'To Mis-tune a Fiddle' at National Centre for Early Music, York on Tuesday 12th July 2016

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'To Mis-tune a Fiddle'

Part of the York Early Music Festival

Add to my Calendar 12-07-2016 14:00 12-07-2016 16:00 36 'To Mis-tune a Fiddle' Three well-known exponents of the British early-music scene come together to present a programme from the Austro-German baroque. They explore the fascinating possibilities of re-tuning the violin strings, the so-called scordatura, used by Biber to such extraordinary effect in his Mystery Sonatas, and by Weiss, Vilsmaÿr, Richter and others to create strange and wonderful sonorities on the instrument. [Kati Debretzeni] “A real breath of fresh air” The Times National Centre for Early Music, York DD/MM/YYYY

Details

National Centre for Early Music
St Margaret's Church
Walmgate
York
YO1 9TL
England

Tuesday 12th July 2016
2:00 PM

Programme

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas

Performers

Kati Debretzeni – violin
David Miller – theorbo
James Johnstone – harpsichord

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Programme Note

Three well-known exponents of the British early-music scene come together to present a programme from the Austro-German baroque. They explore the fascinating possibilities of re-tuning the violin strings, the so-called scordatura, used by Biber to such extraordinary effect in his Mystery Sonatas, and by Weiss, Vilsmaÿr, Richter and others to create strange and wonderful sonorities on the instrument.

[Kati Debretzeni] “A real breath of fresh air” The Times

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