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Symphonic Metamorphosis Inhalt · Contents · Sommaire 25 2012 SYMPHONIC METAMORPHOSIS INHALT · CONTENTS · SOMMAIRE Impressum · Imprint · Impressum Hindemith-Forum CHARME UND EXPRESSIVITÄT · Paavo Järvi im Mitteilungen der Hindemith-Stiftung/Bulletin of the Hindemith Foundation/Publication de Gespräch 3 M CHARM AND EXPRESSIVENESS · la Fondation Hindemith Heft 25/ Number 25/ Cahier No 25 A Conversation with Paavo Järvi 4 M CHARME ET © Hindemith-Institut, Frankfurt am Main 2012 EXPRESSIVITÉ · Un entretien avec Paavo Järvi sur Redaktion/Editor/Rédaction: Susanne Schaal-Gotthardt Paul Hindemith 5 Beiträge/Contributors/Articles de: Susanne Schaal-Gotthardt (SSG), Luitgard Schader (LS), Heinz-Jürgen Winkler (HJW) Redaktionsschluß/Copy deadline/Etat des LEICHT GEFÄRBT UND SCHÄRFER GEMACHT · informations: 15. Mai 2012 Hindemith-Institut Frankfurt/Main Die Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Eschersheimer Landstr. 29-39 M D-60322 Frankfurt am Main Maria von Weber for Orchestra (1943) 8 Tel.: ++49-69-5970362 Fax: ++49-69-5963104 SLIGHTLY COLOURED AND MORE SHARP- e-mail: [email protected] internet: www.paul-hindemith.org EDGED · The Symphonic Metamorphosis of Gestaltung/Design/Graphisme: Stefan Weis, Mainz-Kastel Themes by Carl Maria von Weber for Orchestra Herstellung und Druck/Production and M print ing/Réalisation et Impression: (1943) 9 LÉGÈREMENT COLORÉE ET UN PEU Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz PLUS PIQUANTE · Les Symphonic Metamorphosis Übersetzung engl./English translation/ Traduction anglaise: David Babcock of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber for Orchestra Übersetzung frz./French translation/Traduc - tion française: Dominique de Montaignac (1943) 12 Bildnachweise/ Picture credits/ Illustrations: Decca/Uwe Arens (Julia Fischer); Marco Borggreve (Tabea Zimmermann); Ixi Chen (Paavo Järvi); Fondation Hindemith, Blonay Neuveröffentlichungen 14 M New Publications 14 (CH); Eric Larrayadieu (Antoine Tamestit); G. Luca Moggi (Zubin Mehta); Irene Zandel M Nouvelles publications 14 (Nils Mönkemeyer) Umschlag/Cover/Couverture: Mirco Magliocca (Paavo Järvi/Orchestre de Paris) Forum 17 Printed in Germany Hindemith-Forum 25/2012 Symphonic Metamorphosis Wie er mit diesen Stücken umgeht, ist CHARME UND absolut brillant. Ganz offensichtlich be - saß er eine große Affinität und Sympathie EXPRESSIVITÄT für sie und muss sie ungemein interes - Paavo Järvi im Gespräch über sant gefunden haben, sonst hätte er Paul Hindemith nicht soviel Zeit auf ihre Bearbeitung ver - wendet. Er hat wie viele andere deutsche Der gebürtige Este Paavo Järvi gehört Komponisten seiner Generation eine pro - heute zu den erfolgreichsten Dirigen - funde Kenntnis von der Musik der Ro - ten im internationalen Musikleben mantik besessen, nicht zuletzt weil sie und ist bei allen renommierten Or - die Basis seiner eigenen kompositori - chestern in Europa, Amerika und Ja - schen Ausbildung gewesen ist. pan ein begehrter Gast. Er ist Künst - Tatsächlich galt Hindemith in den lerischer Leiter der Deutschen Kam - 1920er Jahren als Antiromantiker … merphilharmonie Bremen (seit 2004), Chefdirigent des hr-Sinfonie - Das ist sicher in mancher Hinsicht richtig. Seine Musik hat einen besonders orchesters (seit 2006) und seit der klaren, nüchternen Ton, den ich aber Saison 2010/11 zudem Chefdirigent nicht unbedingt für anti-romantisch hal - des Orchestre de Paris. In seiner ten würde. Sie ist aber zweifellos beein - künstlerischen Arbeit schöpft er aus flusst von einem urbanen, technischen Habitus, der sich der Musik dieser Zeit einem reichen Fundus kultureller Ein - bemächtigt hat und ganz typisch für die flüsse: Russische Seele, skandinavi - zwanziger Jahre ist. sche Herbheit und europäische Viel - Sie haben auch Solokonzerte von Hinde - falt treffen dabei auf ein untrügliches Wie beurteilen Sie Hindemiths Art, mith dirigiert, den Schwanendreher und die klanglichen Möglichkeiten eines das Violinkonzert. Wie ist Hindemith im Gespür für Klangsinnlichkeit und ei - Orchesters zu behandeln? Vergleich zu anderen Komponisten sei - nen in Amerika geschulten Anspruch ner Zeit in der Tradition des Konzerts seit höchster Klarheit und Perfektion. Hindemith ist ein meisterhafter Orche - dem 19. Jahrhundert einzuordnen? 