Ben Goldscheider plays new Watkins concerto with DKam

By Clare Varney, 11 June 2024

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

“billowing triplets and cross rhythms... an ocean of swirling waves, tossing and tumbling”

Reviewed at Die Glocke | Das Bremer Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Bremen on 8 June 2024

Dvořák, The Wood Dove, (Holoubek) Symphonic poem, Op.110

Mozart, Horn Concerto no. 4 in E flat major, K495

Watkins, Horn Concerto (German premiere)

Dvořák, The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op.109

Ben Goldscheider, French horn

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

Duncan Ward, Conductor

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

Järvi’s baton permeates a nexus of tight-knit shapes

Sophia Lambton, 3rd August

The conductor guided us on a tour through a museum where Erkki-Sven Tüür, Mozart and Brahms reside in spheres of different shades and spaces – and yet each remain enclosed in a prefigured structure.

***11

More reviews...

Clare Varney

Clare is a freelance writer and music critic from the UK, currently living in the Netherlands where she writes about Music, Food and Culture. Clare is a passionate musician, having learnt the violin and piano from an early age. When not at her laptop writing, she spends her time nurturing the next generation of brass players, all from her Dutch kitchen in the sky. Read more at The Spidy Editor.

Ben Goldscheider plays new Watkins concerto with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen