Paavo Järvi | Mozart · Bruckner
Introduction: 6:45 pm
Introduction: 6:45 pm
Programme
Performers
Unfortunately, Gustavo Dudamel had to cancel his participation in our concerts on 15, 16 and 18 January at the Isarphilharmonie for personal reasons. We are delighted that Maestro Paavo Järvi will be taking over for this project. The three concerts will take place as planned under his baton and with the programme remaining unchanged.
Information about the programme
Let us venture to claim that we could all use a little more romanticism. In this regard, Bruckner’s deeply romantic Fourth Symphony fits the bill. Emerging from the delicate string tremolos in the opening measures, the horn evokes the sounds of nature and a palpable sense of longing for a more ideal world – savoured with a continuous stream of bright colours. Prior to that, there is an opportunity to solve a mystery surrounding the “Prague” Symphony: to this day, it remains unclear why Mozart did not write a minuet for his Symphony No. 38, leaving it with only three movements. Mozart’s biographer Alfred Einstein simply remarked that the symphony said everything it had to say in three movements. The impressive trajectory leading from gloomy realms to sparkling joie de vivre in the “Figaroesque” key of D major confirms his judgment.
The concert on the radio
BR-KLASSIK will broadcast the concert live on the radio on Friday, 16 January 2026, starting at 8:03 p.m.
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