The Early Music Show

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Performance and news from the world of early music.

An exploration of early music, looking at early developments in musical performance and composition in Britain and abroad. UK only: please note that not all episodes are podcast.

The Early Music Show: The Violinist Speaks

The Violinist Speaks

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Violinist Rachel Podger performs a solo recital at the York Early Music Festival.

Violinist Rachel Podger gives a solo recital as part of this year's York Early Music Festival, including Biber's Passacaglia, a sonata by Tartini and Bach's Partita in D minor.

Violinist Rachel Podger gives a recital as part of this year's York Early Music Festival. From the cream of Baroque music for solo stringed instruments come Heinrich Biber’s haunting and mesmeric Passacaglia, a sonata by the great 18th-century violin-composer Giuseppe Tartini, full of subtle emotional colourings, and Bach’s superb D minor Partita, which culminates in another great and powerful chaconne. Rachel Podger adds to these her own recent transcription of the first of Bach’s solo Cello Suites.

Presented by Hannah French

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