PAAVO JÄRVI / DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN

Crescendo.be,

 Thimothée Grandjean,

 6 May 2023

PAAVO JÄRVI / DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN

HAYDN LONDON SYMPHONIES Nos. 93 & 104

REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS MAY 2023

“Haydns Sinfonie Nr. 93 eröffnete den Abend, die 104. schloss ihn ab: völlige

Formvollendung, der aber nichts Hohles anhaftete. Auch hier griffen Järvi und das

Orchester die Musik so subtil an, dass auch dadurch die scharf umrissene Form nicht

zementiert, sondern lediglich genau gezeichnet wirkte.”

“Haydn's Symphony No. 93 opened the evening, the 104th closed it: complete perfection of

form, but with nothing hollow about it ... Järvi and the orchestra approached the music in such a

subtle way that the sharply defined form was not forced, but merely precisely drawn. “

Frankfurter Rundschau, Judith von Sternburg, 10 May 2023

"Paavo Järvi führte die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen mit großer Freude und

Passion. Fabelhaft betonte er die tänzerischen Elemente. Immer wieder blitzte der

Schalk aus seinen Augen ... Das Orchester und Paavo Järvi verstanden es meisterhaft,

die vielen Kontraste der Musik bestens herauszuarbeiten und eine fesselnde Spannung

aufzubauen. Die langsamen Passagen wurden mit Empfindung und Intensität

vorgetragen, während die schnellen und virtuosen Passagen mit spielerischer

Leichtigkeit und höchster Präzision ausgeführt wurden.”

“Paavo Järvi led the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with great joy and passion. He

fabulously emphasised the dance elements. Time and again, mischievousness flashed from his

eyes ... The orchestra and Paavo Järvi masterfully understood how to work out the many contrasts

in the music and build up a captivating tension. The slow passages were performed with

sensitivity and intensity, while the fast and virtuosic passages were executed with playful ease and

the greatest precision.

Online merker, Dirk Schauss, 9 May 2023

“In Haydns sinfonichem Schaffen lauern zwei Gefahren: dass man sie nicht ernst genug

nimmt. Oder zu ernst. Järvi und die Kammerphilharmonie sind davon nie gefährdet. Das

hat Elan und Elastizität, trifft im Andante den romantischen Ton, meidet im Menuetto

das Groteske nicht und vereint im Finale Volkstümlichkeit und de- zentes Pathos.

Famos.”

"There are two dangers lurking in Haydn's symphonic work: not taking it seriously enough. Or

too seriously. Järvi and the Kammerphilharmonie are never threatened by this. It has verve and

elasticity, strikes a romantic note in the Andante (Symphony No. 104) does not avoid the

grotesque in the Menuetto, and unites folksiness and central pathos in the finale. Splendid. “

Rainer Wagner, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 May 2023

“Trabajo detallado pero atmósfera de comunicación fácil, fluida, de una relación que

más de una orquesta y más de un director envidiarían ... Pero es difícil no sentirse

envuelto en la marea de vitalidad, de alegría del espíritu que estos músicos de la DKP

transmiten. Se les ve y se les oye disfrutar, y a Järvi, siempre con la sonrisa a punto, con

ellos.”

“La idea de Järvi no limó arista alguna, de hecho resaltó en esa búsqueda de la

sorpresa, el contraste, la riqueza de acentos, sacando el mejor partido a los silencios, la

vivacidad de impulso en el dibujo rítmico y, en fin, esa atmósfera general de contagiosa

vitalidad que se deriva de todo ello.”

“Detailed work but an atmosphere of easy, fluid communication, in a relationship that more

than one orchestra and conductor would envy ... it is difficult not to feel enveloped in the tide

of vitality, of joy of the spirit that these musicians of the DKAM transmit. You see and hear them

enjoying themselves, and Järvi, always with a smile on his face, with them.”

"Järvi's interpretation did not iron out any edges, in fact he emphasized the search for surprise,

the contrast, the richness of accents, making the most of the silences, the vivacity of impulse in

the rhythmic drawing and, finally, that general atmosphere of contagious vitality that derives

from it all.”

Scherzo, Rafael Ortega Basagoiti, 9 May 2023

“ ... these were exultant, richly grained readings, throatily and reedy voiced. Tight

articulation, precision dots and slurs, buoyant rhythms, grandly rooted tuttis, breathed

solos, civilised conversazione, making the most of accents and hairpin dynamics, alert

to the smallest detail and agogic.”

“Järvi’s manner and gallantry lit the music at multiple levels ... coaxing every shade

and innuendo from his players, he got the Minuets to dance with an elan and wit

inducing smiles. Significant was his mastery of pauses, both the sounding and silent

kind. Here emotive, there teasing. Taking them to the edge without breaking flow or

tension calls for special refinement not to say elevated skill. “

“(Symphony No.) 104 was the high-spot of the evening. Regal, far-seeking, of the most

perfect grammar. Gloriously turned, resonantly mature. Haydn’s Balkan drones – tonics

and dominants earthing the moment – in full cry, downbeats veering between grace and

vernacular vamping.”

classicalsource.com, Ateş Orga, 7 May 2023

"Il y a une cohésion flagrante entre tous les musiciens, particulièrement chez les cordes

où chacun des cinq pupitres a un son parfaitement homogène ... Une joyeuse énergie

régit l’interprétation musicalement ... Autant dire que l’on ne s’ennuie pas et que

cette interprétation (Symphonie no. 104) malicieuse nous captive du début à la fin.”

“Paavo Järvi et la Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie ont fait montre de musicalité en

construisant intelligemment chaque pièce. Les musiciens sont totalement engagés

dans leur prestation. L’harmonie se démarque par sa justesse et les interventions

solistes tandis que les cordes jouent avec une intensité rarement vue. Et le timbalier,

par ses interventions, colore subtilement le discours musical.”

“There is an obvious cohesion between all the musicians, especially in the strings where each of

the five desks has a perfectly homogeneous sound ... A joyful energy governs the musically

well-crafted performance ... this mischievous interpretation captivates us from beginning to

end.”

“Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie showed musicality by building intelligently

each piece. The musicians are totally committed to their performance. The harmony stands out

by its accuracy and the solo interventions while the strings play with a rarely seen intensity. And

the timpanist, through his interventions, subtly colors the musical discourse.”