Schubert that doesn't sing? Paavo Järvi and DKam at the Elbphi

Paavo Järvi and Veronika Eberle

Veronika Eberle, Paavo Järvi and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

By Alexander Hall, 11 April 2024

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“this was Schubert almost through gritted teeth rather than bathed in smiles”

Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 10 April 2024

Schubert, Symphony no. 1 in D major, D.82

Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77

Bartók, 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz.98, BB104 (selection)

Schubert, Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, D.125

Sibelius, Valse triste, Op.44 no.1

Veronika Eberle, Violin

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Paavo Järvi, Conductor

Ben Goldscheider plays new Watkins concerto with DKam

Clare Varney, 8th June

The French horn is the real winner in Bremen as Ben Goldscheider continues to expand the horn repertoire and bring his instrument to a wider audience.

****1

Järvi and Kammerphilharmonie Bremen bring Haydn to Tokyo Opera City

Nahoko Gotoh, 8th December

Three Haydn symphonies grace the bill in Järvi's onging project which started in earnest last year in Vienna.

****1

Fire and fizz at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 31st March

Jump-in concerts can occasionally advance career prospects. Jonathan Bloxham with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen demonstrated the lightness of Mendelssohn in C minor but seriously underplayed the darkness of Schubert in B minor.

***11

A message of consolation 150 years on

Alexander Hall, 10th April

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of its first performance, Paavo Järvi directs the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in Brahms' Requiem, with the Latvian State Choir and two outstanding soloists.

***11

Järvi's Brahms lights up the Aix Easter Festival

Mark Valencia, 6th April

Aimez-vous Brahms? For anyone who thought they didn’t, this sharp, disciplined band will have made converts.

****1

Järvi’s baton permeates a nexus of tight-knit shapes

Sophia Lambton, 3rd August

The conductor guided us on a tour through a museum where Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mozart and Brahms reside in spheres of different shades and spaces – and yet each remain enclosed in a prefigured structure.

***11

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

Schubert that doesn't sing? Paavo Järvi and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen