Henriette Bosmans - Early Chamber Music (Solarek Piano Trio)

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Composer: Henriette Bosmans

• Violin Sonata
• Ariëtta for Violin & Piano
• Piano Trio

Solarek Piano Trio

Marina Solarek, violin

Miriam Lowbury, cello

Andrew Bottrill, piano

Date: 2022

Label: Toccata

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Review

These are first recordings of early works by the Dutch composer Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952), written in a rich late-Romantic style. The 1918 Sonata opens with a full-blooded fervent theme, thrusting forward on a wave of dodgy intonation. It quickly calms down into something melancholy and thoughtful, with Solarek maintaining a quiet, passionate intensity. A dry, pecked theme opens the Non troppo presto second movement, gnomic and restless. The languid, angular Adagio flows into the wistful fugal opening of the Moderato assai finale, which remains largely contemplative before rising to a degree of grandeur at its conclusion.

After the short reflective melody of the Arietta, they are joined by cellist Miriam Lowbury for Bosmans’s Piano Trio of 1921, which has wide-ranging conversations between violin and often high cello following its turbulent opening. Lowbury neatly crafts the opening melody of the central Andante, which has at its centre a little scherzo with plenty for Bottrill to do. The last movement opens with a slow, meandering soliloquy from Solarek before bursting out into energetic jollity. These pieces are certainly worth an outing, and the artists do many good things musically, but this recording is let down by Solarek’s constantly uncertain intonation. The recorded sound is clear and balanced.

-- Tim Homfray, The Strad

More reviews:
https://www.wtju.net/henriette-bosmans-early-chamber-music-has-appeal/

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2022/Sep/Bosmans-chamber-TOCC0654.htm

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Henriette Bosmans (6 December 1895 – 2 July 1952) was a Dutch composer and pianist. She debuted as a concert pianist in 1915 and performed throughout Europe with Pierre Monteux, Willem Mengelberg and Ernest Ansermet, among others. She gave 22 concerts with the Concertgebouw Orchestra alone between 1929 and 1949, and played one of her own compositions at a concert in Geneva in 1929. Bosmans had relationships with both men and women, with whom she often also collaborated musically. The Henriëtte Bosmans Prize, named after her, is an encouragement prize for young Dutch composers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Bosmans

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The Solarek Piano Trio has toured extensively through Britain and Europe and has given performances at London’s South Bank, St Johns Smith Square and St. David’s Hall, Cardiff. Their concerts are well known for their informative and entertaining introductions. The trio regularly performs and gives masterclasses in Germany where they frequently introduce British composers like Alan Bush, Samuel Coleridge Taylor ,Rebecca Clarke and Frank Bridge. They recently have recorded works by Henriette Bosmans, and have started a series of workshops and talks to promote underrepresented women composers.

http://www.solarekpianotrio.com/

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