Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle show their class at the Elbphilharmonie

Paavo Järvi conducts the Tonhalle-Orchester

Fazıl Say

By Alexander Hall, 13 November 2022

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“Järvi delivered a glowing, luminous account, imbued with youthful spirit”

Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 12 November 2022

Pärt, Fratres

Mozart, Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488

Bruckner, Symphony no. 3 in D minor, WAB 103

Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich

Fazıl Say, Piano

Paavo Järvi, Conductor

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Bracing Beethoven at Dvořák’s Prague

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Now in its 23rd year, the festival offers a broader perspective on its namesake's influences and music as this program by the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi demonstrates.

****1

Bright and breezy Dvořák as the Tonhalle returns to the Proms

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Fledgling Schubert and domesticated Strauss brighten up the Tonhalle

Sarah Batschelet, 8th February

Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra give a stunning performance of works by Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss under guest conductor Franz Welser-Möst.

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Berlioz and Brahms brighten up the Tonhalle

Sarah Batschelet, 27th January

The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich plays Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet, while Antoine Tamestit joins the orchestra as wandering soloist in Berlioz' Harold in Italy.

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Paavo Järvi's mighty Bruckner 8 at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 11th November

Bruckner's Eighth Symphony should never leave you cold. It is almost impossible for any interpreter to satisfy all expectations in such a multi-faceted work, but Paavo Järvi came pretty close.

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester show their class at the Elbphilharmonie