GRAMOPHONE’S VIDEO OF THE DAY

Discover Carl Nielsen with Paavo Järvi and Andrew Mellor
“It might be Scandinavian, but his music is altogether hotter, more volatile and certainly more of a rollercoaster ride.”

The Philharmonia Orchestra has produced a fascinating insight into Carl Nielsen’s music, presented by Gramophone writer Andrew Mellor, in conversation with conductor Paavo Järvi. Järvi will be conducting two concerts of Nielsen’s music at the Royal Festival Hall in London’s Southbank Centre in the near future. On November 10 he and the Philharmonia will perform Symphony No 2, The Four Temperaments, alongside Brahms’s Violin Concerto (with soloist Leonidas Kavakos) and Haydn’s Symphony No 102, and a concert on February 2 includes Symphony No 6, Sinfonia semplice, with Haydn Symphony 101 and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. For more information about these concerts, visit: philharmonia.co.uk

from gramophone.co.uk

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Mercatorhalle, Duisburg

MOZART: Overture to Don Giovanni
MOZART: Concerto for Piano No.24 in C minor, K491 with Lang Lang
BRAHMS: Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Die Glocke, Bremen

MOZART: Overture to Don Giovanni
MOZART: Concerto for Piano No.24 in C minor, K491 with Lang Lang
BRAHMS: Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73

NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo

NHK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 90TH ANNIVERSARY & SUNTORY HALL 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Suntory Hall

MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor with Michelle de Young
Tokyo College of Music Chorus, NHK Children Chorus

NHK EXTENDS PAAVO JÄRVI’S CONTRACT T0 2021

The NHK Symphony Orchestra has announced today (6 October) that they will extend its contract with Paavo Järvi as Chief Conductor for an additional 3 years, until August 2021.

The NHKSO Chairman, Tamaki Imai commented “Since assuming the position of Chief Conductor in September 2015, Paavo Järvi has been actively presenting concerts with unique programs consisting of not only works by Beethoven, Bruckner and R. Strauss but also contemporary works, in which he is also well versed. In the special concert of Mahler Symphony No.8 Sinfonie der Tausend held this September to celebrate the Orchestra’s 90th anniversary, he captured the hearts of the audience with his refined conducting, combining both bolts of expression and attention to the most minute details, leaving a strong impression on the audience. He will be leading the Orchestra’s European concert tour which will take place in February / March, 2017. We believe that through the forthcoming European tour and a variety of other planned projects including CD recordings, he will further boost the NHK Symphony Orchestra’s reputation both at home and abroad. We hope the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Paavo Järvi will attract and delight more and more music lovers not only through live concerts but through television and radio as well.”

Paavo Järvi commented: “I have enjoyed my first season with the NHK Symphony Orchestra immensely and am delighted to extend the contract knowing that I will have the opportunity to work with these fine musicians over an extended period of time. We have much to look forward to in the upcoming year including both our first European tour in Spring 2017 and our first CD release with a focus on the orchestra works of Richard Strauss. This season is especially important as the orchestra celebrates its 90th birthday and tonight we celebrate an additional birthday by having the honour to perform as a part of Suntory Hall’s 30th anniversary celebrations here in Tokyo.”