We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Female Composers from The Netherlands - Music for violin & piano

by Ursula Schoch, violin & Marcel worms, piano

supported by
rusmöller
rusmöller thumbnail
lowrents
lowrents thumbnail
joannamn
joannamn thumbnail
/
1.
Female Composers 1 Bosmans-Sonata_ I Allegro passionato 10:28
buy track
2.
Female Composers 2 Bosmans-Sonata_ II Non troppo presto 01:57
buy track
3.
Female Composers 3 Bosmans-Sonata_ III Adagio 03:22
buy track
4.
Female Composers 4 Bosmans-Sonata_ IV Moderato assai 03:55
buy track
5.
Female Composers 5 Jama-Suite_ I Sempre rubato 04:56
buy track
6.
Female Composers 6 Jama-Suite_ II Calmo assaiFemale Composers 6 Jama-Suite_ II Calmo assai 02:29
buy track
7.
Female Composers 7 Jama-Suite_ III Allegro ritmico 04:56
buy track
8.
Female Composers 8 Bordewijk-Sonata_ I Moderato 03:53
buy track
9.
Female Composers 9 Bordewijk-Sonata_ II Scherzando 01:26
buy track
10.
Female Composers 10 Bordewijk-Sonata_ III Lento 02:47
buy track
11.
Female Composers 11 Bordewijk-Sonata_ IV Allegro moderato 03:06
buy track
12.
Female Composers 12 Hajary_ Serenade 03:04
buy track
13.
Female Composers 13 Hajary_ Tango 03:19
buy track
14.
Female Composers 14 Wertheim-Sonata_ I Allegro con brio 04:51
buy track
15.
Female Composers 15 Wertheim-Sonata_ II Andante non troppo lento 04:21
buy track
16.
Female Composers 16 Wertheim-Sonata_ III Allegro con moto 05:46
buy track

about

In the summer of 2022, violinist Ursula Schoch and pianist Marcel Worms were given the score of a previously unpublished sonata for violin and piano from the hand of composer Henriëtte Bosmans. They were immediately captivated by this inspired early work of the composer. When they realised that in the course of their working together they had more often played music by female, Dutch composers, the plan arose to record all these 20th-century pieces on a CD.
 
Henriëtte Bosmans – Sonata for violin and piano (1918)
The violin sonata had lain unnoticed in the archives of the Netherlands Music Institute in The Hague for almost a century. The sonata is openly late-romantic and the relatively long opening movement in particular seems to be influenced by César Franck and his violin sonata. A feather-light Scherzo and a solemn Adagio form the prelude to the finale, in which Bosmans’ lessons in counterpoint are audibly put into practice: a cautiously deployed fugue serves as the introduction to an exhuberant conclusion of the sonata.
 
Agnes Jama – Suite for violin and piano (1952)
Pianist and composer Agnes Jama was open to music from all cultures, but in her own music the Slavic influence is particularly strong. That influence is understandable: she was born in Dürnstein an der Donau in the former Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy, and her father was the well-known Slovenian painter Matija Jama. In her twenties, by then residing in The Hague, she received the Dutch nationality. Her Suite for violin and piano was premiered by violinist Theo Olof and pianist Luctor Ponse and brought her the prestigious Johan Wagenaar Prize.
 
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman – Sonata for violin and piano (1923)
The 1923 Sonate pour violon et piano was written in a period when Bordewijk-Roepman (wife of writer Ferdinand Bordewijk) was still actively experimenting. The sonata became a solid piece, with both earnest depth and humour.
 
Majoie Hajary – Serenade and Tango    
For this CD, we will for convenience consider pianist and composer Majoie Hajary to be Dutch. She was born in Paramaribo, at that time the capital of the Dutch colony of Suriname. At a young age she came to the Netherlands to study piano with Willem Andriessen at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where she was the first Surinamese student.  
In her piano recitals she played mostly her own work. In it, a connection can be heard between classical music and jazz, and with the multi-coloured music of Suriname. This cross-over we hear clearly in the two short compositions on this CD, a Serenade and a Tango.
 
Rosy Wertheim – Sonata for violin and piano (1931)
Rosy Wertheim’s violin sonata has a traditional three-movement structure, but musically it has a more modern feel. The French influences (especially those of Debussy and Ravel) are unmistakable, in particular in the harmonies used. This is not surprising: Rosy Wertheim was living in Paris at the time, where her house quickly became a meeting place for composers and performing musicians. Lyricism and poetry are paramount, but especially in the last movement, the rhythmic element is prominent.

credits

released December 14, 2023

Recorded at the Zeeuwse Concertzaal Middelburg (NL),
June 30, 2016 (tracks 8-11) and April 3-4, 2023
Recording and editing: Jakko van der Heijden
Piano: Steinway D 470340
Piano technique: Joost van Hartevelt - De Hamernoot
Liner notes: Marcel Worms
Translation: Elizabeth Gaskill
Cover: Majoie Hajary (photographer unknown)
Design: Meeuw
Special thanks: Ellen de Vries
Ursula Schoch plays a J.B.Guadagnini violin from 1755.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Zefirrecords image

Zefirrecords Middelburg

Zefir Records releases cd's & digital downloads with music from past and present. Distributed throughout the world. Scroll through our catalogue to discover more and more beautiful music...

contact / help

Contact Zefirrecords

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Female Composers from The Netherlands - Music for violin & piano, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now