All Rosary-Sonatas articles

  • Biber
    Video

    The English Concert at Kings Place | Biber's Rosary Sonatas

    16 November 2017

    Baroque period instrument ensemble The English Concert is performing an evening of chamber music by Biber and his contemporaries at London’s Kings Place on 6 December. In this video, violinist Nadja Zwiener offers her insight into Biber’s wonderful Rosary Sonatas (or ‘Mystery’ Sonatas). Find out more here: https://englishconcert.co.uk/whats-on…

  • Podger
    Video

    Rachel Podger plays Biber's Rosary Sonata no.16, Passacaglia

    24 August 2017

    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).

  • Biber-Podger
    Review

    Biber: Rosary Sonatas

    17 December 2015

    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 ...