Rachel Podger & Brecon Baroque

Rachel Podger has been called “the queen of the baroque violin”. And Heinrich Biber was the ultimate maverick of 17th century music – a composer who took a new-fangled instrument called the violin and made it sing, dance, pray and turn somersaults.

Today, Podger plays Biber, accompanied by members of her superb, handpicked ensemble Brecon Baroque: Elizabeth Kenny (lute) and Marcin Swiatkiewicz (harpsichord).

Biber Sonata 1 in A major

JJ Froberger Suite in A Minor

Biber Sonata 2 in D minor

Biber Sonata Representativa

Interval

Biber Sonata 6 in C minor (scordatura)

Hieronymus Kapsberger Toccata in D Minor

Biber Sonata 3 in F major