The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Akiko Suwanai / Paavo Järvi

Haydn: Symphony in G major / Dvořák: Violin Concerto / Mozart: »Jupiter« Symphony

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Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi © Kaupo Kikkas
Akiko Suwanei
Akiko Suwanei © Takaki Kumada
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Pre-concert talk 19:00

  • Start 20:00

  • Interval

  • End ca. 22:00

Versatility as a trump card

Very different worlds encounter each other in this concert. What luck that the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen is just as well known for its energetic music-making as for its versatility! Together with principal conductor Paavo Järvi, the musicians dive into the humorous and high-energy music of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and between them let violinist Akiko Suwanei shine with the unconventional and dramatic violin concerto by Antonín Dvorák.

Probably no other violin concerto has a similarly rousing entry in which orchestra and solo violin immediately begin an impassioned dialogue. The rest of the work is also fascinating with a combination of innovative ideas and catchy Slavic melodies.

Compared with this heated world of expression, the music of Haydn acts like a witty conversation among good friends and so forms the elegant start of an evening rich in contrast. The concert ends with the final symphony by Haydn’s friend and artistic rival Mozart. The two of them provided a life-long musical rivalry and motivated each other to top compositional performances. You can hear the results: Mozart’s »Jupiter« Symphony is just brimming with joie de vivre as a result and was even hailed as the »greatest triumph in instrumental composition« in London. What a finale!

Performers

Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Akiko Suwanai violin

conductor Paavo Järvi

Programme

Joseph Haydn
Symphony in G major, Hob. I:94 »Surprise«

Antonín Dvořák
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53


Encore:

Johann Sebastian Bach
Largo / aus: Sonate Nr. 3 C-Dur BWV 1005 für Violine solo

– Interval –

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in C major, KV 551 »Jupiter«


Encore:

Jean Sibelius
Valse triste / from the incidental music »Kuolema«, Op. 44

Pre-Concert Talk

with Klaus Wiegmann (in German)

19:00 / Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal

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During your visit

Elbphilharmonie Plaza

A public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie

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Food and Drink

Before the concert and in the interval

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Coughing, clapping, chatting

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