Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertos Gemma Rosefield, Benjamin Nabarro, Rowan Pierce, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & George Vass

• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895 - 1952): Poème for Cello and Orchestra:
• 1 Bosmans: Poème for Cello and Orchestra 14:53
• Lead, Kindly Light:
• 2 Bosmans: Lead, Kindly Light 05:23
• Concertstuk for Violin and Orchestra:
• 3 Bosmans: Concertstuk for Violin and Orchestra 19:56
• Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra:
• 4 Bosmans: Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: I. Andante molto moderato 10:22
• 5 Bosmans: Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: II. Scherzo 04:26
• 6 Bosmans: Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: III. Molto lento – Allegro giocoso 09:39
• Total Runtime 01:04:39

Info zu Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertos

This notable album from Resonus Classics champions the rich, lyrical voice of Henriette Bosmans in a trio of concertante works and orchestral song. Cellist Gemma Rosefield brings deep emotional insight to both Poeme and the exquisite Second Concerto for cello, their expressive breadth deftly realised under George Vass's assured direction. Violinist Benjamin Nabarro brings supple brilliance to the poignant Concertstuk for violin, a moving tribute to Bosmans' lost fiance. Rowan Pierce's luminous soprano graces Lead, kindly light, capturing its quiet spiritual fervour. The BBC Philharmonic offers vivid, idiomatic support throughout. A compelling portrait of one of the Netherlands' most distinctive musical voices, Bosmans' music emerges here as both intensely personal and of striking universal appeal.

Rowan Pierce, soprano
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Benjamin Nabarro, violin
BBC Philharmonic
George Vass, conductor

Gemma Rosefield
Winner of the prestigious Pierre Fournier Award in 2007, Gemma Rosefield made her concerto debut at the age of sixteen when she won First Prize in the European Music for Youth Competition in Oslo, Norway, playing a televised performance of the Saint-Saens Concerto with the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Described by The Strad on her 2003 Wigmore Hall debut as ‘a mesmerising musical treasure’, by the London Evening Standard as ‘a phenomenal talent’, and featured in BBC Music Magazine as ‘one to watch’, Gemma has made her solo debut in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and in The Diligentia, The Hague, in the New Masters International Recital Series. She gave the highly successful Pierre Fournier Award recital in September 2008 at Wigmore Hall, as well as the 2008 and 2009 Jacqueline du Pré Memorial Concerts at the same venue. ​

In 2011, Hyperion released a CD of Gemma playing the Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra of Sir Charles Stanford with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Manze. BBC Music Magazine considered the Stanford Concerto to be ‘superbly played’ and Gramophone Magazine commented that Gemma ‘plays with disarming character and freshness; her technique too is enviably sure and tone beguilingly rounded’. ​

Gemma plays throughout the Europe, the USA, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Kenya and New Zealand. She played Michael Ellison’s Concerto for Cello and Turkish Instruments with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, broadcast on Radio 3, performed the premiere of a new work for Cello and Choir by Cecilia McDowall at Westminster Abbey, and in August 2016 gave the UK Premiere of Concello, for Cello and Orchestra, by Maciej Zielinski at the Presteigne Festival. She was subsequently invited to perform Concello in Krakow with Sinfonietta Cracovia, and to record it in 2019. In August 2017 Gemma performed Edward Gregson’s cello concerto ‘Concerto for Chris’, as well as giving the world premiere performance of Robert Peate’s Knuckles Arches atthe Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts. Other recent engagements include the Dvořák Concerto with the Estonian National Orchestra and Vello Pähn. and the Elgar Cello Concerto at the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Christopher Warren-Green. ​

Gemma gives some 50 performances a year as cellist of Ensemble 360, Royal Philharmonic Society Medal Winners, 2013, whose performances are described by the Independent as ‘brimming with body and soul, with passion, vitality and virtuosity, whose performances never cease to amaze’. As cellist of the Leonore Piano Trio with pianist Tim Horton and violinist Benjamin Nabarro, she has made several recordings for Hyperion Records. The Trio’s premiere recording of the two Piano Trios by Arensky was described by the Observer as ‘revelatory’ with ‘sumptuous breadth and beguiling warmth’. The Gramophone commented that the Trio played ‘with truly glorious affection’ and that ‘it is hard to imagine playing of a greater intensity’. This CD was BBC Radio3 disc of the week. The trio has since released a further six recordings for Hyperion, and more are to follow. In 2015 the Leonore Piano Trio embarked on a project to perform all the works by Beethoven for piano trio, violin and piano, and cello and piano, with extensive cycles in Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre, and at Kings Place, London, among other venues. At the request of the composer, the Leonore Trio recorded the complete trios by David Matthews, along with Journeying Songs for solo cello. In 2018, with violinist Benjamin Nabarro and violist Rachel Roberts, she recorded James Francis Brown’s Trio Concertante for string trio and orchestra, with Orchestra Nova conducted by George Vass. Gemma studied with David Strange at the RAM and with Ralph Kirshbaum at the RNCM. She has also studied with Johannes Goritzki, Gary Hoffman (Les Dix Stages de Perfectionnement, the Paris Conservatoire), Bernard Greenhouse and Zara Nelsova. Music written for her include works by David Matthews, Cecilia McDowall, James Francis Brown, Julian Dawes, Rhian Samuel, David Knotts and Michael Kamen.

