Paavo Järvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
“Beethoven’s symphonies are like operas,” says conductor Paavo Järvi. “You encounter such very different characters in every movement.”
What does an orchestra need to bring those characters to life? “The same qualities that count in everyday life,” says Järvi. “The ability to listen, flexibility, a sense of common purpose, empathy and knowing when to say something and when to hold back.”
“Music,” he adds, “is an interconnected system, but within that system, there’s freedom. That’s what makes a performance incomparable: that ability to be flexible at a certain moment.”
Enjoy the rousing finale of Beethoven’s shortest symphony, the Symphony No. 8 in F Major, opus 93. Optimistic and playful, it’s marked “Allegro vivace” (fast and vivacious).
Deutsche Welle and Unitel Classica present Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi, conductor of the year 2019, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, recorded at the Beethovenfest in Bonn.
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