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Henriëtte Bosmans: Poème for Cello and Orchestra

Friday, 1 December 2023   |   20:15 - 22:30

Henriëtte Bosmans: Poème for Cello and Orchestra

Two female composers are central to the first half of this programme. Henriëtte Bosmans was the first woman in the Netherlands to profile herself successfully as a composer right from the start. The romantic Poème for cello and orchestra was her first major orchestral work. Soloist is the French cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière, winner of the first cello edition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2017

Program:

Smyth from The wreckers: On the cliffs of Cornwall
Bosmans Poème
Mahler First symphony ‘Titan’

 

  • Composer(s) Henriëtte Bosmans
  • Title(s) of the Work(s)

    Poème
  • Performer, Ensemble or Orchestra Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Karina Canellakis conductor, Victor Julien-Laferriere cello

Date

Dec 01 2023
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Time

20:15 - 22:30

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Location

Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
Vredenburgkade 11, 3511 WC Utrecht
Website
https://www.tivolivredenburg.nl

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Donemus is delighted to announce the decision of the board of the RMVD Foundation to support the publishing of the remaining works of Dutch composer Henriëtte Bosmans, thanks to the Leo Smit Foundation’s Forbidden Music Regained project.
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Henriëtte Bosmans is considered one of the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century. As a pianist and composer, she was affiliated with various chamber music ensembles in Amsterdam, with among others the violinists Louis Zimmerman and Francis Koene and the cellist Marix Loevensohn. World War II puts her career on hold. Henriëtte Bosmans refuses to become a member of the Nazi’s Chamber of Culture and can perform only secretly. During the war, she develops a friendship with the reciter Charlotte Köhler. After a lengthy period in which Bosmans regularly performs but does not compose, because of the premature death of Francis Koene in 1935 and the war, she writes the 'Doodenmarsch' [Death March, 1945], on text by Clara Eggink.
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Donemus is excited to bring the digital release of this wonderful anthology of Dutch keyboard works. This 8-CD box, produced in 2015, soon went out of stock and wasn’t available any longer. The box is now re-released at the label ‘Donemus Musicians' Voice'. At certain platforms such as Primephonic, the listeners can read the booklet as well.
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