Benjamin Nabarro
Described by Musical Opinion as “an outstanding artist”, Ensemble 360’s first violinist Benjamin Nabarro has performed throughout Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle and Far East, as a violin soloist, director and conductor. He has performed with the BBC Symphony, BBC Scottish Symphony, English Chamber and Scottish Chamber Orchestras, and Philharmonia, among others. His concerto performances have won praise for their “purity of style, elegance of phrasing and unsurpassed perfection of technique” (Musical Opinion). In addition to being a member of Ensemble 360 since 2009, Benjamin is the violinist of the Leonore Piano Trio, and serves as first violinist with the Nash Ensemble with whom he has appeared in concerts world-wide. He has made numerous recording for Hyperion, Dutton, Onyx and Resonus. He has regularly been invited to the festivals of Cheltenham, BBC Proms, Aldeburgh, Bath, Presteigne, Schleswig Holstein, Mecklenberg-Vorpommern and Nuremberg, where he also made his conducting debut in 2012. Recent concerto recordings include the Concertino by Huw Watkins and works by Henriëtte Bosmans, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and George Vass.

Rowan Pierce
Yorkshire born soprano Rowan Pierce was awarded the President’s Award by HRH Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, at the Royal College of Music in 2017. She won both the Song Prize and First Prize at the inaugural Grange Festival International Singing Competition in 2017, the first Schubert Society Singer Prize in 2014 and the Van Someren Godfery Prize at the RCM. She was a Britten Pears young artist, a Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a Harewood Artist at English National Opera.

Rowan has appeared in concert throughout the UK, Europe, North and South America. She performs regularly with ensembles including the Academy of Ancient Music, Dunedin Consort, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Rowan made her BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall in 2017 with the OAE and returned in 2019 for Handel Jephtha and 2023 for Mendelssohn Elijah, both with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

She made her Wigmore Hall debut with the London Handel Players and has subsequently appeared with many other chamber ensembles in repertoire including Bach and Wolf.

Other recent highlights include performances with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Freiburg Baroque, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, La Nuova Musica, Polyphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Early Opera Company and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Visits to the US in 2019 included appearances with the OAE at the Lincoln Center in New York, with the Academy of Ancient Music in San Francisco and at the Disney Hall in Los Angeles. She also gave a recital at the Kennedy Center, Washington with Richard Egarr and William Carter in January 2020. Recent and future engagements include Mahler 4 with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with the Early Opera Company and Dame Sarah Connolly as Dido, Israel in Egypt, Bach B minor mass and Elijah with the SCO, appearances at the Wigmore Hall with the London Handel Players and Florilegium, Christmas Oratorio with the Britten Sinfonia and Irish Baroque Orchestra, Oberto in concert performances with Les Violins du Roy, Purcell’s Fairy Queen with the Finnish Radio Symphony, Messiah with the Hallé and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Handel Ode for St Cecilia’s Day with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Handel Nine German Arias and Italian Cantatas with Les Arts Florissants / William Christie.

Rowan has performed Drusilla in Monteverdi’s  L’incoronazione di Poppea as a Britten Pears Young Artist, and roles as a Samling Artist included Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Miss Wordsworth in Britten’s Albert Herring and Princess in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges.

Nominated for The Time Sky Arts Award for opera in 2020 her operatic roles have included Galatea / Acis & Galatea, Iris / Semele, Dorinda / Orlando, Belinda / Dido and Aeneas, Elsie / Yeoman of the Guard. As a Harewood Artist she has performed Tiny / Paul Bunyan, Papagena / The Magic Flute and Barbarina / The Marriage of Figaro.

In 2019 Rowan made her debut at the Buxton Festival in the role of Papiria / Lucio Papirio Dittatore by Caldara with La Serenissima and performed the roles of Quivera and Orazia / The Indian Queen with Opéra de Lille under Emmanuelle Haïm, Recent and future engagements include various roles in performances of both Purcell’s King Arthur and the Fairy Queen with the Gabrieli Consort and also with Ensemble Alia Mens in France, Oberto / Alcina for the Staatstheater Stuttgart, more performances of the Indian Queen with Opéra de Luxembourg, Opéra de Caen and Antwerp Opera and her Glyndebourne Festival debut singing Oberto.

In 2022/23 she made her Covent Garden début singing Papagena and returns in 2024/25 to sing Dede in Bernstein’s ‘A Quiet Place’ at the Linbury Theatre.

Festival and recital performances have included collaborations with Sir Thomas Allen and Christopher Glynn in the Ryedale Festival, Dame Ann Murray, Sholto Kynoch and Malcolm Martineau in the Oxford Lieder Festival and Roger Vignoles in the Leeds Lieder Festival. 2019 saw her appear in a staged production of the Wolf Italian Songbook at the Barbican, Chiltern and Ryedale Festivals as well as a shared recital with Roderick Williams and Christopher Glynn at the Swaledale Festival. She appeared in the 2019 Edinburgh International Festival with the English Concert as Amore / Gluck’s Orfeo and returned to the festival in 2021 with the RSNO, she also gave a recital with Philharmonia Baroque at the Ryedale Festival in 2022. Future festival appearances include Lully’s Phaeton with the Early Opera Company at the Buxton Festival and in 2023/24 she will give a solo Wigmore Hall recital with Richard Egarr.

Although Rowan has been much acclaimed for her interpretation of Baroque and Early Music she has also been applauded for her performances of a wider repertoire including English song and Lieder by composers such as Mahler, Richard Strauss, Vaughan Williams and Britten. She has also premiered works by composers including Iain Bell and Julian Philps.

Her discography includes Purcell ‘The Cares of Lovers’ with Richard Egarr and William Carter (Linn Records), 2019 BBC Music Magazine Opera Award winner Acis and Galatea with the Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn (Chandos), An English Coronation and King Arthur (BBC Music Magazine Opera Award nominee 2020) with the Gabrieli Consort / McCreesh (Signum), Vaughan Williams Symphony No 7 ‘Antartica’ with the RLPO / Manze (Onyx). She was the voice of the singer Siena Rosso in the Netflix series Bridgerton. Her most recent recording is a disc of Schubert songs with Roderick Williams and Christopher Glynn for Signum.

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