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Brecon Baroque

Music by Biber and Froberger

Rachel Podger, baroque violin | Elizabeth Kenny, lute | Marcin Świątkiewicz, harpsichord

Music by Biber and Froberger
Rachel Podger founded her vivacious ensemble Brecon Baroque in 2006 and has overseen its growth since into one of the world’s finest period-instrument ensembles. They bring the best of Biber’s Violin Sonatas of 1681 to Wigmore Hall together with Johann Jakob Froberger’s sumptuous Suite in A for harpsichord.

Programme:
Heinrich Biber -
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A
Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor


Johann Jakob Froberger -
Suite in A minor FbWV630


Heinrich Biber -
Violin Sonata No. 6 in C minor
Violin Sonata No. 3 in F




Full Event Details

Rachel Podger founded her vivacious ensemble Brecon Baroque in 2006 and has overseen its growth since into one of the world’s finest period-instrument ensembles. They bring the best of Biber’s Violin Sonatas of 1681 to Wigmore Hall together with Johann Jakob Froberger’s sumptuous Suite in A for harpsichord.

Programme:
Heinrich Biber -
Violin Sonata No. 1 in A
Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor

Johann Jakob Froberger -
Suite in A minor FbWV630

Heinrich Biber -
Violin Sonata No. 6 in C minor
Violin Sonata No. 3 in F

Venue Details & Map

Location

Wigmore Hall, London
36 Wigmore St, London W1U 2BP


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