All Rachel-Podger articles
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Blogs5 pieces of advice for playing Bach by violinist Lisa Batiashvili
The artist shares her ideas about performing works of the great Baroque composer
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VideoRachel Podger and Nicola Benedetti explore the physicality of playing the violin
This is the final video of ‘Building Foundations’ Virtual Sessions, in which Nicola Benedetti shares a series of short interviews on the topic of physicality and psychology of playing with a variety of musicians. Here, Benedetti chats with violinist Rachel Podger about approaches to technique both physically and mentally, the ...
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FocusRachel Podger: Life Lessons
Learn to question received wisdom and keep an open mind, says the acclaimed Baroque violinist
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Review
Concert review: Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque
Tim Homfray attends the performance at London’s Wigmore Hall on 28 September 2019
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ReviewConcert reviews: Edinburgh International Festival 2019
There were fewer string performances than usual on the programme of 2019’s Edinburgh festivals, but the quality of those was often superb, reports David Kettle
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ReviewRachel Podger: Bach Cello Suites
The shape-shifting Cello Suites sound stunning on the violin
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Focus7 tips on motivating yourself to practise
7 different string players share their wisdom on maintaining motivation - as featured over the last 10 years in The Strad
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Blogs7 tips for successful practice by violinist Rachel Podger
The Baroque musician reveals the most important elements of her practice routine
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FocusRachel Podger: 'I played Bach at home in secret'
Bach’s E major Violin Concerto proved to be a defining work on the Baroque violinist’s path towards the period performance movement – despite the peculiar attitudes of her teachers
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NewsThe Strad October 2018 issue is out now
Hilary Hahn recorded her first disc of Bach when she was a teenager. Now, two decades on, she returns to complete the set
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ReviewRachel Podger: Grandissima Gravita – sonatas by Pisendel, Tartini, Veracini, Vivaldi
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Drama and fantasy in music inspired by Corelli Musicians: Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque Works: PISENDEL Sonata in C minor for violin and harpsichord, TARTINI Sonata in A minor for violin and continuo op.2 ...
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VideoRachel Podger plays Biber's Rosary Sonata no.16, Passacaglia
English Baroque specialist Rachel Podger plays one of the earliest known works for solo violin, the Passacaglia from Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s Rosary Sonatas (also known as the Mystery Sonatas).
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ArticleViolinist Rachel Podger on matching technique and musicality
Often you find that technique and musicality marry quite well. Something that works musically will so often also work from a technical perspective. And the opposite is also true - that if you change a passage for technical reasons it suddenly makes more musical sense too!' Baroque ...
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ReviewBiber: Rosary Sonatas
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Podger and friends are the ideal guides to Biber’s mysterious sonatasMusicians: Rachel Podger (violin) David Miller (theorbo/archlute) Jonathan Manson (cello/viola da gamba) Marcin ŠšwiÄ…tkiewicz (harpsichord/organ)Composer: BiberThe weird and the wonderful combine to compelling effect in Biber’s Rosary Sonatas. And Rachel ...
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ReviewVivaldi: L’estro armonico op.3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Podger’s Brecon players are compelling in better-known VivaldiMusicians: Rachel Podger (violin/director) Brecon BaroqueComposer: VivaldiRachel Podger continues her exploration of Vivaldi’s violin concertos with his set of twelve, L’estro armonico op.3 (1711), accompanied this time by her ensemble Brecon Baroque and ...
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NewsViolinist Rachel Podger awarded Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize 2015
The UK period musician is the first female to receive the award, worth £10,000
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ReviewPerla Barocca. Early Italian masterpieces by Fontana, Frescobaldi, Uccellini, Castello, Marini, Pandolfi Mealli, Leonarda, A. Gabrieli, Cima & Bertali
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: Violin playing both elegant and virtuosic from a specialist in Baroque repertoireMusicians: Rachel Podger (Baroque violin) Marcin ŠšwiÄ…tkiewicz (harpsichord/organ) Daniele Caminiti (theorbo/guitar)Composer: Fontana, Frescobaldi, Uccellini, CastelloCatalogue Number: CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS SA 36014 (hybrid SACD)Rachel Podger performs this 17th-century Italian programme in the ...
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ArticleViolinist Rachel Podger on articulation in Bach
'The bigger the interval, the more air between the notes.' Baroque violinist Rachel Podger gives a masterclass on the Chaconne from Bach's Solo Partita no.2. Read about other leading string tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
