| ›The Rhythm Tells the Story‹
Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.88 in G major, Hob I:88
Dimitrij Shostakovitch
Concerto for violoncello No. 1 E flat major op. 107
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 D major D 200
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2nd Première Subscription Concert
18-02-2008, 08:00 PM
Bremen, The Glocke
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| Soloists
| Paavo Järvi, Conductor
Tanja Tetzlaff, Cello
| Program
| Haydn reaped the fruits of his activity as a symphonic composer with the London Symphonies. Characteristic features of his late style already appear in his Symphony No. 88, the most important symphony from the period between Paris and London. The beauty and clear architecture of the Largo made such a deep impression on Beethoven that he used its melody several times.
Shostakovich also draws on classical forms in his Cello Concerto. In this work, an effortlessly virtuosic divertimento spirit speaks, but without ironic undertones. The opening
›Allegretto in the style of a sardonic march‹ marks the basic character with an energetic staccato. The colorful, striking virtuosity of the demanding solo part contrasts with the songlike orchestral passages.
Schubert was able to emancipate himself from classical formal principles beginning with his Third Symphony. Here the composer's characteristic idiom is discernible. The old and the new stand side by side; unexpected turns and self-assured thematic ideas indicate a young genius. The surprising thing is that Schubert, the song composer, eschews sentimental melody and seeks his direction in poetically light orchestration.
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