Bachtrack logo
What's on
All eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesCompetitionsFestivals
Reviews
All reviewsConcert reviewsOpera reviewsDance reviews
Articles
All articlesFeaturesInterviewsOpinionPlaylists
News
Video
Video homeAll videoStreamed eventsConcertsOperaDanceKids eventsMasterclassesPublishers
Site
About usContact usLink to usConditions of useCookiesPrivacy
Young artists
Travel
EventsReviewsArticlesVideo

“Praise to the Holiest”: Elgar’s great Gerontius at the Zurich Tonhalle

By Sarah Batschelet, 29 November 2015
Loading, please wait...
See full listing
Reviewed at Tonhalle: Grosser Saal, Zurich on 28 November 2015
Programme
Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius, Oratorio for soloists chorus and orchestra, Op.38
Performers
Thomas Mohr, Tenor
Ileana Mateescu, Mezzo-soprano
Werner Van Mechelen, Baritone
Der Gemischte Chor Zürich
Basler Bach-Chor
Basel Sinfonietta
Joachim Krause, Conductor
More Concert reviews
Nature, science and mathematical algorithms with the Basel Sinfonietta
Linda Holt, 14th March
A quartet of contemporary works in Basel, with Rebecca Saunders' traces proving shocking, but cohesive.
****1
Elena Langer's Figaro Gets a Divorce shines in Geneva
Elodie Olson-Coons, 14th September
Elena Langer's gorgeous and tongue-in-cheek Figaro Gets a Divorce shines in Geneva, despite David Pountney's boxy libretto. 
****1
An elemental ancient ritual
Sarah Batschelet, 24th March
Based on the ancient tragedies by Aeschylus, Oresteia makes a great case for composer Iannis Xenakis’s concept of “total theatre”.
****1
Hip und nahe bei Crossover: Basel Sinfonietta & Kaleidoscope Quartet
Rolf Kyburz, 10th June
Das Saison-Abschlusskonzert der Basel Sinfonietta präsentiert in hipper Umgebung Uraufführungen und Schweizer Erstaufführungen für begleitetes Streichquartett.
****1
Turangalîla – Kitsch? Mitnichten!
Rolf Kyburz, 29th January
Das Orchester meisterte seine Aufgabe nicht nur mit bewundernswerter Disziplin, sondern war auch sichtlich mit Freude und Engagement bei der Sache.
***11
Weihnachtliches von Münsterkantorei und Basel Sinfonietta
Rolf Kyburz, 17th December
Annedore Neufeld ist eine hervorragende Chordirigentin und leitete einen Abend mit schöner Ensembleleistung, der auf Weihnachten einstimmt.
***11
More reviews...
Read reviews of
Basel SinfoniettaDer Gemischte Chor ZürichIleana MateescuJoachim KrauseSir Edward ElgarThe Dream of Gerontius, Oratorio for soloists chorus and orchestra, Op.38Thomas MohrWerner Van Mechelen
Related articles
Loading image...
Outside the Academy? Classical composers with no ‘formal’ training
Loading image...
Making waves at the Hallé: Euan Shields
Loading image...
Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar
Loading image...
From Paris to Weimar with Anne Sofie von Otter
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.