Des hauts et des bas : Hilary Hahn et Omer Meir Wellber à Gstaad

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 30 August 2019

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“Hilary Hahn est, incontestablement, le miracle de l'école franco-belge du XXIe siècle”

Reviewed at Saanen Church, Saanen on 29 August 2019

Bach, Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit - chorale, BWV371

Bach, Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren - chorale, BWV390

Bach, Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041

Bach, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort - Cantata, BWV60: Es ist genug, Herr, wenn es dir gefällt

Bach, Choral "Verleih uns Frieden, gnädiglich"

Bach, Nun lob', mein' Seel', den Herren - chorale, BWV389

Bach, Violin Concerto in E major, BWV1042

Schubert, Symphony no. 4 in C minor, "Tragic", D 417

Hilary Hahn, Violin

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Omer Meir Wellber, Conductor

Ben Goldscheider plays new Watkins concerto with DKam

Clare Varney, 8th June

The French horn is the real winner in Bremen as Ben Goldscheider continues to expand the horn repertoire and bring his instrument to a wider audience.

****1

Schubert that doesn't sing? Paavo Järvi and DKam at the Elbphi

Alexander Hall, 10th April

Veronika Eberle shows why the Brahms violin concerto is one of the mainstays of the repertory, whereas Paavo Järvi doesn't quite tap into the unique voice of Schubert successfully.

***11

Järvi and Kammerphilharmonie Bremen bring Haydn to Tokyo Opera City

Nahoko Gotoh, 8th December

Three Haydn symphonies grace the bill in Järvi's onging project which started in earnest last year in Vienna.

****1

Fire and fizz at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 31st March

Jump-in concerts can occasionally advance career prospects. Jonathan Bloxham with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen demonstrated the lightness of Mendelssohn in C minor but seriously underplayed the darkness of Schubert in B minor.

***11

A message of consolation 150 years on

Alexander Hall, 10th April

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of its first performance, Paavo Järvi directs the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in Brahms' Requiem, with the Latvian State Choir and two outstanding soloists.

***11

Järvi's Brahms lights up the Aix Easter Festival

Mark Valencia, 6th April

Aimez-vous Brahms? For anyone who thought they didn’t, this sharp, disciplined band will have made converts.

****1

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Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

Amoureux des arts, Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut évolue parallèlement dans les univers de la littérature et de la musique. Ancien khâgneux du Lycée Henri IV, lauréat du Concours Général en Histoire, il a étudié le violon à l'Université des Arts de Berlin et au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. Féru d'orchestre et d'opéra, il a su trouver son équilibre sur Bachtrack où, parallèlement à ses études musicales, il anime la chronique « L'Abécédaire d'un jeune violoniste », consacrée à ses tribulations dans le microcosme très fermé des musiciens classiques.

Hilary Hahn et Omer Meir Wellber à Gstaad : à la montagne, il y a des hauts et des bas