François Rasse: Violin Concerto in C Major

François Rasse

 (1873 - 1955) was a Belgian composer and conductor

Violin Concerto in C Major

I. Recitativo: Allegro moderato 0:00
II. Andante cantabile 13:37
III. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo vivo - Tempo Allegro - Tempo - Appasionata - Tempo I 19:25

Robert Hosselet, violin
Belgium National Orchestra
René Defossez, conductor

At the Brussels Conservatory he studied the violin with Eugene Ysaÿe and composition with Gustave Huberti, winning the Belgian Prix de Rome in 1899 with the cantata Cloches nuptiales. After his period in Rome, he took up a career as a chamber music player and conductor, notably at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. In 1920 he was appointed professor of harmony at the Brussels Conservatoire and he directed the Liège Conservatory from 1925 to 1938; in 1933 he was elected a member of the Belgian Royal Academy. He left a large quantity of music in a late-Romantic style; the many song cycles (the most noteworthy being La chanson d’Eve) reveal his sensitivity, while his opera Soeur Béatrice and his orchestral music display a considerable dramatic sense.