Das Concertgebouw Orchester unter Paavo Järvi mit Lisa Batiashvili in hinreißender Musizierlaune in Wien
Opera Online
Helmut Christian Mayer
23.02.23
Lisa Batiashvili showed great intonation security, purest clarity in the beautifully set tone, an impressive technique especially in the intricate cadenzas (by Alfred Schnittke) in Ludwig van Beethoven's only violin concerto in D major, op. 61 at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Her expression was deep and heartfelt, especially in the Larghetto. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from Amsterdam under Paavo Järvi proved to be a sensitive and careful accompanist. In doing so, he oriented himself towards the work's epic character, which organically integrates all dynamic surges into the overall progression.
Accompanied by the orchestra, Batiashvili thanked the cheering applause with the "Air" by Johann Sebastian Bach, which she dedicated to the earthquake victims from Turkey and Syria.
Then the musicians were able to show their high quality to the full in Sergei Prokofiev's large-scale and sonically most powerful symphony, his "Fifth", in B flat major, op. 100, written in 1944, the year of the war: The powerful, relief-like melodicism, the idiosyncratic harmony, the Russian, melodious primordiality were thrillingly presented with frequent changes of colour, rhythmic precision and outstanding virtuosity. Especially the cutting Allegro marcato but also the final movement fascinated with enormous exactness and the constant, thrilling interplay between the individual instruments.
The musicians of the Netherlands Orchestra proved to be a well-balanced and playful ensemble with a large proportion of women.
To the huge cheers of a thoroughly enthusiastic audience, Jean Sibelius' "Valse triste" was performed as an encore.
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