Rachel Podger, Baroque Violin

Rachel Podger "The Unsurpassed Glory of the Baroque Violin" (The Times) has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Baroque and Classical music periods. Rachel is a dedicated educator and holds an honourary position at both the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She also has a relationship with the Juliard School of Music in New York.

Programme:

Johann Vilsmayr: Partita No.6 in A major

John Walsh: Selected movements from manuscript (1705)

J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565, arr. for solo violin in A minor (arr. Chad Kelly)

Nicola Matteis: Fantasia con Discretione

Chad Kelly: Phantasia for solo violin

Johan Roman: Assagio in D minor

J.P. von Westhoff: Suite pour le violon seul sans basse continue (1683)

Set of Celtic Tunes: Traditional tunes and Playford's Dancing Master