What made Eugen Jochum a great Haydn conductor? There's his seemingly effortless conducting technique that lets every detail emerge from an ideally balanced ensemble. There's his apparently intimate knowledge of the music that captures both its sense of energy and its sense of elegance, its feeling for thematic transformation, and its feeling for organic rhythm. But never mind technique and knowledge. What really made Jochum a great Haydn conductor was his profound humanity, that is, his mind, which grasped Haydn's playful ...
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What made Eugen Jochum a great Haydn conductor? There's his seemingly effortless conducting technique that lets every detail emerge from an ideally balanced ensemble. There's his apparently intimate knowledge of the music that captures both its sense of energy and its sense of elegance, its feeling for thematic transformation, and its feeling for organic rhythm. But never mind technique and knowledge. What really made Jochum a great Haydn conductor was his profound humanity, that is, his mind, which grasped Haydn's playful wit, and his heart, which grasped Haydn's inherent soulfulness. In these live performances with the London Philharmonic from 1973 of Haydn's "Military" and "Clock" symphonies, Jochum digs deep into the wit and soulfulness of the music, turning in performances that dance and delight, that sing and soar, that bring a tear to the eye and a smile to the face; in other words, true Haydn performances.But while Jochum's way with Haydn had been documented in his Deutsche Grammophon's...
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