Name: Rachel Podger
Start: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Milton Court Concert Hall

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Violinist

Rachel Podger

Barbican Centre

London

United Kingdom

Milton Court Concert Hall

Rachel Podger: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Bach,JS (+6 More)

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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

2 Fantasias for Violin solo (1720)

Artificiosus Concentus pro Camera

Suite for violin solo (1683)

Violin Sonata in G major, B.G17

Phantasia

Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012

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Violinist Rachel Podger brings her spellbinding artistry to a solo recital, championing lesser-known Baroque works in a programme bookended by transcriptions of J S Bach’s most popular music.

The dramatic opening notes of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue are some of the most recognisable in organ music. Here Rachel Podger kicks off her recital with a transcription for solo violin, starting a journey around Baroque Europe featuring the exuberant sounds of Nicola Matteis Jr, Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Johann Paul von Westhoff and Guiseppe Tartini. The inspiration of Bach comes full circle in Chad Kelly’s new work Phantasia: ‘The spectre of Bach as organist looms large’, before Bach’s evocative Suite No 6.
The first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in October 2015, plus Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2018, Podger brings distinctive verve to her performances along with superlative interpretative insights. ‘There is probably no more inspirational musician working today’ writes Gramophone.

Programme

Johan Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor (arr Chad Kelly)
Nicola Matteis Jr Fantasia in C minor, Con Discretione
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr Partita No 6 from Articifiosus Concentus pro Camera
A Suite of short movements from the Nogueira and Klagenfurt manuscripts
Johann Paul von Westhoff Suite pour le violon seul sans basse
Giuseppe Tartini Violin Sonata No 17 from Piccole Sonate
Chad Kelly Phantasia
Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No 6 in G major

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