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RACHEL PODGER baroque violin DANIELE CAMINITI theorbo: Hidden in Plain Sight
July 9, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:20 pm
Price: From £22
Venue: Lichfield Cathedral
‘There is probably no more inspirational musician working today’ Gramophone
Festival Associate Artist Rachel Podger returns to Lichfield after two superb solo recitals in 2021 and 2022. For this visit, she is joined by theorbist, Daniele Caminiti, for Hidden in Plain Sight, a full-length programme in the stunning surroundings of the Cathedral featuring works by Biber, Fontana, Vivaldi and J.S. Bach.
A world-renowned artist, Rachel’s most recent album release Tutta sola has recently been named both 2023 Recording of the Year and Instrumental Album of the Year by BBC Music Magazine.
Hidden in Plain Sight
The baroque era saw the violin – hitherto considered fit mainly for dance music – make the move to its current status as a concert regular thanks to the daring, fantasy and virtuosity first of the sonatas of Italian composers such as Castello, Fontana and Leonarda, then of the Austrians Schmelzer and Biber, and later in the concertos of Vivaldi and his French admirer Leclair. This vivaciously imaginative music here contrasts with the quiet reflectiveness of theorbo solos by Kapsberger and Piccinini.
Fontana Sonata Seconda
Leonarda Sonata Duodecima
Biber Passacaglia (for solo violin)
Castello Sonata Seconda
Piccinini Toccata XIII
Vivaldi Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major Op. 2 No. 2
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Leclair Sonata Op. 5, No. 7 in A minor
Kaspberger Toccata Arpeggiata
J.S. Bach Cello Suite no 3 (transcribed for violin)
Schmelzer Sonata Quarta in D Major from ‘Sonatae Unarum Fidium’
Sponsored by Shirley & Richard Newby
Tickets £30/£22
Photo: Theresa Pewal
