Programme 2009 (PDF) - Beethovenfest Bonn

B e e t h o v e n f e s t B o n n 4. 9. – 3. 10. 2 0 0 9
Paavo Järvi
Climbing the Peak,
Part 1
I t was clear for Beethoven that
the symphony was his actual ele­
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ment. According to Järvi his first Beethoven
one is »an incredible study of symPhony CyCLe I
how symphonies developed from Die Deutsche Kammer­
Haydn to Mozart and ultimately philharmonie Bremen
to Beethoven«. He »turned a lot Paavo Järvi Conductor
upside down« and elevated the Ludwig van Beethoven:
genre to »a clearly new level«. Symphony No. 1 in C major op. 21
With the second symphony »eve­ Ludwig van Beethoven:
rything developed away from Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 36
Haydn and Mozart (...) in a new Ludwig van Beethoven:
direction that is more headstrong, Symphony No. 3 in E flat major
more committed and less tradi­ op. 55 (»Sinfonia eroica«)
tional«. In 1802 Beethoven want­ 7.30 Pm
ed to »go down a new path«; with orChestra PortraIt I
the Third as an expression of an »All ears for half«
autonomous person, Beethoven, ? 75 I 62 I 49 I 38 I 22
according to Järvi, »changed the (Single ticket prices)
history of the symphony and of ? 280 I 230 I 185 I 140 I 90
music in general«. The Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
will explore this development.
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Deutsche Welle Festival Concert.
In the LIght
Christian tetzlaff
Climbing the Peak,
Part 2
T
aking a break when climbing
a peak? According to Järvi, Beet­
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ho ven could have said about the Beethoven
fourth symphony: »Let us com­ symPhony CyCLe II
pose something where everyone Christian tetzlaff Violin
can recognize what is actually tanja tetzlaff Cello
expected of the symphony«. It is Lars Vogt Piano
»probably the most cheerful Die Deutsche Kammer­
one«. Siblings Tetzlaff and Lars philharmonie Bremen
Vogt will play with the Deutsche Paavo Järvi Conductor
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Ludwig van Beethoven: Sym­
performing Beethoven’s unique phony No. 4 in B flat major op. 60
»Triple Concerto« between the Ludwig van Beethoven:
symphonies. Järvi believes the Concerto for violin, cello and
fifth symphony is »another one piano in C major op. 56
of these groundbreaking sym­ (»Triple Concerto«)
phonies« in which »something Ludwig van Beethoven: Sym­
becomes completely different«, phony No. 5 in C minor op. 67
meaning the use of the pithy cen­ 7.30 Pm
tral theme. It traces »a kind of orChestra PortraIt II
musical journey« and »a huge »All ears for half«
battle of C minor and C major«. ? 75 I 62 I 49 I 38 I 22
Fighting into light: »Per aspera (Single ticket prices)
ad astra«!
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