug 2016

Bruckner Supreme: Haitink in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet

Lucerne

Matthias Goerne shines: Mahler’s “Primal Light” at Lucerne Festival

By Sarah Batschelet, 19 August 2015

German baritone Matthias Goerne recently gave a stunning performance of Gustav Mahelr's Des Knaben Wunderhorn songs in Lucerne.

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Lucerne

21 Aug 2015

Mahler’s “Primal Light” in Lucerne

By Sarah Batschelet