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Jugendliche Leidenschaft: Julia Fischer und Oliver Schnyder in Zürich

By Rolf Kyburz, 22 April 2015
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“ein beglückendes, unbeschwertes Hörerlebnis”
Reviewed at Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zurich on 21 April 2015
Programme
Haydn, Violin Concerto no. 4 in G major, Hob VIIa:4
Mendelssohn, Double Concerto for violin, piano and strings in D minor
Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op.4
Performers
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Julia Fischer, Violin
Oliver Schnyder, Piano
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Rolf Kyburz
Rolf Kyburz
Rolf ist ein besessener Liebhaber und Sammler von klassischer Musik zwischen Renaissance und dem 21. Jahrhundert. Seine musikalische Erfahrung (Violine, Sologesang, Mitgliedschaft in Chören und kleineren Chorensembles) fließt jetzt unter anderem in seinen Blog auf www.rolf-musicblog.net; seit 2014 bespricht er für Bachtrack Konzerte. Vorheriges Leben: Chemiestudium, 30 Jahre Spezialist für wissenschaftliche Instrumente, Computer, Software, Programmieren.