2012 erhält Paavo Järvi den Paul-Hin - strierer: Er kennt das klangliche Potential demith-Preis der Stadt Hanau in An - der einzelnen Instrumente bis ins Detail Ich glaube, dass Hindemith zwei Be - und weiß es für seine Zwecke zu nutzen. weggründe gehabt hat, sich mit der Gat - erkennung seines Engagements für Nehmen Sie die Symphonic Metamor - tung Instrumentalkonzert auseinanderzu - das Werk des Komponisten. phosis : Freilich ist die Instrumentierung setzen. Auf der einen Seite ist es der durchaus konservativ, doch wie er das In - Aspekt der Innovation, also das Bestre - Können Sie sich an Ihre erste Begegnung strumentarium nutzt, wie er das Schlag - ben, das Konzert in einen neuen Kontext mit der Musik Hindemiths erinnern? zeug einsetzt, die Glocken, oder wie er zu stellen. Das beste Beispiel sind die sie - den Klangraum gestaltet, das zeugt von ben Kammermusiken , in denen das Ver - Als ich ungefähr zehn Jahre alt war großer Souveränität. Es entsteht ein un - hältnis von Solist und Orchester neu defi - und wir noch in Estland lebten, spielte gemein farbiger Klang, der alle diejeni - niert wird. Auf der anderen Seite haben mein Vater Neeme Järvi mir eine Aufnah - gen Lügen straft, die behaupten, Hinde - Sie mit dem Violinkonzert von 1939 ein me mit der Symphonic Metamorphosis mits Musik sei trocken: Das kann ich gar Beispiel dafür, wie Hindemith an die lan - vor. Ich erinnere mich daran, wie faszi - nicht bestätigen. Man begegnet dagegen ge Tradition des romantischen Konzerts niert ich von einer Passage im Schluss - oft Interpretationen seiner Musik, die ein anknüpft. Mit Anspielungen an berühmte satz war, in der Hindemith einen fast ja - bisschen akademisch, trocken und grau Vorbilder wie Beethoven oder Mendels - zzartigen Drive entwickelt. Dieser Satz klingen. Es bedarf einer gewissen Freiheit sohn, die keineswegs parodistisch oder war ein Lieblingsstück von mir, das ich und künstlerischen Souveränität, um den scherzhaft gemeint sind, bietet er gleich - mir immer und immer wieder angehört Charme und die Expressivität aus seiner sam eine Rückschau auf die Tradition. habe. Musik herauszuholen, die zweifellos in ihr steckt. Denn Hindemiths Musik hat Welche Erfahrungen haben Sie im Die Symphonic Metamorphosis geht Farbe, der Interpret muss nur die Gabe Konzertsaal mit Hindemith gemacht? zum großen Teil auf Klavierstücke von und auch die technischen Fertigkeiten Weber zurück. Wie schätzen Sie Hinde - besitzen, sie zum Klingen zu bringen. Ich bin immer wieder überrascht darü - miths Umgang mit dem vorgegebenen Und das gelingt dann, wenn er nicht nur ber, dass einem Komponist seiner Be - Material ein? ihre Strukturen erhellt, sondern auch deutung nicht mehr Raum in den Kon - ihren inneren Geist erspürt. zertsälen zugebilligt wird. Zweifellos soll - Hindemith-Forum 25/2012 3 ten seine Werke sehr viel mehr Beach - konzert von 1939 aufführen. Eine CD- The Symphonic Metamorphosis is largely tung finden. Doch dazu müssten sowohl Produktion des hr-Sinfonieorchesters mit based on piano pieces by Weber. How die Veranstalter als auch das Publikum dem Violinkonzert und Frank Peter Zim - do you assess Hindemith’s treatment of umzudenken beginnen. Veranstalter prä - mermann ist so gut wie abgeschlossen. the given material? ferieren natürlich Stücke, die am besten Kurz vor der Fertigstellung steht auch die weithin bekannt oder romantisch und Produktion einer weiteren CD mit Sym - The way he works with these pieces is deshalb leicht zu verkaufen sind. Es ist phonic Metamorphosis , der Sinfonie absolutely brilliant. He obviously had a wirklich deprimierend zu sehen, wie ein - „Mathis der Maler“ , der Bach-Parodie affinity with and sympathy for them and dimensional die Konzertprogramme oft Rag Time und den Fünf Stücken für must have found them incredibly inter - sind. Und leider mag sich das Publikum Streichorchester op. 44 Nr. 4 – die esting, otherwise he would never have nur selten auf die Musik des zwanzigsten gehören zu meinen absoluten Lieblings - spent so much time adapting them. Like Jahrhunderts einlassen. Dafür verant - stücken! many other German composers of his wortlich sind stereotype Vorurteile, die generation, he had a profound know - übrigens nicht nur die Musik des 20. ledge of music of the Romantic period, Jahrhunderts betreffen, sondern etwa not least because it formed the basis of auch Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts: Bei ei - his own training as a composer. ner Schumann-Sinfonie ist der Saal weni - ger gut gefüllt als bei einer Brahms-Sinfo - CHARM AND Hindemith was actually considered an nie. anti-romantic during the 1920s … EXPRESSIVENESS Und was kann man dafür tun, dass sich Paavo Järvi in Conversation That is certainly true in some respects. Hindemiths Image verbessert? His music has an especially clear, sober about Paul Hindemith tone that I wouldn’t necessarily consider Gewöhnung und Vertrautheit. Je mehr Estonian-born Paavo Järvi is today anti-romantic. But it is undoubtedly influ - Menschen seine Musik kennenlernen, enced by an urban, technical habitus that desto größer wird ihre Bereitschaft, sich one of the most successful conduc - took possession of the music of this time näher auf sie einzulassen. Hindemith tors in international musical life, and and is utterly typical of the music of the braucht mehr Veranstalter, die ihn auf a much sought-after guest with all 1920s. ihre Programme setzen, und mehr Men - the renowned
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