[Henriëtte Bosmans] Concert Piece in D Minor for Violin and Orchestra (Score-Video)

Performers: Hyeyoon Park (Violin) Gergely Madaras / WDR Sinfonieorchester Audio from    • Silenced   —————— Henriëtte Bosmans was born to Henri Bosmans, principal cellist of the recently founded Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Sarah Benedicts, a Jewish piano teacher. The father died when Henriëtte was an infant, and the mother, while fostering the musical talents of her daughter, began a 40-year stint teaching at the Amsterdam Conservatory. Henriëtte enjoyed considerable success as a pianist, not least as soloist under the baton of Willem Mengelberg. Her own music, independent-minded but with affinities to French traditions, was also performed, to some acclaim. In the 1930s she became engaged to violinist Francis Koene, but he died of a brain tumour in January 1934, before they were able to marry. It was against that immediate background that her Concert Piece for Violin and Orchestra was composed, and it is hard not to conclude that its bitter tone may have had something to do with that loss. The Concert Piece was premiered by Louis Zimmermann, concertmaster of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, under Mengelberg. It was subsequently heard in Prague, Paris and the United States. The tone of the single 20-minute movement is rhapsodic, with Jewish inflections, but little or no sense of euphoria or ecstasy. The declamatory opening idea develops in various directions: at times almost into skittishness, but more often towards harsh intransigence at one extreme and bitter reflection at the other, as though unable to release itself from the bonds of introversion. (Source from CD Booklet; Written by David Fanning) —————— I do not own neither the score, nor the recordings used in this video. This is only for educational purposes. If you have any complaints regarding copyright issues, please write to me directly at asorabji20(at)gmail(dot)com before submitting a report to YouTube and I will remove the video ASAP.