18H RACHEL PODGER baroque violin ‘Guardian Angel’

Guardian Angel – Bach and Biber by candlelight

Rachel Podger has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Baroque and Classical periods. She was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in October 2015 and Gramophone Artist of the Year 2018. A creative programmer, Rachel is the founder and Artistic Director of Brecon Baroque Festival and her ensemble Brecon Baroque.

She has won numerous awards including two Baroque Instrumental Gramophone Awards for La Stravaganza (2003) and Biber Rosary Sonatas (2016), the Diapason d’Or de l’année in the Baroque Ensemble category for her recording of the La Cetra Vivaldi concertos (2012), two BBC Music Magazine awards in the instrumental category for Guardian Angel (2014) and the concerto category for the complete Vivaldi L’Estro Armonico concertos (2016).

Her solo programme tonight includes Biber’s Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin – ‘The Guardian Angel’, which gives tonight’s recital its title.

J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor BWV 1008 (transposed to A minor for violin)
G. Tartini Sonata in B Minor
H. Biber Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin from the Mystery Sonatas ‘The Guardian Angel’
J.S. Bach Partita in G minor (transposed from Flute Partita in A minor BWV 1013)

“there is probably no more inspirational musician working today” Gramophone

“… the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin” The Times

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