Tonhalle, Zürich Explained

Tonhalle
Location:Zurich, Switzerland
Coordinates:47.3661°N 8.5378°W
Architect:
Renovation Date:-[1] [2]
Ren Architect:
  • Elisabeth & Martin Boesch Architekten, Zürich
  • Diener & Diener Architekten, Basel

The Tonhalle is a concert hall in Zurich, home to the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, one of Switzerland's leading orchestras.[3] The 1455-seat hall, located at Claridenstrasse 7 in Zurich, was inaugurated in 1895 by Johannes Brahms.[4] [5] The hall is considered to be "acoustically superb".[6] Since 1939, it is part of the building complex Kongresshaus Zürich.

Building

The Tonhalle was built between 1893 and 1895, and designed by the Viennese architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer,[7] who had built the Zurich Opera House and many theaters and concert halls in Europe. The architects had become especially experienced in acoustics, and also achieved excellent acoustics in the Tonhalle.[8] In his comparison of concert halls and opera houses, Leo Leroy Beranek found the Grosser Saal (Great Hall) "an excellent hall", agreeing with three out of four conductors whom he had interviewed, adding "Music critics have generally given high praise to the acoustics".[9] Johannes Brahms conducted his Triumphlied, Op. 55 for the opening on 19 October 1895.[10]

In 1939, the building was changed to a Kongresszentrum for the by the architectural firm Haefeli Moser Steiger. The two concert halls remained mostly unchanged, protected as a historic monument since 1981.

In 1988,[11] to replace the original organ built in 1872 by the Swiss manufacturer Johann Nepomuk Kuhn,[12] the Tonhalle was equipped with a pipe organ built by the German firm Kleuker-Steinmeyer.[13] The organist and organ consultant Jean Guillou was instrumental in its design.[14]

Plans to replace the Kongresshaus with a new convention center were submitted in 2006 but rejected in 2008. Renovations were planned for the 2013/14 season.[15]

Major renovation works on the hall began in 2017,[16] which included the removal of the old organ and installation of a new one[17] built by the firm Kuhn.[18] The old organ was donated to the Koper Cathedral in Slovenia.[12]

History

In 1950, Josef Müller-Brockmann produced his first of many concert posters for the Tonhalle concert hall in Zurich, which became known as the Tonhalle Series or "Musica Viva".[19] [20] The Tonhalle Series grew increasingly abstract and focused on the feelings of the music.[21] [22] Müller-Brockman used a visual form to translate the mathematical system that is found in music, playing with visual scale, rhythm, and repetition, while trying to stay true to each musicians composition who was featured on the poster.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Wildhagen . Christian . Wiedereröffnung der Tonhalle Zürich: Was mir dieser Raum erzählt . 24 October 2021 . . 17 September 2021 . de . Nach vier Jahren kehrt das Tonhalle-Orchester unter Paavo Järvi mit Mahlers 3. Sinfonie an seinen Stammsitz zurück. Der renovierte Konzertsaal ist optisch wie akustisch ein Hochgenuss..
  2. Web site: Instandsetzung Kongresshaus und Tonhalle - Stadt Zürich . www.stadt-zuerich.ch . 24 October 2021 . de.
  3. Web site: Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. Allmusic.com. 4 December 2011.
  4. Book: Eckert. Amy. Baker. Mark. McNamee. Dardis. Frommer's Europe by Rail. 4 December 2011. 25 May 2011. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-03350-0. 603.
  5. Web site: Culture in Zürich . Zuerich.com. 4 December 2011.
  6. Book: Teller. Matthew. Ratcliffe. Lucy. Reynolds. Kev. Rough guide to Switzerland. registration. 4 December 2011. June 2003. Rough Guides. 978-1-84353-064-0. 198.
  7. Web site: Sternstunde Musik - Eröffnungskonzert Tonhalle Zürich - Play SRF . . 24 October 2021 . de . 15 September 2021 . Die renovierte Tonhalle am See feiert ihre Wiederöffnung mit der 3. Sinfonie in d-Moll von Gustav Mahler. Einem Werk, das in der gleichen Zeit entstand wie der Tonhallesaal der Architekten Fellner & Hellmer..
  8. Web site: Ausgewählte Ingenieurbauwerke in der Stadt Zürich / Technischer Bericht . n.ethz.ch . 2008 . 12ff . de . 5 December 2011.
  9. Book: Concert halls and opera houses: music, acoustics, and architecture . Leo Leroy Beranek . Leo Leroy Beranek . . 2004 . 476 . 7 December 2011.
  10. Web site: Tonhalle (Zurich, Switzerland) . https://web.archive.org/web/20010222190439/http://haydnphil.org/en/newsletter/hallwrld.htm#Tonehalle . dead . 22 February 2001 . haydnphil.org . 2008 . 7 December 2011 .
  11. News: Schacher . Thomas . Tonhalle Zürich: Die neue Orgel und ihr klanglicher Reichtum . 24 October 2021 . . 26 September 2021 . de . Mit einem Orchesterkonzert und einer Orgelnacht ist die neue Tonhalle-Orgel eingeweiht worden. Sie hat dabei ihre klanglichen Möglichkeiten gezeigt. Trotzdem wird sie in nächster Zeit nur selten zu hören sein..
  12. Web site: Zürichsee - Neue Orgel der Tonhalle Zürich fast vollständig – so wurden die Pfeifen per Schiff geliefert . Limmattaler Zeitung . 24 October 2021 . de . 19 August 2020.
  13. Web site: 1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer organ at the Tonhalle in Zürich, Switzerland . pipedreams.publicradio.org . 7 December 2011.
  14. Web site: Jean Guillou . . 2011 . 7 December 2011.
  15. Web site: Renovation confirmed for Zürich Tonhalle . gigmag.co.uk . 27 September 2010 . 7 December 2011.
  16. Web site: Huber . Martin . Die «Wiedergeburt» der alten Tonhalle . . 24 October 2021 . de . 4 October 2019.
  17. Web site: Tagesschau - In der Zürcher Tonhalle erklingt die neue Orgel - Play SRF . . 24 October 2021 . de . 24 September 2021.
  18. Web site: Schacher . Thomas . 4798 Pfeifen und 25 000 Arbeitsstunden für die neue Königin der Tonhalle NZZ . . 24 October 2021 . de . 19 May 2020 . Erstmals erlaubt die Orgelbaufirma Kuhn in Männedorf einen Blick auf das majestätische Instrument, das künftig den renovierten Konzertsaal der Tonhalle Zürich schmücken wird..
  19. Web site: Schwemer-Scheddin. Yvonne. Winter 1995. Reputations: Josef Müller-Brockmann. 2021-01-01. Eye Magazine.
  20. Book: Poulin, Richard. The Language of Graphic Design Revised and Updated: An illustrated handbook for understanding fundamental design principles. 2018-10-02. Rockport Publishers. 978-1-63159-617-9. 30-31. en.
  21. Book: Clifford, John. Graphic Icons: Visionaries who Shaped Modern Graphic Design. 2014. Pearson Education. 978-0-321-88720-7. 115. en.
  22. Book: Purcell, Kerry William. Josef Müller-Brockmann. Phaidon. 2006. 9780714843490.

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