Jean-Charles Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle Felix Rosenboom

• Jean-Charles Gandrille (b. 1982): Ouverture et Danse, Op. 73:
• 1 Gandrille: Ouverture et Danse, Op. 73: I. Ouverture 08:08
• 2 Gandrille: Ouverture et Danse, Op. 73: II. Danse 05:24
• Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76:
• 3 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: I. Complainte 05:11
• 4 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: II. Évocation 02:46
• 5 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: III. Dialogue 06:29
• 6 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: IV. Toccata 02:19
• 7 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: V. Sarabande pour Magalie 05:58
• 8 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: VI. Rorate Cæli 06:28
• 9 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: VII. Alleluia 03:12
• 10 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: VIII. Diptyque 05:46
• 11 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: IX. Cimes éternelles 06:14
• 12 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: X. Au-delà du silence 06:17
• 13 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: XI. Christe Redemptor 03:19
• 14 Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle, Op. 76: XII. Vers la lumière 06:56
• Total Runtime 01:14:27

Info for Jean-Charles Gandrille: Livre pour violoncelle

Composing a one-hour cycle for solo cello was a challenge for me: Johann Sebastian Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello, which I have always admired, were an unattainable model for me. The richness of his sarabandes – these slow dances in triple metre – overwhelms me. Composed between 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and 2021, this work followed on from my cello studies, which I had begun at the conservatoire a few years earlier with this very aim in mind. In my own way, I sought in this work to rekindle the profound meaning that so captivates us in Bach’s music. Melody is at the heart of musical language. It carries emotions into the soul and connects the music lover with the work and the composer. I advocate the pursuit of a beauty that is not merely aesthetic, but belongs to another order, one in which metaphysics can unfold. I believe in objective beauty. As the son of farmers, my deep connection to the countryside and the land nourishes my imagination: it forms a powerful narrative element in this book. In a world full of noise and fragmentation, my music tells a story. ‘Beauty is not an ornament,’ writes François Cheng. For me, composing is an inner need; it creates a place of tranquillity, a breath of fresh air, a path to beauty that enlightens. From the ‘Funeral Song – Sarabande for Magalie’ and ‘Complainte’ to the fury of the ‘Toccata’, from the regular dialogue with silence to the tranquillity of the two Gregorian Christmas chants: The moods contrast – sometimes with allusions to Bach – and themes recur, structuring the entire cycle. Above all, it is a search for emotion. Music that touches the soul. There is a form of beauty that transcends the individual, in which, ultimately, a mysticism is revealed that leads me to the conclusion that the work transcends its creator. The composer’s task is to seek out this path which, by allowing the music to exist in its own right, leads to transcendence.

Felix Rosenboom, cello

Felix Rosenboom
is a performing cellist currently based in Salzburg, Austria where he studies at the Universität Mozarteum, under the tutelage of Clemens Hagen. Felix fosters a particular love for chamber music and frequently plays and performs with numerous chamber ensembles. Notably, in 2022 Felix toured across the UK with his duo partner Anastasia Kulikova featuring a series of Spring Romantics concerts. The duo will undertake their next tour in May 2024. Felix made his debut as a soloist with Orchestra at the age of 13 performing the Monn Cello Concerto with the Claydon Chamber Orchestra.

Felix studied at Junior Guildhall School of Music in London, under Selma Gokcen and Marina Logie, and over the years received ongoing mentorship from renowned violinist Patricia Calnan. Felix played in the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain, before being awarded the position of co-principal cellist in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain allowing him to perform as part of the BBC Proms in London. Felix currently plays projects with the newly formed Matrix Orchestra conducted by Emmanuel Tjeknavorian in Vienna. He has taken masterclasses with many acclaimed cellists including Danjulo Ishizaka, Aaron Minsky, Raphael Wahlfisch, Leonid Gorokov, Roel Dieltiens, as well as Daniel Müller-Schott. In 2023 Felix took part in the prestigious Prussia Cove Masterclasses in Cornwall, England.

Felix was granted the AYM Joan Scrutton Award, and was twice awarded 1st Prize in the North London Strings Competition. In 2019 Felix won 1st Prize in the Sevenoaks Young Musician of the Year Competition which allowed him to perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Lydian Chamber Orchestra. In March 2022 Felix was named the 1st Prize winner of the prestigious Anton Rubinstein International Cello Competition in Düsseldorf, Germany, and in May 2022 he was awarded 1st prize at the Concorso Mainardi cello competition at the Universität Mozarteum, Salzburg. He was also awarded a special prize at the Les Musicaes du Centre International Music Competition in Paris. Most recently Felix has been named one of the winners of the Gautier Capucon Foundation Scholarship for the upcoming year.

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