Tonhalle, Zurich

Tonhalle
Great Hall of the Tonhalle
Map
General information
LocationZurich, Switzerland
Coordinates47°21′58″N 8°32′16″E / 47.36611°N 8.53778°E / 47.36611; 8.53778
Construction started1893 (1893)
Completed1895 (1895)
Renovated2017 (2017)-2021 (2021)[1][2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Renovating team
Architect(s)
  • ARGE Boesch Diener
  • Elisabeth & Martin Boesch Architekten, Zürich
  • Diener & Diener Architekten, Basel
Website
www.kongresshaus.ch
Exterior

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

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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 Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 [de] 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

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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.[20]

References

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  1. ^ Wildhagen, Christian (17 September 2021). "Wiedereröffnung der Tonhalle Zürich: Was mir dieser Raum erzählt". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2021. 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. ^ "Instandsetzung Kongresshaus und Tonhalle - Stadt Zürich". www.stadt-zuerich.ch (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Tonhalle Orchester Zürich". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  4. ^ Eckert, Amy; Baker, Mark; McNamee, Dardis (25 May 2011). Frommer's Europe by Rail. John Wiley & Sons. p. 603. ISBN 978-1-118-03350-0. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Culture in Zürich". Zuerich.com. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  6. ^ Teller, Matthew; Ratcliffe, Lucy; Reynolds, Kev (June 2003). Rough guide to Switzerland. Rough Guides. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-84353-064-0. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Sternstunde Musik - Eröffnungskonzert Tonhalle Zürich - Play SRF" (in German). SRF. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 24 October 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. ^ "Ausgewählte Ingenieurbauwerke in der Stadt Zürich / Technischer Bericht" (PDF) (in German). n.ethz.ch. 2008. p. 12ff. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  9. ^ Leo Leroy Beranek (2004). Concert halls and opera houses: music, acoustics, and architecture. Springer. p. 476. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  10. ^ "Tonhalle (Zurich, Switzerland)". haydnphil.org. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  11. ^ Schacher, Thomas (26 September 2021). "Tonhalle Zürich: Die neue Orgel und ihr klanglicher Reichtum". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2021. 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. ^ a b "Zürichsee - Neue Orgel der Tonhalle Zürich fast vollständig – so wurden die Pfeifen per Schiff geliefert". Limmattaler Zeitung (in German). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  13. ^ "1988 Kleuker-Steinmeyer organ at the Tonhalle in Zürich, Switzerland". pipedreams.publicradio.org. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Jean Guillou". Schott. 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  15. ^ "Renovation confirmed for Zürich Tonhalle". gigmag.co.uk. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  16. ^ Huber, Martin (4 October 2019). "Die «Wiedergeburt» der alten Tonhalle" (in German). Tages-Anzeiger. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Tagesschau - In der Zürcher Tonhalle erklingt die neue Orgel - Play SRF" (in German). SRF. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  18. ^ Schacher, Thomas (19 May 2020). "4798 Pfeifen und 25 000 Arbeitsstunden für die neue Königin der Tonhalle | NZZ" (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 24 October 2021. Erstmals erlaubt die Orgelbaufirma Kuhn in Männedorf einen Blick auf das majestätische Instrument, das künftig den renovierten Konzertsaal der Tonhalle Zürich schmücken wird.
  19. ^ Schwemer-Scheddin, Yvonne (Winter 1995). "Reputations: Josef Müller-Brockmann". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  20. ^ a b Poulin, Richard (2018-10-02). The Language of Graphic Design Revised and Updated: An illustrated handbook for understanding fundamental design principles. Rockport Publishers. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-1-63159-617-9.
  21. ^ Clifford, John (2014). Graphic Icons: Visionaries who Shaped Modern Graphic Design. Pearson Education. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-321-88720-7.
  22. ^ Purcell, Kerry William (2006). Josef Müller-Brockmann. Phaidon. ISBN 9780714843490.
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