Lakeside in Lugano

By Sarah Batschelet, 31 March 2017

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“both players took their bow-work to full throttle, showing remarkable agility”

Reviewed at LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura: Sala Teatro, Lugano on 29 March 2017

Kodály, Duo for violin and cello, Op.7

Schubert, Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione", D.821

Bach, Violin Partita

Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello

Julia Fischer, Violin, Piano

Daniel Müller-Schott, Cello

Julia Fischer's Beethoven shines at Gstaad Menuhin Festival

Laurence Vittes, 16th July

Intimate and powerful, Fischer's performance with Camerata Salzburg feels like a match made in heaven.

****1

Jurowski tireless in ebullient Elgar and rare Enescu with the LPO

Mark Pullinger, 13th April

Julia Fischer ends her London Philharmonic Orchestra spring residency with Elgar's Violin Concerto and a chamber encore which sees Jurowski turn to the piano.

****1

String Theory: Mozart and Tchaikovsky with Julia Fischer and the LPO

Dominic Lowe, 12th February

Julia Fischer's final concert in her series with LPO exploring Mozart's violin concertos tackled Nos 1 & 2, thoughtfully balanced with Tchaikovsky's gleaming Serenade for Strings.

****1

Divine Mozart and devilish Strauss from Søndergård and Fischer

Alexander Hall, 2nd February

Can two concertos in one concert be too much of a good thing? Not when Julia Fischer plays Mozart. Thomas Søndergård and the LPO use Richard Strauss as a perfect foil.

****1

Rousing virtuosity from Fischer and Avdeeva at the Tonhalle

Sarah Batschelet, 14th November

Two superbly accomplished musicians light up the stage in Zurich with repertoire that spans the centuries.

****1

Staring into the abyss: a devastating Pathétique from the LPO

Mark Pullinger, 27th September

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Tchaikovsky, Britten and Scriabin viewed through Oliver Knussen's palette to open the London Philharmonic's 2019-20 season.

*****

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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.

Lakeside in Lugano: Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott