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When I am asked which music I particularly like to listen to, I usually say: Radio. And if it should be even more precise, then I answer with: SWR 3. It's that simple for me. Of course I also have music on my mobile phone, but this constant update, the compilation of playlists, etc., all that just annoys me. I just don't take the time for that.
Auto logger and music break?
But that's probably why I'm not a music break - on the contrary - I like to listen to good music when driving a car (just SWR3) and when it comes to testing the sound system of a car, then I use my “standard car hi-fi playlist” and always listen to the same 5 to 10 songs to get an impression of the capabilities of the sound systems procure.
Classical music? Concerts? Orchestra?
Neither one nor the other and no combination of them. That is probably why I was immediately enthusiastic when Ulrike Schmid asked me on Twitter whether I would like to take a seat on your concert couch. I would never have thought of going to an orchestra concert on my own, even with classical music in the end. I? Just because? Probably not. But the fact that it "Orchestra fans”There, that made me curious and what should happen? This experiment would not have cost me more than two wasted hours. And if you know me, you know - I also like to take part in experiments.
With Ulrike on the concert couch
Before I went to my orchestra premiere, Ulrike had one for me Characteristics asked and given me a selection of possible dates. Since my own schedule is pretty crowded, it was not easy to get my appointments and the possible concerts under one roof. In the end, the choice fell on that Farewell concert by Paavo Järvi in the Alte Oper in Frankfurt.
For seven years Paavo Järvi was the chief conductor of the “Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra” and my concert premiere was supposed to be his farewell. It was probably thanks to the fact of the farewell that the so-called "Concert introduction”Was also designed directly with him. In this introduction the piece will be discussed which will later be played by the orchestra. So much of the interview with Paavo Järvi simply didn't say anything to me. Neither the name of the piece: “Turangalîla Symphony by Oliver Messiaen” nor the comparisons to other pieces. The time this piece comes from was, to my excuse, but also long before I was born 😉
Similarities between conductors and drivers
So I was sitting in one of the best seats in the whole room and was able to enjoy a wonderful overview of the whole orchestra. What a total musical failure I am (at school I always got a grade 4 in the subject music - out of pity, it should have been an 6)I noticed, among other things, that I didn't even know all the musical instruments.
In return, the place at the side of the orchestra brought me something really cool: a direct look into the conductor's face. Paavo Järvi stood behind (seen from the hall) behind the piano of the pianist “Goodyear” on a small black pedestal. The delicate baton in hand.
The experience
To this day I have not understood what exactly the conductor Jaavo Pärvi indicated with his baton, but it must have been very clear to the musicians of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. And when I went to the Toyota GT 86 that I had as a test car at the time, it became clear to me:
It is not the orchestra that makes the sound - it is the conductor. And when driving a car, it is not the car that makes the journey, it is the driver. The driver directs the vehicle. The driver becomes a conductor, especially in sporty vehicles. The baton is replaced by the driver's entire body. The interplay of throttle, steering, gearshift, acceleration and braking only becomes an impressive representation when the conductor and his orchestra fit together and the driver directs his car with the energetic elegance of a Jaavo Pärvi.
And because Ulrike such an "orchestra fan" is, I think - she will like my idea and will soon take a lap around the Nordschleife with me - it's like visiting an orchestra, only louder and wilder 😉
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