Sibelius: 7. Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Paavo Järvi 

It is easy to think of this 7th symphonie as a musical farewell, but Sibelius worked on his 8th almost till 1943, but then some years later he burned it up! Still living till 1957, his main music production is before this 1924. So it is almost a farewell, and when I listen to it I think of it as a farewell. A wonderful but short symphonie, full of emotions.

The audience either wanted to dwell on that beautiful ending or they didn't know the symphony had ended. The maestro Paavo Jarvi is smiling because he knows no other symphony has such a (lovely and) unexpected ending.

Sibelius and Jarvi family are a gift to the world of music. The spirit of Finland comes to life.

Such an absolutely incredible piece of music. You did it, Sibelius, with this one. Hope you rest in peace.

Tradition is no worship of ashes, but is the preservation of fire. Bravo, and danke schön Frankfurt, and kiitos to maestro Jaarvi for such beautiful sounds of Suomi

I don't know why I ignored Sibelius for so many years.

The 7th is a symphony in a single movement, but with implied "quasi-movements" (a scherzo, an adagio). Throughout, the grand linking theme, reappearing three times, each time with enhanced grandeur, like a great mountain peak in the distance, viewed fitfully, then clearly through mists. Profund and moving--this is a GREAT performance.

"In his last symphonie, composed 1924, you can feel four different parts, although this is only one movement." So the books say. For me, knowing Sibelius and respecting Paavo Järvi, this is the ending of a beautiful journey. Thank you so much for this trip!

4:36 beautiful trombone solo! Just so, so disappointing to have the cameras not show him even once during the solo.

Paavi jarvi is so great, he is conducting and also playing cello at the same time. Bravo

excellent I have NEVER heard anything so beautiful in all my life

If I were answering Stephen Colbert's Questionairt, this symphony would be the one piece of music I could listen to for the rest of my life. Järvi and his ensemble fill it with such indescribably rich feeling, this would be the performance I'd choose.

Der Himmel öffnet sich sich wenn Paavo Sibelius dirigiert

10:03 I love how the twin piccolos peek out of the texture just a bit here, it’s nice to be able to hear it with the perfect amount of transparency that Jarvi pulls from the orchestra

Gorgeous orchestration! And such a great orchestra! Love their sound.

In this symphony I feel something I've never found elsewhere.

Thank you all. Great comments by all. Outstanding performance . Bravo...

So deeply moving

Paavo is THE MAESTRO. He truly feels the music.

Moving and sublime. Thank you.

Absolutely wonderful.

This symphony is billed as being in one movement. And it is - in that you hear a continuous 22 minutes of music without the usual between movement breaks. I listened to this symphony for years (really decades) before I figured out that there really is a four movement structure to it. The four 'movements' are preceded by rising scales. Of course, you have the rising extended A minor scale that opens the symphony and the first movement. At 6:23 the violins and violas start a similar rising scale (quickly doubled by the flutes and bassoons) that introduces a second movement that I've always thought of as rather scherzo-ish. At 11:09 (this is a little harder to pick up w/o a score) the divided violins and divided clarinets/bassoons alternate on rising scales that lead at the allegro molto moderato marking to the beginning at of what I think of as a lyric third movement. Then at 16:25 there are the slowly rising (whole note) scales in the brass - rising and dropping back several times that leads to the beginning of a really grand finale fourth movement at the 3/2 adagio mark and beginning with the third sounding of the famous C major trombone solo. It really is a whole new way to approach this symphony.

Such a fantastic orchestra. And Sibelius! Thank you!

Astonishing! The orch sound is absolutely well organized. Especially brasses, they were heroes of the concert. That grand themes were presented with total beauty. Absolutely stunning! Bravissimo!

Это было божественно! Поддерживаю, что это самая изысканная история!

경이롭습니다 너무 너무 감사합니다 😊

A magnificent performance of a perfect masterpiece. Thank you.

Maravilloso Amo a Sibelius desde hace más de 30 años y he escuchado mil veces sus sinfonías y el resto de sus extraordinarias composiciones Genial orquesta y director Muchas gracias a youtube Un gran abrazo a todos los amantes de Sibelius desde Madrid

I've somehow managed never to hear this before, but it couldn't be by anyone else, could it?

Très belle symphonique 👍

This symphony helped explain the importance of musical structure to me. It made no sense until, on a relisten, I realised the first 4.5 minutes were a buildup to the beautiful climax at 4:36

Jarvi's fairly fast tempos bring out the light, dancelike quality of this symphony more than any performance in recent memory, but I think in doing so, the mysterious, pensive element in the score suffers. A great work such as this can, however, certainly maintain its integrity under the examination of many differing interpretations.

HE IS INCREDIBLY HEART TOUCHING AND SOUL SOOTHING

Paavo jarvi is backkkk

Truly a captivating piece and performance. Love the video too. Kudos to everyone involved. Now I want to come to Frankfurt.

a particularly pleasant 4:20

Thanks. Ciao.

