Rachel Podger (Solo​ Violin)​

​Rachel Podger has established herself as a leading interpreter of the Baroque and Classical.

She was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in October 2015, Gramophone Artist of the Year 2018, and the Ambassador for REMA's Early Music Day 2020. A creative programmer, Rachel is the founder and Artistic Director of Brecon Baroque Festival and her ensemble Brecon Baroque.

"The unsurpassed British glory of the Baroque violin." (The Times)

Programme

Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663 - 1722) Partita no 6 in A major from Articifiosus Concentus pro Camera (1715)

John Walsh Select movements from manuscript (1705), Corelli, Gasparini, Vitali, Lonati and Purcell

JS Bach (1685 - 1750) Toccata and fugue BWV 565 arr solo violin in A minor by Chad Kelly

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Nicola Matteis (1650 - 1714)  Fantasia Con discretione

Chad Kelly (born 1988) Phantasia for solo violin

Johan Helmich Roman  (1694 - 1758) Assaggio in D minor

Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656 - 1705) Suite pour le violon seul sans basse continue parue dans Le Mercure Galant de janvier 1683

A set of celtic tunes and Playford's Dancing master

Please note alternative venue