“Of the violin players of the last century, Biber seems to have been the best, and his solos are the most difficult and most fanciful of any music I have seen of the same period.” — 18th-century historian Charles Burney
PROGRAM NOTESMEMBERS
From the 8 Sonatae a Violino Solo (Salzburg, 1681)
Sonata I Praeludium—Presto—Variatio/Finale
Sonata II Praeludium—Aria e Variatio—Finale
Sonata III Praeludium—Aria e Variatio—Variatio
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber 1644-1704
INTERMISSION
The Annunciation from “The Mystery Sonatas” (c. 1674)
Praeludium—Aria e Variatio—Adagio—Finale
Biber
Sonata Representativa (c1669)
Allegro
Nachtigal (Nightingale)
CuCu (Cuckoo)
Frosch (Frog)
Die Henn & Der Hann (Hen & Cock)
Die Wachtel (Quail)
Die Katz (Cat)
Musketier Marsch (Musketeer’s March)
Allemande
Biber
Sonata IV from Sonatæ unarum fidium (1664)
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer c. 1620-1680