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Willem Jeths
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Commission: Willem Jeths Recorder Concerto

Jeths’ Recorder Concerto tops the genre *****
Those who thought that a quiet-sounding renaissance recorder would lose out to an outsized modern symphony orchestra had not counted on [Willem Jeths].  Jeths has a great feeling for the concerto…  and [his] Recorder Concerto can claim right away to be one of his best compositions in this genre.
Jeths’ long melodies – and they are proper melodies – were played by Erik Bosgraaf with a tremendous sense of line and phasing.

Peter van der Lint, Trouw, Amsterdam, 22 December 2014

Watch the premiere performance, courtesy of NPO Klassiek, here