1. Adagio 00:04 trombone-solo 04:33 2. Un pochett. meno adagio 6:21 (rondo - 11:21 ?) 3. Adagio 16:42

lol. The camera person focuses on the first horn during the big trombone solo and is confused why they’re not playing.

4:35 Sad how the cameraman zooms in on the horn section instead of the 1st trombone with the Aino theme....

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Although this is Sibelius' last symphony it was followed two years later by his greatest tone poem, Tapiola, which is almost as long.

What a shame that Sibelius has never been satisfied enough of his eighth symphony to publish it. This great masterpiece isn't really a symphony imo, more like a symphonic poem. Thanks to the orchestra for this interpretation.

Thank TwoSetV I am seeing this video!

And---silence. However, no matter how much I enjoy and appreciate this work, I continue to believe that the most profundity is to be found in Sibelius' Symphony #4 and to some extent in Tapiola. 1911, the year #4 appeared, saw nothing comparable to it, even though it also saw Stravinsky's Firebird and Petruska, which admittedly were much more influential.

Really A GREAT PERFORMANCE. You need to listen to others to realize how beautiful this and other interpretations compare.

좋군..

❤

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the look he gives to the audience when they forget to clap. 😅

Para disfrutar al gran maestro Sibelius en video, es preciso llevar las cámaras con más frecuencia a los metales y a las maderas.Los trombones se captan poco y tienen un papel preponderante. Si va uno a la Alte Oper en Frankfurt ir arriba y no a platea. Magnífico director P. Jarvi y la orquesta genial como siempre!

one of the guy is looking like durkheim T____T this is such a beautiful symphony!! i enjoyed it vv much

4:35 なんでトロンボーンのソロを撮らないんだああああ！

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All those empty seats - how I would have loved to be in one of them.

Nice to see even an amazing orchestra and conductor are fallible!

i love sibelius very much, but it is precisely with this symphony that you feel, and he probably felt it himself, that he couldn't leave the 19th century with his music. he felt it himself. it became clear to him. that's why he stopped. He made the best of what was available up to that point, world class, but he lacked the creative imagination of Bruckner, who was probably not aware of it himself. he just had her. it hurts to see sibelius fail so absolutely. but thanks for the wonderful ones. grandiose moments of your art! they stand for themselves and are allowed to.

Lindo

Beautifully done. I don't think it can be anymore perfect.

Es wäre so schön auch Alan Pettersson zu spielen. Ein so großartiger Komponist

4:35 9:45 16:44

Sibelius´ letzte Sinfonie. Ganz schlicht in C-Dur gehalten. Noch einmal hat der große Sohn Finnlands sein ganzes Können gezeigt!

16:25 build up | 17:10 climax |

I used to fall asleep to this as a teenager. The final note is the killer.

Essa orquestra precisa contratar um diretor de imagens que respeite mais a partitura. Não mostrar os trombones no tema principal é um sacrilégio.

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Revolution 9 brought me here

4:35 Cameraman missed the trombone 🤣

Beautiful and glorious playing. A great orchestra and conductor. However, whoever was responsible for the camera work should understand the music, instead of demonstrating camera work.

Rob Cowan ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ArjXfgjlj3A.html considers Sibelius No 7 ‘the greatest symphony of the twentieth century’!

Don't you see aurora? I've seen.

4:16

4:37 why wouldn't they get the trombones? Weird choice...

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7th

This Sibelius was like artist of today! One hit miracles! Sibelius had one and one hit only! Fjinlandia!😅

Wunderschöne und detaillierte Aufführung dieser einzigartig konstruierten doch perfekt komponierten Sinfonie mit gut harmoniserten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der intelligente und unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im veränderlichen Tempo und mit perfekt kontrollierter Dynamik. Alles ist nordisch!

thrilling high drama, incisive rhetoric - just too fast for this reveler in hues and oceanic sonics.

There is nothing Finnish about this symphony. It's human. Maybe super-human, but not tied to one country. Sibelius spent his youth only speaking Swedish, traveled as much as he could around Europe, was always in touch with other Europeans and lived the last thirty years of his life in the countryside away from all but his family and friends. Any attempt to tie him or any other great composer down to a nation state of the 19th century is a bit sad. And, as in the case of Wagner, dangerous.

Tremendous performance and beautifully played by a first class orchestra under the direction of a master. Just a very sad pity to see the professional orchestra playing from photocopied music (16:33). Maybe the management would like to explain!

Way to not focus on the trombone during the solo passages. F-

Es ist alles Griechisch! Brandneue Aufnahme für volles Orchester, Klavier und Folk-Instrumente, alle Originalmelodien, inspiriert von meiner Zeit, als ich griechische Musik spielte. Ich hoffe, Ihre Sommerstimmung zu heben. Opa! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_OVxAyWLRBc.html

Warum ist das Konzert so unglaublich schlecht verkauft? Es sitzt ja kaum jemand im Publikum.

never knew putin can conduct both a symphony and a war

That venue looks to be half empty, yet 80,000 will pack a stadium to see somebody lip synch garbage. There is no God.

4:14

4:35 9:28

3:56