Nocturne, et lumineux Eline Hensels & Daniël Kramer

• Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950): Cello Sonata, Op.66:
• 1 Koechlin: Cello Sonata, Op.66: I. Très modéré, et d'allure bien tranquille 03:58
• 2 Koechlin: Cello Sonata, Op.66: II. Andante quasi adagio / Très calme 03:38
• 3 Koechlin: Cello Sonata, Op.66: III. Final: Allegro non troppo 06:15
• Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979): Trois Pièces:
• 4 Boulanger: Trois Pièces: I. Modéré 02:52
• 5 Boulanger: Trois Pièces: II. Sans vitesse et a l'aise 01:46
• 6 Boulanger: Trois Pièces: III. Vite et nerveusement rythmé 02:36
• Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928): Pohádka:
• 7 Janáček: Pohádka: I. Con moto 05:08
• 8 Janáček: Pohádka: II. Con moto 04:18
• 9 Janáček: Pohádka: III. Allegro 02:45
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952): Impressions:
• 10 Bosmans: Impressions: II. Nuit calme 06:49
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Cello Sonata, FP 143:
• 11 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: I. Allegro – Tempo di Marcia 05:52
• 12 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: II. Cavatine 06:30
• 13 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: III. Ballabile 03:34
• 14 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: IV. Finale 06:43
• Total Runtime 01:02:44

Info for Nocturne, et lumineux

Eline Hensels’ debut album features works for cello and piano by Charles Koechlin, Nadia Boulanger, Leoš Janáček, Henriëtte Bosmans, and Francis Poulenc.

Although Charles Koechlin led an — one could state — almost ‘conventional’ life as a composer, studying at the Paris Conservatoire with Massenet and Fauré and subsequently earning his money as a teacher and composer, his interests stretched long ways beyond just composing. He had a wide range of interests, which can also be assumed to have affected his compositional style. These interests, for instance, included French folksong, Bach chorales, the “Jungle Book”, photography, and most noticeably, astronomy, with the young Koechlin having had aspirations of becoming an astrologist.

In his enormous output of orchestral works, chamber music, and vocal music, this analytical approach is very often present, which leads to a highly personal and immediately recognisable musical style. In the Cello Sonata, which was written in 1917 and premiered in 1924, we can almost imagine ourselves under a heaven of stars, with melodies that effortlessly seem to flow in and out of the musical landscape present, and underlying patterns sometimes being very hard to decipher, if at all present. In all of this, rhythm and time signature seem to be floating freely in time and space, especially in the first two movements, of which the first movement is somewhat brighter in tone than the second movement, the latter featuring some rather dark colours, aided by the performance indication “en somme” (sleeping). In the third movement, some more agitation seems to occur, which however seems to come along with a slightly brighter the mood, especially considering the movement preceding it. After a number of climaxes that however never get overwhelming or emotionally intense, the movement, and with it the sonata, ends in a calm and soothing manner. (Excerpt from the liner notes)

Eline Hensels, cello
Daniël Kramer, piano

Eline Hensels
Dutch Cellist Eline Hensels (1998) began playing the cello at the age of six. Since 2010 she studied with Professor Alexander Petrasch in the Maastricht Conservatory. In 2012 she went to the young talent class in the Sweelinck Academy of Amsterdam to have lessons with Professor Monique Bartels. She continued her studies with Gustav Rivinius and Pieter Wispelwey.

In October 2018 she won the first prize in the Cello Biennale Competition in Amsterdam as well as the public award. She also won first prizes in the Prinses Christina Competition and Dutch Britten Cello Competition.

Eline is active as a soloist and as a chamber music performer. She performed several times in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well for the Dutch television and radio. In 2020 she made her debut in The Main Hall of The Concertgebouw Amsterdam with The Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra. She performed as a soloist in Strauss Don Quixote with the Dutch Symphony Project. In 2022 she was invited to play with 'Philharmonie Zuidnederland' for the Dutch Royal family.

Eline has also been an invited performer at the Grachtenfestival, Delft Chamber Music Festival, Festival Wonderfeel, Storioni Festival, Schiermonnikoog Festival.

She was invited for festivals such as The Festival Pablo Casals and Verão Clássico to have masterclasses with Gary Hoffman, Frans Helmerson, Steven Isserliss.

Daniël Kramer
A versatile and passionate pianist, Daniël Kramer frequently performs at home and abroad. He started piano lessons with Ton Hartsuiker at an early age and continued his studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Håkon Austbø, where he graduated from the master’s degree programme with distinction. He also took lessons with Rudolf Jansen, Willem Brons, Murray Perahia en Claude Helffer. He won prizes at the Prinses Christina Concours 1994 (national first prize), the Concorso Seghizzi 2008 (first prize as a duo with soprano Sabine Wüthrich) and the Olivier Messiaen Competition in Paris 2007.

As a chamber musician, Daniël performs with artists including Janine Jansen, Nobuko Imai, Liza Ferschtman and Charles Neidich. As a soloist he has played with orchestras such as the Residentie Orkest, the Radio Kamer Filharmonie conducted by Peter Eötvös, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra conducted by Werner Herbers and the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw. Also, he has collaborated with a number of composers, including George Benjamin, Louis Andriessen, Toshio Hosokawa and Sofia Gubaidulina, premiering many contemporary pieces.

Daniel is also active as a répétiteur, working with musicians including Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joseph Calleja, Antonio Pappano and Nicolai Znaider.

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