Paavo Jarvi on Sibelius

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Published 2019-02-04

The Estonian conductor talks to Katherine about recording the first-ever complete set of Sibelius symphonies with a French orchestra during his tenure as Music Director of the Orchestre de Paris.
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All Comments (14)

@MicheleKaiser-io2dx 2 months ago

Wonderful interview. I love Sibelius and this conductor. Thank you!
@richardfloeckher4650 4 years ago

I lived in Cincinnati when Paavo was the conductor of the CSO. It’s interviews like these that remind me of my good fortune.
@PatriciaKane-uk4zk 2 months ago

I have listened to every recording of this Sibelius Symphony and think Pavlo, Jarvis is the most beautiful….He is a delight to watch as he seems to actually feel the music and the orchestra responds to him perfectly. And the timpani player was amazing, with his black long coat, never sitting , almost constantly drumming. …Hope it wasn’t true but read where he died not long after this performance. So sad.
@dmntuba 6 months ago

Got to love Pavvo! Wish his Telarc recordings were more easily available 😢
@yourwealthcenter8894 7 months ago

Holing Paavo can make it back to Cincinnati some time. His linguistic perspective is unfiltered.
@anthonyhk 5 years ago

Thank you maestro Järvi's lesson !
@ericleiter6179 6 months ago

It seems crazy to me to think that a couple of musicologist's opinions could carry that much weight for so many years...today, the Immortal music of Sibelius is finally retaking its rightful place in recordings and in concert halls all over the world
@ciupenhauer 1 month ago

His dad was still alive then? Amazing
@paulschlitz5256 1 month ago

He was considered an antipope against the pretensions of the serialists
@galas062 5 years ago

website down...???
@paulschlitz5256 1 month ago

Sibelius seems to be having the last laugh over the music critics and the Second Viennese school. It was much the same in my youth in the US. Sibelius was in low critical esteem. His centenary in 1965 passed without much notice. It took me until my 60s to overcome this critical bias against his music. Also I think in places like the US and England where Sibelius was very popular while he was still alive the avant gard wanted to use him as their whipping boy
@barney6888 28 days ago

Sibelius has to have a broad tempo. I even said this to the maestro back in the early 90s. He doesn't agree. I won't listen to fast Sibelius, unless he says fast. Andante is not to be played briskly. That's that. I'm not budging.
@mr-wx3lv 4 years ago

Too quiet, couldn't hear it..