11 Dec 2021

Heinrich BIBER: Passacaglia for solo violin

From Music Alive, 9:36 pm on 11 December 2021

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Performed by Mark Menzies (violin) at the concert 4:7, "It's OK to Auscultate", University of Auckland Music Theatre, 28 May 2021.

Mark Menzies

Mark Menzies Photo: Supplied

In the middle of a concert of contemporary music, Mark Menzies jumps back three centuries to play a work by Heinrich Biber. The Passacaglia was written around 1676 as an epilogue to his cycle of 15 Mystery Sonatas.

Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer, engineer: Tim Dodd

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