| ›Spring Fever‹
Robert Schumann
Overture to Die Braut von Messina op. 100
Fryderyk Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, op. 38 (›Spring‹)
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4th Première Subscription Concert
07-04-2010, 8:00 PM
Bremen, The Glocke
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| Soloists
| Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano
Paavo Järvi, Conductor
| Program
| Chopin was a virtuoso. Anyone who admires brilliance and pianistic polish is well-served by the Polish composer's piano concertos. The fact that Chopin did not assign the dialogue between orchestra and soloist a subordinate role in the spirit of Beethoven by no means impairs their musical quality. The young composer was influenced by bel canto opera and found a model for his soaring, crystalline melodic lines and poetically intense expression in the style of the wide-ranging vocal part. Schumann had approached the symphonic genre with caution; his encounter with Schubert's C major Symphony untied the knots. Thus, the spring motif in Schumann's B-flat major Symphony can also be heard as a new musical beginning. The listener vainly seeks depictions of nature; instead, he finds personal declarations. Deep empathy also characterizes Die Braut von Messina. The decline of a dynasty becomes understandable with incisive leitmotifs.
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