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Überwältigende Klangmassen und lyrische Zartheit bei der Eröffnung des Lucerne Festival

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“das Konzert wurde auf bewegende Art ein Dokument der Erinnerung und des Neuanfangs zugleich”
Reviewed at Culture and Congress Centre: Concert Hall, Lucerne on 13 August 2016
Mahler, Symphony no. 8 in E flat major "Symphony of a Thousand"
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Bavarian Radio Choir
Latvian Radio Choir
Orfeón Donostiarra
Tölzer Boys Choir
Riccardo Chailly, Conductor
Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano
Juliane Banse, Soprano
Anna Lucia Richter, Soprano
Sara Mingardo, Mezzo-soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, Mezzo-soprano
Andreas Schager, Tenor
Peter Mattei, Baritone
Samuel Youn, Bass-baritone
Iván Fischer works his Mendelssohn magic in Lucerne
*****
Hrůša steps in and strikes gold with an all-Mahler concert in Lucerne
*****
Lucerne Festival Orchestra launches its season with Riccardo Chailly
*****
Nézet-Séguin and Kavakos: the stars come out in Lucerne
*****
A rich and powerful spectrum: Chailly conducts Rachmaninov in Lucerne
*****
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra debuts at La Scala
***11
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