Violin virtuosa and period performance conductor Rachel Podger talks to BBC's Ritula Shah about period performance and the Baroque violin. She demonstrates by playing her own violin in the studio!
Topics discussed:
- the differences between modern and Baroque violins (look and sound)
- the challenges and methods of conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - while playing lead violin
- Austrian and Bohemian Baroque music
Musical excerpt from:
- Fantasie for solo violin, composed by Georg Philipp Telemann
Yeah, she's great!
SsteinwayS 2 years ago
Wow
elmason1971 2 years ago 2
Yes, and I love her Mozart too!
SsteinwayS 2 years ago
very interesting, charming, and funny! her recording of the bach sonatas and partitas is sublime!
lolaman 2 years ago 3
Yes she's quite fantastic and offers many fascinating insights about the music she plays! I LOVE how she describes period performance and the Baroque violin...
SsteinwayS 2 years ago
Inspiring!
kettilr 2 years ago 4